Number 30

In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,419 draws, 5 from 1–69.

103times drawn · chance expected 103 +0.02σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 59% for any number

13.8average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

54longest completed wait · 85% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 103 times in 1,419 draws against 102.8 expected, +0.02σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 103 times in 1,419 draws · average wait 13.8 draws · longest completed wait 54 · waiting 8 draws now

a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 30 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest14 · chance 10.4
2nd smallest42 · chance 33.5
3rd smallest31 · chance 38.0
4th smallest14 · chance 18.0
5th smallest2 · chance 3.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

62 52 59 16 33 48

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 0.2 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 30 is picked about 1.06× as often as an indifferent choice — 14th most popular of 69. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.

Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.14
Round numbers (multiples of 10) ×1.00

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 30 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-23	2	5th	5 15 26 29 30
2026-09-19	20	2nd	18 30 41 45 68
2026-08-03	2	2nd	8 30 41 48 54
2026-07-29	14	1st	30 36 40 42

What this cannot tell you

Nothing here predicts the next draw. A number’s history is a record of a fair machine’s past, and the machine keeps none of it: 30 is drawn with probability 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-07	3	2nd	18 30 31 52 63
2024-09-30	27	3rd	9 11 30 43 69
2024-07-29	18	3rd	11 27 30 33 44
2024-06-17	2	1st	30 48 53 58 66
2024-06-12	7	2nd	19 30 31 61 62
2024-05-27	13	2nd	9 30 39 49 59
2024-04-27	21	2nd	9 30 53 55 62
2024-03-09	14	1st	30 36 49 52 63
2024-02-05	9	4th	1 2 27 30 67
2024-01-15	5	2nd	13 30 35 49 59
2024-01-03	19	1st	30 31 38 48 68
2023-11-20	7	3rd	19 26 30 39 63
2023-11-04	15	3rd	1 28 30 34 52
2023-09-30	7	2nd	19 30 37 44 46
2023-09-13	9	2nd	22 30 37 44 45
2023-08-23	48	2nd	25 30 32 33 55
2023-05-03	3	3rd	21 26 30 45 47
2023-04-26	10	3rd	2 15 30 35 49
2023-04-03	7	2nd	16 30 31 54 68
2023-03-18	15	3rd	14 20 30 54 69
2023-02-11	32	3rd	10 23 30 54 65
2022-11-28	1	2nd	29 30 32 48 50
2022-11-26	7	2nd	15 30 47 50 51
2022-11-09	10	4th	7 14 24 30 56
2022-10-17	2	2nd	19 30 36 46 60
2022-10-12	3	2nd	14 30 41 42 59
2022-10-05	12	2nd	26 30 33 37 62
2022-09-07	31	3rd	3 16 30 33 36
2022-06-27	21	4th	11 13 18 30 37
2022-05-09	8	2nd	18 30 35 52 56
2022-04-20	27	2nd	20 30 45 55 56
2022-02-16	10	2nd	22 30 40 42 48
2022-01-24	5	3rd	11 29 30 47 53
2022-01-12	13	4th	12 21 22 30 33
2021-12-13	16	2nd	10 30 37 53 59
2021-11-06	6	2nd	8 30 48 57 64
2021-10-23	2	2nd	10 30 51 57 63
2021-10-18	1	1st	30 32 48 53 63
2021-10-16	3	1st	30 31 41 42 48
2021-10-09	24	3rd	12 17 30 45 62
2021-08-11	4	5th	12 18 20 29 30
2021-07-28	6	2nd	25 30 53 59 60
2021-07-07	24	3rd	8 21 30 49 57
2021-04-14	54	2nd	13 30 33 45 61
2020-10-07	13	3rd	6 24 30 53 56
2020-08-22	38	2nd	19 30 36 42 66
2020-04-11	8	3rd	22 29 30 42 47
2020-03-14	11	4th	9 23 26 30 32
2020-02-05	12	2nd	23 30 35 41 57
2019-12-25	32	4th	2 4 16 30 46
2019-09-04	5	3rd	4 8 30 52 59
2019-08-17	1	4th	18 21 24 30 60
2019-08-14	29	3rd	10 13 30 51 69
2019-05-04	4	4th	6 16 23 30 61
2019-04-20	10	3rd	3 27 30 63 65
2019-03-16	8	1st	30 34 39 53 67
2019-02-16	16	2nd	29 30 41 48 64
2018-12-22	25	3rd	21 28 30 40 59
2018-09-26	14	4th	1 2 7 30 50
2018-08-08	46	3rd	10 21 30 43 63
2018-02-28	15	2nd	12 30 59 65 69
2018-01-06	10	3rd	12 29 30 33 61
2017-12-02	6	2nd	28 30 32 36 58
2017-11-11	7	4th	4 6 16 30 56
2017-10-18	20	1st	30 49 54 66 69
2017-08-09	42	2nd	12 30 36 47 62
2017-03-15	22	2nd	16 30 41 48 53
2016-12-28	22	3rd	16 23 30 44 58
2016-10-12	4	2nd	16 30 34 37 44
2016-09-28	34	1st	30 38 52 53 62
2016-06-01	8	2nd	23 30 33 40 69
2016-05-04	4	1st	30 47 57 66 69
2016-04-20	2	3rd	12 25 30 52 62
2016-04-13	3	1st	30 33 35 38 64
2016-04-02	30	3rd	9 28 30 40 61
2015-12-19	2	2nd	28 30 41 59 68
2015-12-12	15	4th	2 14 19 30 62
2015-10-21	4	1st	30 32 42 56 57
2015-10-07	—	2nd	18 30 40 48 52