Number 30

In Palmetto Cash 5 under the 5/42 · since Mar 2024 rules — 939 draws, 5 from 1–42.

111times drawn · chance expected 112 −0.08σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

36longest completed wait · 73% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 111 times in 939 draws against 111.8 expected, −0.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 111 times in 939 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 1 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest0 · chance 0.5
2nd smallest6 · chance 7.0
3rd smallest39 · chance 29.4
4th smallest41 · chance 48.1
5th smallest25 · chance 26.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

20 9 7 40 21 38

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 30 is picked about 1.28× as often as an indifferent choice — 13th most popular of 42. 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 ×1.22
Round numbers (multiples of 10) ×1.05

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-11	5	3rd	2 25 30 34 37
2026-10-06	4	4th	8 25 28 30 40
2026-10-02	6	5th	3 9 24 26 30
2026-09-26	7	3rd	12 19

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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-07	6	4th	4 7 18 30 35
2026-04-01	13	3rd	8 10 30 39 40
2026-03-19	4	4th	8 17 27 30 38
2026-03-15	1	4th	7 17 21 30 31
2026-03-14	9	4th	13 16 19 30 31
2026-03-05	1	3rd	18 21 30 31 42
2026-03-04	7	3rd	3 29 30 35 38
2026-02-25	7	2nd	26 30 36 38 39
2026-02-18	4	3rd	10 19 30 35 39
2026-02-14	1	5th	5 15 19 24 30
2026-02-13	2	5th	4 11 20 21 30
2026-02-11	3	3rd	20 28 30 32 35
2026-02-08	8	3rd	12 25 30 32 38
2026-01-31	7	3rd	3 12 30 35 40
2026-01-24	5	4th	9 20 22 30 36
2026-01-19	1	4th	20 21 29 30 32
2026-01-18	6	3rd	14 16 30 31 41
2026-01-12	10	3rd	28 29 30 40 41
2026-01-02	8	5th	7 9 11 21 30
2025-12-25	34	3rd	3 21 30 40 41
2025-11-21	12	4th	5 7 13 30 38
2025-11-09	10	3rd	17 25 30 36 37
2025-10-30	4	5th	5 6 7 27 30
2025-10-26	2	4th	1 17 22 30 31
2025-10-24	2	3rd	6 8 30 37 38
2025-10-22	1	4th	10 21 23 30 41
2025-10-21	20	3rd	4 20 30 35 37
2025-10-01	5	5th	7 19 22 29 30
2025-09-26	18	3rd	12 26 30 32 39
2025-09-08	11	4th	1 13 17 30 42
2025-08-28	7	5th	3 18 23 26 30
2025-08-21	12	3rd	19 20 30 31 32
2025-08-09	6	5th	9 17 19 22 30
2025-08-03	16	5th	1 4 13 23 30
2025-07-18	15	4th	15 22 26 30 36
2025-07-03	12	4th	8 11 24 30 37
2025-06-21	16	3rd	10 25 30 38 41
2025-06-05	4	4th	12 14 20 30 42
2025-06-01	2	3rd	9 22 30 31 37
2025-05-30	3	4th	3 4 7 30 34
2025-05-27	2	3rd	16 21 30 31 38
2025-05-25	6	5th	8 13 17 26 30
2025-05-19	7	5th	4 7 10 20 30
2025-05-12	33	5th	10 18 20 26 30
2025-04-09	11	4th	5 7 20 30 33
2025-03-29	22	4th	3 6 15 30 42
2025-03-07	1	4th	1 20 24 30 35
2025-03-06	7	3rd	7 8 30 35 37
2025-02-27	18	3rd	5 12 30 31 39
2025-02-09	15	3rd	2 25 30 37 41
2025-01-25	7	4th	8 13 24 30 36
2025-01-18	3	3rd	9 20 30 34 38
2025-01-15	19	4th	9 14 18 30 40
2024-12-27	7	4th	6 23 24 30 39
2024-12-20	5	5th	17 22 24 27 30
2024-12-15	1	4th	7 10 29 30 31
2024-12-14	24	4th	21 27 29 30 32
2024-11-20	2	4th	2 23 25 30 37
2024-11-18	8	4th	8 13 24 30 35
2024-11-10	6	4th	1 2 28 30 40
2024-11-04	12	5th	1 11 23 27 30
2024-10-23	3	3rd	5 12 30 37 40
2024-10-20	6	3rd	4 18 30 32 40
2024-10-14	7	5th	8 9 17 21 30
2024-10-07	9	3rd	9 20 30 32 41
2024-09-28	3	3rd	22 28 30 32 39
2024-09-25	20	3rd	4 5 30 34 39
2024-09-05	1	2nd	15 30 36 37 38
2024-09-04	2	2nd	9 30 32 41 42
2024-09-02	5	5th	10 13 24 25 30
2024-08-28	4	3rd	15 17 30 32 36
2024-08-24	5	4th	12 13 14 30 32
2024-08-19	7	4th	8 14 22 30 33
2024-08-12	8	4th	15 21 26 30 32
2024-08-04	2	4th	3 4 9 30 39
2024-08-02	36	5th	2 10 13 26 30
2024-06-27	17	5th	9 13 17 24 30
2024-06-10	13	3rd	1 15 30 36 39
2024-05-28	4	5th	1 2 7 28 30
2024-05-24	4	3rd	17 20 30 32 42
2024-05-20	10	2nd	15 30 35 36 38
2024-05-10	2	2nd	2 30 31 33 38
2024-05-08	4	4th	3 6 21 30 31
2024-05-04	24	3rd	4 21 30 34 40
2024-04-10	2	5th	7 11 13 21 30
2024-04-08	15	2nd	2 30 33 36 38
2024-03-24	—	3rd	9 16 30 35 40