Number 30

In Dakota Cash under the 5/35 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 5 from 1–35.

261times drawn · chance expected 246 +1.01σ

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

6.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

40longest completed wait · 47% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 261 times in 1,724 draws against 246.3 expected, +1.01σ. 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 261 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 6.5 draws · longest completed wait 40 · 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 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 1.6
3rd smallest23 · chance 22.8
4th smallest108 · chance 102.8
5th smallest130 · chance 133.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 30.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 9 22 25 2 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-10-07	4	5th	8 16 21 25 30
2026-09-23	2	3rd	17 18 30 31 35
2026-09-16	13	5th	1 4 21 26 30
2026-08-01	8	4th	6 16 20

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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-28	3	5th	5 16 17 19 30
2025-05-17	9	4th	2 22 24 30 34
2025-04-16	2	5th	5 9 11 18 30
2025-04-09	3	4th	1 14 23 30 32
2025-03-29	1	5th	3 15 20 26 30
2025-03-26	10	4th	3 14 24 30 31
2025-02-19	1	5th	6 9 16 27 30
2025-02-15	3	3rd	19 25 30 32 35
2025-02-05	2	4th	19 20 22 30 35
2025-01-29	11	4th	5 10 27 30 34
2024-12-21	5	4th	9 22 28 30 32
2024-12-04	3	5th	4 7 9 11 30
2024-11-23	1	4th	18 20 28 30 33
2024-11-20	10	4th	17 22 26 30 35
2024-10-16	7	5th	3 5 14 24 30
2024-09-21	6	4th	6 16 26 30 31
2024-08-31	14	5th	5 9 12 18 30
2024-07-13	7	5th	1 8 10 25 30
2024-06-19	8	5th	14 17 18 20 30
2024-05-22	3	4th	13 24 25 30 31
2024-05-11	12	5th	7 20 23 28 30
2024-03-30	15	4th	1 15 19 30 34
2024-02-07	3	5th	2 5 9 27 30
2024-01-27	1	5th	3 6 15 22 30
2024-01-24	1	4th	6 17 27 30 34
2024-01-20	2	5th	6 7 11 27 30
2024-01-13	1	4th	15 23 29 30 35
2024-01-10	2	3rd	2 28 30 31 32
2024-01-03	3	4th	9 10 21 30 31
2023-12-23	1	5th	4 14 19 29 30
2023-12-20	6	3rd	25 26 30 31 35
2023-11-29	5	5th	7 8 14 20 30
2023-11-11	13	4th	8 9 17 30 34
2023-09-27	2	3rd	21 23 30 31 35
2023-09-20	5	5th	6 12 22 29 30
2023-09-02	11	4th	2 9 28 30 35
2023-07-26	2	4th	1 6 15 30 33
2023-07-19	4	5th	10 16 19 22 30
2023-07-05	2	4th	4 15 22 30 31
2023-06-28	8	5th	2 11 17 29 30
2023-05-31	8	5th	5 14 23 28 30
2023-05-03	2	4th	9 21 25 30 34
2023-04-26	6	5th	1 7 13 27 30
2023-04-05	4	4th	13 27 28 30 31
2023-03-22	4	5th	4 9 12 22 30
2023-03-08	2	4th	9 11 26 30 31
2023-03-01	7	4th	10 12 14 30 35
2023-02-04	5	4th	7 10 14 30 33
2023-01-18	26	5th	3 22 25 27 30
2022-10-19	1	5th	1 9 15 23 30
2022-10-15	6	4th	14 19 27 30 34
2022-09-24	3	5th	12 13 16 20 30
2022-09-14	10	5th	20 22 26 29 30
2022-08-10	2	5th	2 10 12 24 30
2022-08-03	6	5th	1 2 11 23 30
2022-07-13	7	4th	4 26 27 30 33
2022-06-18	2	4th	4 15 25 30 31
2022-06-11	2	5th	5 16 17 27 30
2022-06-04	2	4th	10 12 28 30 33
2022-05-28	10	4th	2 5 17 30 35
2022-04-23	3	5th	4 10 25 27 30
2022-04-13	14	5th	5 14 24 29 30
2022-02-23	4	5th	4 10 20 28 30
2022-02-09	1	3rd	6 19 30 34 35
2022-02-05	2	4th	8 10 11 30 34
2022-01-29	2	4th	1 6 18 30 31
2022-01-22	3	5th	2 7 10 11 30
2022-01-12	8	4th	2 6 27 30 35
2021-12-15	5	3rd	6 27 30 31 35
2021-11-27	11	3rd	4 20 30 32 34
2021-10-20	5	5th	16 17 20 22 30
2021-10-02	3	5th	4 6 12 19 30
2021-09-22	4	5th	7 11 14 28 30
2021-09-08	2	5th	1 11 17 21 30
2021-09-01	4	4th	1 21 25 30 32
2021-08-18	22	5th	1 7 16 25 30
2021-06-02	8	3rd	9 17 30 31 33
2021-05-05	2	5th	7 17 26 29 30
2021-04-28	1	5th	3 5 17 27 30
2021-04-24	15	4th	11 13 14 30 34
2021-03-03	16	4th	14 28 29 30 34
2021-01-06	7	4th	1 17 21 30 31
2020-12-12	8	3rd	17 28 30 31 33
2020-11-14	7	4th	9 18 19 30 34
2020-10-21	12	5th	2 5 22 28 30
2020-09-09	6	4th	11 13 20 30 35
2020-08-19	3	4th	6 18 19 30 34
2020-08-08	8	4th	12 21 22 30 31
2020-07-11	1	3rd	5 23 30 31 33
2020-07-08	8	4th	10 17 28 30 35
2020-06-10	17	5th	4 5 21 26 30
2020-04-11	3	4th	3 10 12 30 33
2020-04-01	5	5th	5 6 13 29 30
2020-03-14	5	5th	1 14 22 27 30
2020-02-26	6	5th	5 7 8 9 30
2020-02-05	3	5th	16 25 28 29 30
2020-01-25	6	5th	7 9 10 24 30
2020-01-04	6	5th	1 21 26 27 30
2019-12-14	1	5th	8 15 19 26 30
2019-12-11	8	5th	5 10 17 18 30
2019-11-13	9	5th	2 23 26 28 30
2019-10-12	5	4th	3 12 15 30 33
2019-09-25	4	4th	3 11 21 30 32
2019-09-11	8	4th	6 12 13 30 33
2019-08-14	11	5th	8 18 27 29 30
2019-07-06	2	4th	10 15 17 30 33
2019-06-29	17	5th	3 5 9 19 30
2019-05-01	16	3rd	10 15 30 33 34
2019-03-06	8	5th	4 7 9 21 30
2019-02-06	27	4th	11 23 27 30 35
2018-11-03	1	5th	17 19 21 25 30
2018-10-31	6	4th	4 8 15 30 33
2018-10-10	1	4th	4 14 15 30 35
2018-10-06	1	4th	6 22 23 30 35
2018-10-03	1	5th	13 24 27 29 30
2018-09-29	6	5th	4 8 22 28 30
2018-09-08	3	4th	16 18 24 30 35
2018-08-29	3	4th	12 22 29 30 32
2018-08-18	11	5th	8 18 22 29 30
2018-07-11	6	3rd	2 25 30 32 35
2018-06-20	1	4th	3 22 23 30 31
2018-06-16	3	5th	4 12 15 28 30
2018-06-06	2	5th	14 21 22 27 30
2018-05-30	1	5th	5 11 21 29 30
2018-05-26	5	5th	1 14 15 19 30
2018-05-09	1	4th	9 11 13 30 35
2018-05-05	1	3rd	2 25 30 33 34
2018-05-02	2	4th	4 11 27 30 31
2018-04-25	11	3rd	1 2 30 31 32
2018-03-17	7	3rd	21 25 30 31 32
2018-02-21	1	5th	4 16 17 29 30
2018-02-17	7	4th	21 28 29 30 34
2018-01-24	1	4th	10 11 17 30 35
2018-01-20	4	5th	17 21 25 29 30
2018-01-06	7	4th	7 11 21 30 33
2017-12-13	19	4th	5 9 14 30 32
2017-10-07	9	4th	11 16 17 30 32
2017-09-06	9	5th	16 20 23 24 30
2017-08-05	1	5th	10 19 23 24 30
2017-08-02	11	5th	1 3 5 23 30
2017-06-24	1	4th	4 13 21 30 32
2017-06-21	3	4th	2 3 4 30 31
2017-06-10	7	5th	1 2 12 14 30
2017-05-17	4	5th	4 9 15 20 30
2017-05-03	3	4th	2 9 12 30 32
2017-04-22	9	4th	3 11 21 30 31
2017-03-22	15	5th	8 9 10 15 30
2017-01-28	17	5th	2 17 20 22 30
2016-11-30	11	4th	7 19 23 30 34
2016-10-22	3	5th	2 9 11 15 30
2016-10-12	6	5th	8 16 18 23 30
2016-09-21	8	3rd	2 23 30 33 35
2016-08-24	8	4th	19 21 23 30 31
2016-07-27	2	5th	1 7 10 23 30
2016-07-20	18	5th	7 15 21 25 30
2016-05-18	2	4th	8 17 21 30 32
2016-05-11	14	5th	1 11 12 22 30
2016-03-23	2	5th	5 8 19 28 30
2016-03-16	2	4th	1 3 12 30 32
2016-03-09	2	5th	14 22 24 26 30
2016-03-02	2	5th	4 12 24 25 30
2016-02-24	5	3rd	11 15 30 31 32
2016-02-06	6	4th	6 23 25 30 34
2016-01-16	3	4th	12 25 27 30 33
2016-01-06	5	5th	4 7 20 25 30
2015-12-19	3	3rd	12 15 30 33 35
2015-12-09	24	4th	6 9 27 30 33
2015-09-16	17	5th	3 8 10 20 30
2015-07-18	10	4th	2 8 20 30 35
2015-06-13	2	4th	2 5 25 30 33
2015-06-06	12	4th	3 5 16 30 34
2015-04-25	6	3rd	2 18 30 32 33
2015-04-04	1	5th	2 8 10 13 30
2015-04-01	11	4th	4 16 17 30 34
2015-02-21	23	5th	1 6 13 19 30
2014-12-03	7	5th	9 18 26 29 30
2014-11-08	5	5th	6 14 17 27 30
2014-10-22	40	4th	1 16 17 30 31
2014-06-04	13	4th	2 8 20 30 31
2014-04-19	14	5th	3 18 24 25 30
2014-03-01	3	4th	7 8 9 30 34
2014-02-19	5	5th	17 22 23 25 30
2014-02-01	9	4th	3 21 26 30 31
2014-01-01	5	5th	3 8 11 21 30
2013-12-14	9	5th	6 17 25 29 30
2013-11-13	4	5th	3 20 21 24 30
2013-10-30	1	5th	6 18 24 28 30
2013-10-26	14	5th	1 8 20 22 30
2013-09-07	3	4th	3 8 19 30 35
2013-08-28	1	3rd	22 29 30 31 35
2013-08-24	5	4th	2 10 28 30 32
2013-08-07	3	5th	4 7 12 20 30
2013-07-27	2	5th	5 15 16 25 30
2013-07-20	9	5th	10 12 14 26 30
2013-06-19	16	5th	3 4 13 26 30
2013-04-24	13	3rd	6 22 30 31 32
2013-03-09	9	4th	7 8 26 30 31
2013-02-06	5	5th	7 11 12 28 30
2013-01-19	6	4th	14 27 28 30 34
2012-12-29	1	3rd	5 16 30 33 34
2012-12-26	9	5th	2 3 5 25 30
2012-11-24	3	5th	1 4 9 11 30
2012-11-14	7	4th	10 13 22 30 32
2012-10-20	5	4th	10 16 24 30 35
2012-10-03	12	5th	6 22 27 29 30
2012-08-22	5	4th	1 9 12 30 34
2012-08-04	8	5th	3 8 15 22 30
2012-07-07	4	4th	5 7 9 30 32
2012-06-23	12	5th	8 10 11 22 30
2012-05-12	9	5th	6 9 20 24 30
2012-04-11	3	5th	10 15 23 29 30
2012-03-31	1	5th	2 3 9 26 30
2012-03-28	3	4th	8 16 28 30 34
2012-03-17	18	4th	14 19 28 30 32
2012-01-14	6	5th	6 8 17 20 30
2011-12-24	2	5th	2 15 17 24 30
2011-12-17	9	4th	7 11 23 30 35
2011-11-16	1	5th	4 17 25 27 30
2011-11-12	15	4th	15 18 21 30 35
2011-09-21	1	5th	11 22 26 27 30
2011-09-17	9	5th	6 13 20 27 30
2011-08-17	12	5th	18 22 25 28 30
2011-07-06	5	4th	5 6 7 30 34
2011-06-18	2	5th	7 16 24 28 30
2011-06-11	5	4th	16 21 25 30 32
2011-05-25	12	5th	10 22 26 29 30
2011-04-13	5	4th	4 7 28 30 32
2011-03-26	1	5th	2 12 14 25 30
2011-03-23	2	5th	7 11 14 17 30
2011-03-16	1	4th	8 14 23 30 32
2011-03-12	11	4th	2 7 29 30 35
2011-02-02	35	5th	6 13 19 24 30
2010-10-02	11	4th	8 14 18 30 32
2010-08-25	11	5th	8 23 25 26 30
2010-07-17	1	4th	3 10 29 30 34
2010-07-14	3	5th	2 8 25 28 30
2010-07-03	—	4th	9 15 20 30 35