Number 30

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Oct 2023 rules — 1,090 draws, 5 from 1–45.

110times drawn · chance expected 121 −1.07σ

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

9.9average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

43longest completed wait · 54% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 110 times in 1,090 draws against 121.1 expected, −1.07σ. 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 110 times in 1,090 draws · average wait 9.9 draws · longest completed wait 43 · 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 smallest3 · chance 1.1
2nd smallest11 · chance 10.7
3rd smallest39 · chance 34.5
4th smallest45 · chance 44.4
5th smallest12 · chance 19.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 42 1 21 35 15

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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	2	3rd	25 27 30 33 35
2026-10-09	10	4th	1 6 29 30 42
2026-09-29	35	3rd	16 20 30 33 39
2026-08-25	43	4th	11 25 29 30

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-12-03	2	5th	9 10 14 16 30
2025-12-01	17	4th	2 9 17 30 39
2025-11-14	16	5th	7 11 21 28 30
2025-10-29	16	4th	3 9 25 30 35
2025-10-13	5	5th	5 10 23 29 30
2025-10-08	39	2nd	15 30 32 38 44
2025-08-30	31	3rd	20 22 30 35 45
2025-07-30	18	3rd	3 15 30 31 37
2025-07-12	2	2nd	15 30 32 42 44
2025-07-10	9	4th	4 15 17 30 42
2025-07-01	2	4th	13 14 15 30 38
2025-06-29	9	3rd	24 29 30 35 42
2025-06-20	12	3rd	12 21 30 33 40
2025-06-08	2	2nd	25 30 36 43 44
2025-06-06	6	4th	4 21 23 30 36
2025-05-31	13	3rd	15 24 30 33 34
2025-05-18	19	3rd	14 22 30 39 45
2025-04-29	30	2nd	24 30 34 37 38
2025-03-30	2	4th	1 5 20 30 44
2025-03-28	3	4th	4 8 16 30 33
2025-03-25	14	4th	9 20 21 30 34
2025-03-11	3	4th	3 12 16 30 45
2025-03-08	3	3rd	1 10 30 34 35
2025-03-05	4	3rd	15 28 30 32 36
2025-03-01	6	3rd	23 27 30 32 38
2025-02-23	18	5th	13 19 25 26 30
2025-02-05	13	2nd	8 30 32 34 35
2025-01-23	4	4th	1 14 29 30 42
2025-01-19	18	2nd	1 30 31 35 44
2025-01-01	5	4th	7 15 26 30 45
2024-12-27	3	3rd	16 21 30 32 43
2024-12-24	10	4th	17 23 25 30 43
2024-12-14	6	4th	3 21 27 30 38
2024-12-08	4	3rd	9 20 30 42 43
2024-12-04	12	4th	2 3 22 30 38
2024-11-22	1	4th	5 12 16 30 36
2024-11-21	9	4th	1 18 19 30 37
2024-11-12	4	3rd	2 21 30 33 42
2024-11-08	1	4th	7 21 27 30 34
2024-11-07	3	5th	10 21 23 25 30
2024-11-04	5	5th	10 18 24 27 30
2024-10-30	16	3rd	16 24 30 38 45
2024-10-14	9	3rd	6 7 30 37 44
2024-10-05	22	3rd	1 7 30 31 42
2024-09-13	6	4th	1 6 8 30 42
2024-09-07	5	4th	8 12 17 30 38
2024-09-02	25	3rd	11 14 30 36 45
2024-08-08	3	4th	8 25 27 30 43
2024-08-05	24	3rd	1 4 30 33 42
2024-07-12	9	5th	3 5 11 17 30
2024-07-03	24	3rd	16 18 30 34 43
2024-06-09	2	1st	30 33 37 40 42
2024-06-07	2	3rd	6 29 30 38 44
2024-06-05	11	4th	11 26 29 30 33
2024-05-25	6	4th	23 25 27 30 34
2024-05-19	21	3rd	13 26 30 32 35
2024-04-28	3	1st	30 35 36 39 41
2024-04-25	6	4th	17 26 28 30 35
2024-04-19	9	4th	17 19 21 30 42
2024-04-10	4	4th	8 9 27 30 37
2024-04-06	23	4th	26 28 29 30 32
2024-03-14	10	3rd	3 5 30 32 44
2024-03-04	10	4th	1 16 28 30 33
2024-02-23	1	4th	15 23 24 30 33
2024-02-22	3	4th	1 14 21 30 39
2024-02-19	2	3rd	8 28 30 31 43
2024-02-17	5	2nd	4 30 34 35 36
2024-02-12	4	3rd	11 23 30 41 44
2024-02-08	3	3rd	2 12 30 34 40
2024-02-05	9	3rd	4 22 30 34 45
2024-01-27	2	4th	5 15 18 30 32
2024-01-25	9	2nd	11 30 31 32 43
2024-01-16	19	4th	3 8 10 30 39
2023-12-28	5	2nd	20 30 36 38 42
2023-12-23	3	3rd	1 10 30 31 34
2023-12-20	13	4th	3 10 22 30 34
2023-12-07	4	2nd	13 30 33 34 42
2023-12-03	3	5th	1 8 21 24 30
2023-11-30	3	4th	9 19 21 30 44
2023-11-27	3	3rd	6 26 30 34 38
2023-11-24	2	3rd	12 19 30 31 36
2023-11-22	12	3rd	5 15 30 31 35
2023-11-10	14	3rd	8 24 30 31 41
2023-10-27	4	4th	9 13 22 30 35
2023-10-23	1	5th	16 25 27 29 30
2023-10-22	—	4th	17 19 24 30 32