Number 30

In Hit 5 under the 5/42 · since Sep 2020 rules — 2,228 draws, 5 from 1–42.

284times drawn · chance expected 265 +1.23σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 36% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

55longest completed wait · 26% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 284 times in 2,228 draws against 265.2 expected, +1.23σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 284 times in 2,228 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 55 · waiting 9 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 1.4
2nd smallest16 · chance 17.9
3rd smallest72 · chance 75.1
4th smallest114 · chance 123.0
5th smallest82 · chance 66.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 15 5 12 3 31

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
2026-10-03	1	5th	19 24 26 29 30
2026-10-02	16	5th	3 21 28 29 30
2026-09-16	7	2nd	14 30 33 36 37
2026-09-09	10	4th	17 24 26 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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-31	3	4th	2 3 28 30 34
2026-03-28	9	4th	6 12 20 30 42
2026-03-19	12	5th	9 18 19 24 30
2026-03-07	3	3rd	2 24 30 31 36
2026-03-04	2	4th	3 6 15 30 35
2026-03-02	1	3rd	7 27 30 33 38
2026-03-01	5	2nd	26 30 31 41 42
2026-02-24	5	3rd	4 26 30 31 42
2026-02-19	2	5th	3 14 20 29 30
2026-02-17	11	2nd	5 30 31 33 35
2026-02-06	1	5th	3 5 16 22 30
2026-02-05	1	5th	14 16 21 24 30
2026-02-04	5	4th	6 14 23 30 36
2026-01-30	6	3rd	3 9 30 35 37
2026-01-24	6	3rd	8 23 30 37 39
2026-01-18	10	4th	7 10 14 30 32
2026-01-08	22	4th	2 15 16 30 40
2025-12-17	7	5th	7 12 13 26 30
2025-12-10	3	4th	5 7 12 30 35
2025-12-07	10	5th	3 10 15 27 30
2025-11-27	6	5th	2 5 11 12 30
2025-11-21	12	4th	3 5 17 30 36
2025-11-09	3	5th	4 10 16 20 30
2025-11-06	13	4th	2 20 25 30 32
2025-10-24	1	4th	2 3 29 30 38
2025-10-23	4	3rd	27 28 30 31 37
2025-10-19	3	4th	2 6 21 30 35
2025-10-16	1	4th	4 18 23 30 33
2025-10-15	21	4th	14 24 25 30 41
2025-09-24	2	5th	6 11 20 21 30
2025-09-22	1	3rd	2 23 30 33 40
2025-09-21	11	4th	21 23 28 30 40
2025-09-10	2	5th	3 5 19 26 30
2025-09-08	2	2nd	6 30 33 35 39
2025-09-06	9	5th	3 4 9 10 30
2025-08-28	5	5th	3 9 22 25 30
2025-08-23	2	4th	10 20 25 30 31
2025-08-21	1	4th	4 9 13 30 41
2025-08-20	6	3rd	20 27 30 36 40
2025-08-14	7	3rd	4 25 30 34 35
2025-08-07	5	3rd	19 27 30 38 41
2025-08-02	19	5th	9 17 28 29 30
2025-07-14	18	5th	16 18 21 26 30
2025-06-26	16	4th	4 12 14 30 36
2025-06-10	5	3rd	9 10 30 33 34
2025-06-05	7	4th	13 26 29 30 36
2025-05-29	9	5th	5 7 10 28 30
2025-05-20	1	4th	5 11 15 30 32
2025-05-19	7	2nd	24 30 35 37 38
2025-05-12	27	5th	4 10 16 22 30
2025-04-15	5	5th	3 4 14 17 30
2025-04-10	5	3rd	17 18 30 32 38
2025-04-05	16	5th	2 15 18 29 30
2025-03-20	13	5th	6 10 11 24 30
2025-03-07	2	4th	4 16 21 30 33
2025-03-05	1	5th	2 12 16 29 30
2025-03-04	6	4th	19 23 28 30 41
2025-02-26	5	3rd	22 26 30 36 37
2025-02-21	13	5th	3 4 5 15 30
2025-02-08	4	4th	16 20 28 30 36
2025-02-04	9	4th	2 3 13 30 37
2025-01-26	3	4th	7 9 29 30 41
2025-01-23	7	5th	7 8 24 27 30
2025-01-16	3	3rd	7 18 30 32 33
2025-01-13	3	4th	3 23 26 30 38
2025-01-10	7	5th	1 9 26 28 30
2025-01-03	1	3rd	11 13 30 34 36
2025-01-02	17	3rd	1 24 30 32 33
2024-12-16	15	5th	4 16 22 26 30
2024-12-01	10	3rd	11 22 30 35 36
2024-11-21	1	4th	4 10 22 30 34
2024-11-20	12	5th	2 5 10 16 30
2024-11-08	4	4th	14 19 25 30 41
2024-11-04	4	5th	5 9 12 18 30
2024-10-31	44	5th	6 9 15 18 30
2024-09-17	23	4th	11 14 27 30 37
2024-08-25	1	5th	2 3 17 24 30
2024-08-24	1	4th	1 3 13 30 35
2024-08-23	11	4th	5 23 25 30 33
2024-08-12	5	3rd	6 10 30 31 34
2024-08-07	8	4th	13 19 29 30 42
2024-07-30	9	5th	5 24 26 28 30
2024-07-21	23	4th	11 20 24 30 41
2024-06-28	3	5th	6 23 25 28 30
2024-06-25	3	4th	5 6 8 30 41
2024-06-22	1	5th	10 12 13 29 30
2024-06-21	7	3rd	5 27 30 37 38
2024-06-14	1	5th	1 7 12 18 30
2024-06-13	4	3rd	6 11 30 32 41
2024-06-09	6	4th	6 22 28 30 36
2024-06-03	24	4th	3 11 13 30 34
2024-05-10	9	4th	3 18 19 30 38
2024-05-01	11	2nd	21 30 31 37 38
2024-04-20	5	5th	4 18 21 24 30
2024-04-15	1	4th	3 6 16 30 34
2024-04-14	8	5th	3 17 20 28 30
2024-04-06	1	5th	10 17 23 24 30
2024-04-05	8	4th	14 15 19 30 32
2024-03-28	16	4th	15 18 25 30 41
2024-03-12	4	4th	1 2 15 30 31
2024-03-08	3	4th	5 7 21 30 33
2024-03-05	2	4th	3 13 15 30 39
2024-03-03	7	4th	7 17 20 30 33
2024-02-25	5	4th	16 24 25 30 33
2024-02-20	3	4th	1 4 5 30 31
2024-02-17	18	3rd	2 22 30 38 42
2024-01-30	2	4th	6 10 18 30 41
2024-01-28	12	3rd	12 16 30 33 38
2024-01-16	3	3rd	19 24 30 33 38
2024-01-13	1	3rd	9 20 30 33 40
2024-01-12	3	4th	5 15 16 30 36
2024-01-09	20	5th	8 12 15 19 30
2023-12-20	23	4th	10 12 16 30 40
2023-11-27	2	5th	5 19 20 26 30
2023-11-25	8	5th	8 11 12 25 30
2023-11-17	5	4th	15 18 22 30 31
2023-11-12	12	3rd	4 21 30 36 40
2023-10-31	9	3rd	14 22 30 33 36
2023-10-22	3	4th	13 22 25 30 37
2023-10-19	6	5th	4 10 12 25 30
2023-10-13	9	3rd	27 28 30 34 40
2023-10-04	4	3rd	14 21 30 37 39
2023-09-30	6	4th	7 16 20 30 35
2023-09-24	9	4th	5 12 25 30 39
2023-09-15	13	3rd	5 14 30 39 41
2023-09-02	6	4th	12 19 20 30 32
2023-08-27	6	4th	9 10 17 30 37
2023-08-21	24	4th	1 24 28 30 37
2023-07-28	7	5th	2 13 19 20 30
2023-07-21	25	3rd	14 25 30 31 42
2023-06-26	3	3rd	21 22 30 35 37
2023-06-23	5	3rd	24 26 30 40 42
2023-06-18	4	2nd	29 30 32 38 40
2023-06-14	2	4th	18 23 29 30 40
2023-06-12	17	4th	5 10 22 30 33
2023-05-26	7	3rd	2 9 30 31 42
2023-05-19	3	4th	3 21 25 30 31
2023-05-16	13	3rd	12 28 30 32 35
2023-05-03	7	5th	1 2 12 29 30
2023-04-26	8	2nd	10 30 35 40 41
2023-04-18	5	4th	11 15 29 30 40
2023-04-13	7	5th	2 5 20 21 30
2023-04-06	1	3rd	2 25 30 31 36
2023-04-05	5	5th	2 3 25 28 30
2023-03-31	25	2nd	21 30 31 32 36
2023-03-06	6	4th	9 18 29 30 42
2023-02-28	6	5th	5 10 14 16 30
2023-02-22	11	4th	15 19 25 30 42
2023-02-11	4	2nd	5 30 34 40 41
2023-02-07	11	5th	2 7 11 12 30
2023-01-27	9	5th	8 14 19 24 30
2023-01-18	5	4th	12 18 24 30 42
2023-01-13	8	5th	5 12 16 22 30
2023-01-05	13	4th	12 13 17 30 31
2022-12-23	11	5th	5 6 12 18 30
2022-12-12	14	4th	4 8 21 30 42
2022-11-28	2	5th	7 8 15 17 30
2022-11-26	6	3rd	17 22 30 31 41
2022-11-20	7	3rd	23 25 30 37 40
2022-11-13	5	5th	8 15 25 28 30
2022-11-08	8	3rd	3 6 30 37 38
2022-10-31	2	4th	19 24 25 30 39
2022-10-29	5	5th	5 12 15 16 30
2022-10-24	10	3rd	8 21 30 36 40
2022-10-14	1	3rd	3 20 30 33 42
2022-10-13	3	4th	4 11 17 30 34
2022-10-10	14	5th	11 19 22 29 30
2022-09-26	14	3rd	11 18 30 38 41
2022-09-12	10	2nd	12 30 31 36 37
2022-09-02	2	3rd	7 13 30 36 41
2022-08-31	7	5th	9 10 16 17 30
2022-08-24	7	3rd	15 16 30 33 41
2022-08-17	4	3rd	8 18 30 35 37
2022-08-13	2	5th	1 2 13 22 30
2022-08-11	3	4th	4 5 18 30 35
2022-08-08	5	5th	12 13 15 21 30
2022-08-03	12	3rd	7 20 30 32 39
2022-07-22	55	5th	3 14 22 28 30
2022-05-28	4	4th	1 8 23 30 38
2022-05-24	4	4th	4 6 8 30 42
2022-05-20	5	3rd	10 28 30 31 34
2022-05-15	5	4th	3 8 9 30 38
2022-05-10	20	2nd	5 30 31 34 36
2022-04-20	15	4th	4 9 26 30 37
2022-04-05	3	4th	9 10 23 30 31
2022-04-02	2	3rd	9 20 30 32 36
2022-03-31	1	4th	15 20 25 30 31
2022-03-30	10	5th	6 12 18 29 30
2022-03-20	9	4th	11 16 23 30 38
2022-03-11	19	4th	10 20 29 30 31
2022-02-20	4	4th	11 16 21 30 40
2022-02-16	17	3rd	9 18 30 36 38
2022-01-30	4	3rd	3 29 30 31 36
2022-01-26	6	4th	2 3 24 30 37
2022-01-20	5	4th	13 15 24 30 41
2022-01-15	21	3rd	4 12 30 31 33
2021-12-25	4	3rd	8 21 30 33 34
2021-12-21	10	4th	6 16 21 30 39
2021-12-11	22	4th	11 19 29 30 34
2021-11-19	3	5th	3 12 15 26 30
2021-11-16	9	4th	7 20 24 30 40
2021-11-07	11	5th	1 12 13 19 30
2021-10-27	3	4th	4 13 15 30 42
2021-10-24	11	4th	9 10 23 30 35
2021-10-13	8	3rd	11 26 30 38 41
2021-10-05	3	4th	2 6 11 30 35
2021-10-02	10	3rd	10 18 30 31 38
2021-09-22	5	5th	7 9 16 20 30
2021-09-17	12	3rd	7 11 30 36 40
2021-09-05	5	3rd	13 28 30 32 41
2021-08-31	4	4th	10 19 25 30 39
2021-08-27	5	4th	8 15 22 30 41
2021-08-22	22	4th	7 15 16 30 41
2021-07-31	2	3rd	16 21 30 33 40
2021-07-29	13	4th	10 11 26 30 40
2021-07-16	1	4th	9 18 22 30 37
2021-07-15	6	5th	2 14 17 29 30
2021-07-09	13	4th	9 18 27 30 38
2021-06-26	6	5th	5 9 25 27 30
2021-06-20	15	5th	10 18 21 28 30
2021-06-05	4	5th	10 15 18 28 30
2021-06-01	6	3rd	19 20 30 31 39
2021-05-26	19	4th	19 25 28 30 41
2021-05-07	2	3rd	1 5 30 34 36
2021-05-05	3	4th	2 10 20 30 40
2021-05-02	13	4th	4 11 25 30 31
2021-04-19	19	4th	2 23 26 30 38
2021-03-31	1	5th	6 8 19 23 30
2021-03-30	15	4th	4 12 13 30 34
2021-03-15	1	4th	12 17 23 30 37
2021-03-14	12	3rd	20 27 30 37 38
2021-03-02	1	3rd	14 28 30 33 36
2021-03-01	21	4th	9 12 14 30 38
2021-02-08	6	3rd	6 11 30 33 34
2021-02-02	4	5th	2 19 21 29 30
2021-01-29	2	5th	6 11 24 28 30
2021-01-27	5	5th	10 18 23 27 30
2021-01-22	4	3rd	21 29 30 32 39
2021-01-18	13	3rd	17 22 30 38 42
2021-01-05	2	5th	17 19 26 28 30
2021-01-03	5	4th	16 22 29 30 36
2020-12-29	2	3rd	8 19 30 33 37
2020-12-27	4	4th	9 25 28 30 31
2020-12-23	3	3rd	6 18 30 37 38
2020-12-20	5	2nd	19 30 34 39 40
2020-12-15	8	5th	1 2 7 27 30
2020-12-07	9	5th	2 14 22 27 30
2020-11-28	8	3rd	3 27 30 33 38
2020-11-20	2	4th	3 12 26 30 40
2020-11-18	2	4th	6 16 20 30 42
2020-11-16	2	5th	16 20 21 28 30
2020-11-14	8	5th	7 18 21 23 30
2020-11-06	7	5th	5 15 20 24 30
2020-10-30	10	5th	2 5 14 24 30
2020-10-20	3	2nd	26 30 34 35 39
2020-10-17	4	4th	10 14 29 30 32
2020-10-13	9	2nd	19 30 35 38 39
2020-10-04	1	5th	8 14 15 23 30
2020-10-03	11	4th	1 9 13 30 34
2020-09-22	—	4th	6 22 26 30 37