Number 30

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 6 from 1–49.

206times drawn · chance expected 211 −0.37σ

21draws waiting · a wait this long: 7% for any number

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

41longest completed wait · 67% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 206 times in 1,724 draws against 211.1 expected, −0.37σ. Each draw is independent: after 21 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 206 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 21 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 smallest1 · chance 1.4
2nd smallest13 · chance 13.5
3rd smallest43 · chance 47.3
4th smallest75 · chance 75.2
5th smallest62 · chance 54.3
6th smallest12 · chance 14.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 20 9 41 3 49

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-07-29	5	2nd	25 30 34 37 38 39
2026-07-11	16	5th	6 8 19 27 30 41
2026-05-16	7	3rd	1 5 30 33 41 45
2026-04-22	3	4th

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-07-31	1	5th	3 5 8 16 30 39
2024-07-27	4	6th	6 10 15 18 20 30
2024-07-13	1	5th	3 9 12 26 30 33
2024-07-10	4	4th	6 17 26 30 34 40
2024-06-26	8	4th	16 25 27 30 47 49
2024-05-29	7	3rd	9 14 30 34 35 42
2024-05-04	3	4th	1 3 29 30 31 49
2024-04-24	3	5th	3 11 25 28 30 44
2024-04-13	2	4th	3 15 25 30 38 41
2024-04-06	18	4th	8 13 20 30 39 40
2024-02-03	7	5th	2 8 17 26 30 41
2024-01-10	17	5th	6 20 25 28 30 39
2023-11-11	3	5th	6 10 23 28 30 38
2023-11-01	7	4th	1 8 26 30 39 47
2023-10-07	11	4th	17 19 22 30 32 46
2023-08-30	1	5th	1 4 8 9 30 35
2023-08-26	14	5th	9 13 21 26 30 41
2023-07-08	10	5th	5 22 27 28 30 43
2023-06-03	7	4th	2 13 25 30 40 49
2023-05-10	12	4th	7 10 20 30 34 47
2023-03-29	3	3rd	9 15 30 35 45 49
2023-03-18	5	2nd	11 30 34 35 36 39
2023-03-01	4	5th	3 8 22 23 30 40
2023-02-15	8	4th	12 15 20 30 35 47
2023-01-18	9	5th	9 19 24 25 30 37
2022-12-17	13	5th	18 20 26 28 30 34
2022-11-02	22	3rd	7 15 30 32 44 47
2022-08-17	2	2nd	13 30 36 37 38 48
2022-08-10	2	2nd	3 30 36 40 42 45
2022-08-03	15	3rd	4 24 30 37 44 46
2022-06-11	25	3rd	19 21 30 31 34 44
2022-03-16	7	1st	30 32 36 41 43 45
2022-02-19	8	4th	1 19 23 30 32 47
2022-01-22	10	3rd	1 9 30 32 36 37
2021-12-18	12	4th	7 9 16 30 34 46
2021-11-06	10	4th	25 27 29 30 32 47
2021-10-02	1	5th	2 8 9 19 30 40
2021-09-29	19	6th	1 12 13 22 26 30
2021-07-24	34	6th	2 3 19 22 26 30
2021-03-27	18	4th	5 17 18 30 33 49
2021-01-23	1	3rd	2 9 30 37 40 43
2021-01-20	3	4th	2 15 21 30 34 40
2021-01-09	8	4th	2 23 28 30 42 44
2020-12-12	18	4th	1 7 28 30 32 47
2020-10-10	7	5th	1 6 21 23 30 31
2020-09-16	26	2nd	7 30 35 47 48 49
2020-06-17	2	5th	3 9 14 22 30 39
2020-06-10	2	4th	5 12 23 30 34 44
2020-06-03	1	4th	5 11 16 30 33 47
2020-05-30	9	5th	3 9 14 29 30 38
2020-04-29	4	3rd	3 25 30 31 36 48
2020-04-15	2	6th	1 7 9 19 25 30
2020-04-08	1	4th	6 9 19 30 40 42
2020-04-04	18	5th	8 12 17 19 30 32
2020-02-01	14	4th	22 27 29 30 38 41
2019-12-14	1	3rd	11 18 30 31 32 36
2019-12-11	2	3rd	4 21 30 31 38 48
2019-12-04	11	3rd	3 19 30 33 43 48
2019-10-26	8	5th	1 5 13 27 30 46
2019-09-28	5	3rd	13 27 30 40 41 44
2019-09-11	3	5th	9 14 16 29 30 31
2019-08-31	13	3rd	2 23 30 34 35 45
2019-07-17	32	6th	3 17 18 22 28 30
2019-03-27	1	5th	1 8 15 27 30 33
2019-03-23	11	4th	15 16 28 30 35 41
2019-02-13	11	5th	11 20 28 29 30 45
2019-01-05	6	3rd	21 28 30 44 45 49
2018-12-15	1	4th	8 10 29 30 32 46
2018-12-12	41	4th	13 20 25 30 34 46
2018-07-21	3	4th	12 18 24 30 33 41
2018-07-11	18	4th	11 17 20 30 45 46
2018-05-09	12	4th	1 13 25 30 33 35
2018-03-28	2	5th	16 21 22 29 30 43
2018-03-21	10	5th	1 8 16 26 30 43
2018-02-14	2	5th	2 4 17 25 30 45
2018-02-07	8	3rd	10 23 30 34 44 49
2018-01-10	6	5th	6 22 27 29 30 44
2017-12-20	3	4th	1 2 16 30 32 49
2017-12-09	1	4th	5 17 28 30 42 44
2017-12-06	17	5th	7 12 14 18 30 32
2017-10-07	7	5th	8 10 25 29 30 47
2017-09-13	2	4th	1 2 6 30 35 44
2017-09-06	23	5th	5 15 20 26 30 35
2017-06-17	24	3rd	20 26 30 35 39 45
2017-03-25	4	6th	10 18 22 24 27 30
2017-03-11	14	4th	10 18 20 30 33 37
2017-01-21	1	5th	6 8 15 21 30 43
2017-01-18	7	3rd	14 22 30 41 45 46
2016-12-24	15	4th	23 25 27 30 32 38
2016-11-02	4	4th	13 18 27 30 33 41
2016-10-19	9	2nd	4 30 33 41 45 49
2016-09-17	5	5th	10 14 19 25 30 33
2016-08-31	10	3rd	6 23 30 32 41 49
2016-07-27	8	4th	6 7 11 30 39 49
2016-06-29	9	2nd	10 30 34 38 41 45
2016-05-28	2	5th	1 2 11 26 30 31
2016-05-21	1	3rd	2 23 30 35 38 42
2016-05-18	2	5th	5 15 18 24 30 40
2016-05-11	18	5th	7 13 14 20 30 48
2016-03-09	7	4th	8 18 21 30 31 49
2016-02-13	4	2nd	17 30 32 33 34 36
2016-01-30	5	4th	3 8 20 30 40 42
2016-01-13	3	3rd	4 19 30 31 32 38
2016-01-02	10	5th	3 12 25 28 30 38
2015-11-28	7	3rd	11 28 30 35 37 45
2015-11-04	4	4th	7 20 26 30 41 48
2015-10-21	17	3rd	6 15 30 43 46 49
2015-08-22	18	2nd	15 30 38 42 46 49
2015-06-20	7	4th	5 7 28 30 43 45
2015-05-27	8	5th	11 17 19 22 30 37
2015-04-29	2	4th	8 13 22 30 40 41
2015-04-22	2	5th	13 15 18 27 30 39
2015-04-15	4	5th	6 12 16 29 30 33
2015-04-01	3	4th	12 17 23 30 43 47
2015-03-21	2	5th	7 20 24 28 30 43
2015-03-14	11	6th	3 8 9 17 22 30
2015-02-04	2	5th	4 9 10 15 30 36
2015-01-28	9	3rd	8 17 30 38 42 49
2014-12-27	26	2nd	8 30 35 37 38 46
2014-09-27	6	4th	1 7 15 30 35 41
2014-09-06	7	5th	7 18 22 24 30 43
2014-08-13	23	4th	16 19 27 30 35 44
2014-05-24	4	4th	16 20 22 30 43 47
2014-05-10	4	5th	1 11 19 23 30 40
2014-04-26	3	4th	2 7 25 30 37 47
2014-04-16	13	4th	2 8 16 30 35 36
2014-03-01	2	3rd	9 12 30 31 33 41
2014-02-22	14	4th	6 18 28 30 42 44
2014-01-04	1	4th	18 27 29 30 33 44
2014-01-01	17	2nd	29 30 35 36 37 46
2013-11-02	28	4th	23 27 29 30 33 35
2013-07-27	5	4th	25 28 29 30 38 40
2013-07-10	4	4th	10 13 23 30 44 49
2013-06-26	1	4th	9 15 26 30 34 36
2013-06-22	6	5th	3 10 12 15 30 41
2013-06-01	2	5th	1 13 21 27 30 47
2013-05-25	2	3rd	16 20 30 33 36 42
2013-05-18	14	4th	14 15 16 30 41 45
2013-03-30	32	4th	3 13 17 30 36 40
2012-12-08	1	6th	17 18 19 24 29 30
2012-12-05	1	5th	7 16 18 28 30 33
2012-12-01	7	5th	13 23 28 29 30 32
2012-11-07	11	4th	9 15 26 30 36 45
2012-09-29	4	4th	8 16 21 30 32 43
2012-09-15	1	4th	11 21 29 30 34 36
2012-09-12	4	4th	1 7 24 30 31 47
2012-08-29	13	3rd	20 22 30 34 40 45
2012-07-14	2	4th	9 21 29 30 37 49
2012-07-07	1	4th	11 20 25 30 35 41
2012-07-04	17	4th	10 12 17 30 37 39
2012-05-05	3	3rd	13 16 30 32 39 49
2012-04-25	4	3rd	10 26 30 33 34 39
2012-04-11	4	5th	17 20 23 27 30 47
2012-03-28	12	4th	10 13 15 30 38 39
2012-02-15	10	3rd	11 14 30 42 45 48
2012-01-11	3	5th	4 8 10 22 30 47
2011-12-31	22	6th	7 21 26 27 28 30
2011-10-15	3	3rd	8 22 30 31 43 48
2011-10-05	5	4th	9 17 22 30 37 38
2011-09-17	5	4th	5 19 22 30 32 46
2011-08-31	6	5th	2 9 14 27 30 41
2011-08-10	13	4th	8 11 26 30 37 43
2011-06-25	8	4th	18 23 26 30 36 38
2011-05-28	6	3rd	3 18 30 36 37 41
2011-05-07	4	5th	2 5 14 27 30 46
2011-04-23	7	3rd	4 5 30 35 42 46
2011-03-30	6	3rd	10 20 30 33 38 42
2011-03-09	12	4th	13 15 16 30 47 48
2011-01-26	3	3rd	2 20 30 46 47 49
2011-01-15	8	2nd	22 30 32 40 42 44
2010-12-18	3	3rd	8 24 30 38 39 40
2010-12-08	2	5th	3 4 12 26 30 37
2010-12-01	5	3rd	10 18 30 31 44 49
2010-11-13	4	5th	4 11 16 23 30 34
2010-10-30	9	4th	7 10 16 30 31 32
2010-09-29	1	4th	4 7 22 30 33 37
2010-09-25	2	5th	5 8 14 29 30 39
2010-09-18	3	3rd	11 19 30 33 46 47
2010-09-08	28	5th	4 12 19 20 30 49
2010-06-02	9	3rd	5 8 30 34 42 49
2010-05-01	5	3rd	3 5 30 36 37 43
2010-04-14	—	6th	4 10 13 17 21 30