Number 30

In Cowboy Draw under the 5/45 · since Mar 2015 rules — 1,206 draws, 5 from 1–45.

128times drawn · chance expected 134 −0.55σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

45longest completed wait · 51% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 128 times in 1,206 draws against 134.0 expected, −0.55σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 128 times in 1,206 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 45 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 1.3
2nd smallest14 · chance 12.4
3rd smallest33 · chance 40.2
4th smallest59 · chance 51.7
5th smallest21 · chance 22.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 8 17 6 34 38

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
2026-10-12	14	3rd	3 26 30 38 40
2026-08-24	3	4th	7 11 25 30 37
2026-08-13	8	3rd	4 6 30 36 43
2026-07-16	6	4th	1 7 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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