Number 30

In PowerBall under the 5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018 rules — 865 draws, 5 from 1–50.

78times drawn · chance expected 87 −0.96σ

34draws waiting · a wait this long: 3% for any number

10.6average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

47longest completed wait · 46% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 78 times in 865 draws against 86.5 expected, −0.96σ. Each draw is independent: after 34 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 78 times in 865 draws · average wait 10.6 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 34 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 1.8
2nd smallest16 · chance 12.2
3rd smallest30 · chance 28.4
4th smallest21 · chance 26.9
5th smallest10 · chance 8.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 38 24 23 42 16

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 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 50. 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
2026-06-12	4	4th	7 23 27 30 45
2026-05-29	1	5th	9 14 16 25 30
2026-05-26	4	3rd	1 9 30 31 47
2026-05-12	8	2nd	25 30 32 33

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-02-13	4	3rd	13 15 30 32 46
2024-01-30	10	3rd	1 8 30 39 44
2023-12-26	6	3rd	6 29 30 34 38
2023-12-05	5	4th	19 20 21 30 39
2023-11-17	1	4th	4 20 24 30 42
2023-11-14	27	3rd	10 24 30 33 44
2023-08-11	3	1st	30 35 42 43 44
2023-08-01	8	3rd	1 16 30 38 46
2023-07-04	5	3rd	13 29 30 31 47
2023-06-16	10	4th	13 21 26 30 50
2023-05-12	9	3rd	5 11 30 40 47
2023-04-11	47	2nd	4 30 38 43 49
2022-10-28	22	3rd	15 25 30 32 40
2022-08-12	28	2nd	24 30 38 39 44
2022-05-06	4	3rd	4 14 30 34 38
2022-04-22	9	3rd	13 20 30 38 42
2022-03-22	23	2nd	20 30 35 43 48
2021-12-31	5	2nd	27 30 33 38 49
2021-12-14	3	3rd	5 19 30 37 43
2021-12-03	14	4th	9 19 20 30 31
2021-10-15	1	2nd	15 30 44 45 48
2021-10-12	16	2nd	23 30 32 36 39
2021-08-17	4	4th	10 18 23 30 48
2021-08-03	9	4th	8 16 18 30 34
2021-07-02	13	2nd	20 30 34 38 43
2021-05-18	7	3rd	4 11 30 35 45
2021-04-23	13	4th	5 14 19 30 35
2021-03-09	8	2nd	28 30 36 37 41
2021-02-09	11	4th	4 7 15 30 32
2021-01-01	1	4th	1 7 24 30 44
2020-12-29	6	5th	15 17 24 28 30
2020-12-04	3	4th	13 15 24 30 50
2020-11-24	4	3rd	13 15 30 43 47
2020-11-10	24	3rd	6 23 30 35 36
2020-08-18	1	3rd	6 22 30 39 49
2020-08-14	2	5th	10 11 16 25 30
2020-08-07	2	2nd	11 30 42 45 48
2020-07-31	1	3rd	6 18 30 46 48
2020-07-28	3	3rd	3 28 30 38 40
2020-07-17	14	4th	12 15 24 30 38
2020-05-29	6	3rd	4 27 30 34 45
2020-05-08	22	3rd	12 21 30 35 45
2020-02-21	12	3rd	4 18 30 34 36
2020-01-10	45	4th	23 25 28 30 40
2019-08-06	26	4th	6 8 15 30 37
2019-05-07	12	3rd	15 22 30 45 48
2019-03-26	13	5th	1 8 24 26 30
2019-02-08	12	2nd	22 30 39 41 42
2018-12-28	1	3rd	18 21 30 32 50
2018-12-25	9	5th	13 16 28 29 30
2018-11-23	6	5th	3 6 8 23 30
2018-11-02	11	2nd	2 30 36 42 47
2018-09-25	14	4th	7 15 17 30 40
2018-08-07	—	5th	2 3 19 24 30