Number 31

In Canada Lotto 6/49 under the 6/49 + 1/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–49.

209times drawn · chance expected 214 −0.39σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 18% for any number

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

39longest completed wait · 77% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 209 times in 1,751 draws against 214.4 expected, −0.39σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 35 times, counted separately.

Number 31, draw by draw

Drawn 209 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 14 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 31 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 smallest2 · chance 1.0
2nd smallest19 · chance 11.2
3rd smallest44 · chance 43.3
4th smallest67 · chance 75.8
5th smallest55 · chance 60.2
6th smallest22 · chance 17.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 47 28 38 10 23

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, 31 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th 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

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 31 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-22	5	4th	11 13 21 31 34 45
2026-08-05	28	3rd	12 30 31 35 41 48
2026-04-29	31	4th	6 19 23 31 47 49
2026-01-10	15

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: 31 is drawn with probability 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

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