In Québec 49 under the 6/49 · since May 2025 rules — 145 draws, 6 from 1–49.
25times drawn · chance expected 18 +1.84σ
5draws waiting · a wait this long: 59% for any number
5.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2
19longest completed wait · 91% chance of one at least that long
31 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 25 times in 145 draws against 17.8 expected, +1.84σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
31
Number 31, draw by draw
Drawn 25 times in 145 draws · average wait 5.5 draws · longest completed wait 19 · waiting 5 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.
Never drawn alongside 4 of the other 48 numbers; chance expects about 4 such strangers 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.
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.