Number 31

In EuroMillions under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Sep 2016 rules — 1,048 draws, 5 from 1–50.

102times drawn · chance expected 105 −0.29σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

10.3average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

61longest completed wait · 17% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 102 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, −0.29σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 31, draw by draw

Drawn 102 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 10.3 draws · longest completed wait 61 · 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 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 smallest1 · chance 1.9
2nd smallest16 · chance 14.0
3rd smallest37 · chance 35.8
4th smallest33 · chance 37.1
5th smallest15 · chance 13.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 4 10 21 38 46

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 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

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-09	3	4th	5 20 24 31 45
2026-09-29	17	4th	4 7 12 31 44
2026-07-31	13	4th	10 24 25 31 45
2026-06-16	5	3rd	18 25 31

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-04-02	5	3rd	1 23 31 36 48
2024-03-15	7	3rd	1 4 31 34 40
2024-02-20	31	2nd	23 31 37 42 48
2023-11-03	3	3rd	8 21 31 39 47
2023-10-24	5	4th	8 16 18 31 34
2023-10-06	5	3rd	21 29 31 34 43
2023-09-19	13	3rd	10 15 31 41 42
2023-08-04	4	3rd	15 20 31 44 48
2023-07-21	31	2nd	7 31 33 35 36
2023-04-04	6	3rd	10 16 31 33 50
2023-03-14	13	4th	16 26 28 31 46
2023-01-27	6	5th	8 9 15 19 31
2023-01-06	3	2nd	16 31 35 44 45
2022-12-27	5	2nd	19 31 33 34 43
2022-12-09	7	3rd	8 27 31 46 50
2022-11-15	24	4th	13 21 24 31 33
2022-08-23	13	3rd	19 26 31 39 48
2022-07-08	6	2nd	28 31 35 43 46
2022-06-17	3	4th	19 21 22 31 38
2022-06-07	16	5th	6 16 17 25 31
2022-04-12	3	3rd	21 30 31 35 47
2022-04-01	7	4th	2 7 21 31 45
2022-03-08	6	5th	12 18 21 25 31
2022-02-15	9	3rd	9 20 31 33 44
2022-01-14	11	4th	6 17 25 31 46
2021-12-07	15	2nd	22 31 38 46 47
2021-10-15	14	3rd	21 26 31 34 49
2021-08-27	3	3rd	2 3 31 46 50
2021-08-17	18	2nd	12 31 41 42 47
2021-06-15	18	5th	11 21 26 30 31
2021-04-13	18	3rd	16 20 31 47 50
2021-02-09	6	4th	5 10 24 31 37
2021-01-19	19	3rd	25 27 31 35 43
2020-11-13	19	5th	1 5 17 28 31
2020-09-08	3	3rd	2 9 31 35 41
2020-08-28	61	5th	7 12 16 17 31
2020-01-28	8	4th	1 19 27 31 38
2019-12-31	8	2nd	26 31 33 41 48
2019-12-03	14	2nd	18 31 32 38 48
2019-10-15	18	3rd	3 28 31 32 34
2019-08-13	9	3rd	13 29 31 33 40
2019-07-12	8	2nd	2 31 39 45 47
2019-06-14	3	4th	1 13 30 31 39
2019-06-04	24	2nd	9 31 32 39 41
2019-03-12	3	5th	5 7 13 19 31
2019-03-01	7	5th	6 9 19 26 31
2019-02-05	7	3rd	14 25 31 37 43
2019-01-11	1	3rd	1 19 31 39 48
2019-01-08	4	4th	3 19 22 31 32
2018-12-25	17	4th	4 5 8 31 43
2018-10-26	4	4th	5 18 21 31 35
2018-10-12	10	4th	4 9 12 31 43
2018-09-07	2	4th	4 23 27 31 50
2018-08-31	2	3rd	4 30 31 38 42
2018-08-24	3	3rd	3 14 31 36 50
2018-08-14	25	5th	1 15 18 25 31
2018-05-18	1	5th	5 8 10 13 31
2018-05-15	17	4th	4 16 20 31 39
2018-03-16	3	5th	4 17 24 27 31
2018-03-06	2	4th	15 20 26 31 44
2018-02-27	5	2nd	3 31 41 48 50
2018-02-09	7	2nd	22 31 36 38 44
2018-01-16	7	3rd	20 23 31 34 46
2017-12-22	2	4th	5 24 30 31 43
2017-12-15	7	3rd	25 30 31 42 50
2017-11-21	17	5th	2 10 14 28 31
2017-09-22	16	3rd	6 11 31 39 42
2017-07-28	10	4th	5 9 29 31 41
2017-06-23	19	4th	3 4 21 31 38
2017-04-18	2	3rd	17 22 31 38 45
2017-04-11	4	4th	5 21 22 31 49
2017-03-28	5	3rd	9 13 31 33 46
2017-03-10	3	1st	31 36 38 47 49
2017-02-28	6	3rd	10 20 31 35 42
2017-02-07	5	3rd	4 10 31 38 44
2017-01-20	14	4th	10 17 27 31 49
2016-12-02	14	4th	6 11 23 31 32
2016-10-14	—	4th	7 13 19 31 34