Number 31

In UK Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,139 draws, 6 from 1–59.

123times drawn · chance expected 116 +0.70σ

15draws waiting · a wait this long: 22% for any number

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

35longest completed wait · 96% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 123 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, +0.70σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 16 times, counted separately.

Number 31, draw by draw

Drawn 123 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 35 · waiting 15 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 2.6
2nd smallest19 · chance 16.5
3rd smallest40 · chance 38.3
4th smallest33 · chance 41.2
5th smallest22 · chance 20.6
6th smallest7 · chance 3.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 7 22 28 12 38

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-07-15	8	6th	4 13 14 17 23 31
2026-06-17	1	2nd	26 31 36 41 45 51
2026-06-13	11	3rd	12 15 31 32 48 58
2026-05-06	12	2nd	7 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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-07-24	7	5th	3 17 23 29 31 34
2024-06-29	11	6th	7 11 19 25 29 31
2024-05-22	5	4th	6 7 25 31 35 43
2024-05-04	5	4th	2 7 16 31 54 59
2024-04-17	1	4th	11 26 28 31 35 39
2024-04-13	1	3rd	17 26 31 33 45 48
2024-04-10	31	4th	9 19 24 31 39 56
2023-12-23	3	3rd	17 29 31 40 47 56
2023-12-13	4	3rd	10 28 31 34 43 48
2023-11-29	1	2nd	19 31 35 38 42 49
2023-11-25	12	3rd	5 9 31 34 46 48
2023-10-14	5	4th	4 27 28 31 51 57
2023-09-27	3	5th	8 10 11 20 31 44
2023-09-16	1	5th	7 17 22 24 31 59
2023-09-13	7	5th	7 10 23 29 31 42
2023-08-19	15	5th	2 7 17 28 31 37
2023-06-28	17	1st	31 32 33 40 56 59
2023-04-29	2	2nd	12 31 35 41 44 56
2023-04-22	16	4th	8 22 29 31 35 51
2023-02-25	6	2nd	22 31 32 45 50 53
2023-02-04	1	5th	2 5 23 27 31 58
2023-02-01	10	4th	16 28 29 31 53 59
2022-12-28	14	4th	5 19 27 31 48 57
2022-11-09	1	4th	1 5 29 31 44 58
2022-11-05	9	4th	2 13 27 31 38 41
2022-10-05	7	2nd	23 31 36 48 51 54
2022-09-10	10	5th	2 6 7 29 31 42
2022-08-06	12	3rd	14 15 31 41 44 45
2022-06-25	9	4th	13 23 25 31 43 52
2022-05-25	9	2nd	30 31 37 45 49 56
2022-04-23	19	4th	7 10 24 31 48 56
2022-02-16	9	3rd	21 27 31 50 53 59
2022-01-15	4	4th	13 14 25 31 37 39
2022-01-01	6	3rd	14 29 31 41 43 56
2021-12-11	1	5th	6 13 14 15 31 33
2021-12-08	10	3rd	12 30 31 34 52 58
2021-11-03	11	2nd	6 31 39 47 48 58
2021-09-25	24	3rd	13 15 31 32 36 56
2021-07-03	16	5th	1 12 27 29 31 47
2021-05-08	2	4th	10 12 23 31 37 46
2021-05-01	26	3rd	7 10 31 32 34 40
2021-01-30	31	3rd	4 28 31 36 51 55
2020-10-14	14	4th	9 12 28 31 46 50
2020-08-26	4	5th	4 8 24 27 31 39
2020-08-12	10	4th	6 8 27 31 37 51
2020-07-08	16	4th	5 18 22 31 50 59
2020-05-13	7	4th	14 16 19 31 38 47
2020-04-18	2	3rd	3 6 31 43 46 53
2020-04-11	19	4th	20 28 30 31 44 55
2020-02-05	18	2nd	20 31 39 42 43 48
2019-12-04	4	6th	9 13 21 25 28 31
2019-11-20	9	3rd	8 17 31 47 49 52
2019-10-19	35	4th	8 15 17 31 33 52
2019-06-19	8	3rd	22 26 31 39 47 55
2019-05-22	1	3rd	7 27 31 36 37 50
2019-05-18	3	5th	7 22 23 26 31 54
2019-05-08	20	3rd	16 19 31 35 45 56
2019-02-27	4	4th	19 20 22 31 51 54
2019-02-13	1	4th	4 8 26 31 42 45
2019-02-09	3	3rd	25 27 31 36 38 47
2019-01-30	3	3rd	7 22 31 43 47 58
2019-01-19	6	5th	11 15 17 22 31 52
2018-12-29	5	2nd	26 31 38 40 45 57
2018-12-12	3	3rd	3 22 31 46 51 59
2018-12-01	3	5th	5 8 9 12 31 49
2018-11-21	5	2nd	24 31 35 42 46 53
2018-11-03	2	2nd	16 31 41 45 47 52
2018-10-27	23	5th	1 6 25 26 31 39
2018-08-08	3	5th	8 19 20 27 31 34
2018-07-28	10	3rd	11 29 31 32 38 45
2018-06-23	5	5th	1 10 15 25 31 47
2018-06-06	17	3rd	12 22 31 35 42 58
2018-04-07	22	3rd	1 4 31 33 52 55
2018-01-20	4	6th	2 10 19 28 29 31
2018-01-06	9	3rd	18 28 31 32 44 51
2017-12-06	13	4th	3 19 24 31 50 52
2017-10-21	10	2nd	3 31 37 41 44 59
2017-09-16	32	3rd	1 6 31 37 49 50
2017-05-27	12	3rd	20 22 31 39 41 54
2017-04-15	7	6th	8 10 16 19 23 31
2017-03-22	8	6th	6 11 12 19 27 31
2017-02-22	6	4th	1 16 28 31 38 54
2017-02-01	15	4th	6 8 15 31 45 58
2016-12-10	1	3rd	11 26 31 32 33 46
2016-12-07	7	3rd	16 27 31 32 44 58
2016-11-12	3	4th	3 11 16 31 44 55
2016-11-02	23	5th	5 14 19 24 31 38
2016-08-13	16	3rd	12 20 31 39 43 46
2016-06-18	17	4th	10 17 26 31 35 38
2016-04-20	4	6th	1 7 9 10 12 31
2016-04-06	2	3rd	15 17 31 41 50 57
2016-03-30	3	4th	5 13 24 31 40 41
2016-03-19	1	3rd	21 27 31 34 40 54
2016-03-16	2	3rd	13 14 31 42 44 58
2016-03-09	11	2nd	26 31 35 37 40 49
2016-01-30	9	4th	1 6 21 31 41 44
2015-12-30	1	2nd	22 31 47 52 55 59
2015-12-26	18	3rd	17 21 31 38 44 58
2015-10-24	—	2nd	29 31 43 55 58 59