Number 31

In Thunderball under the 5/39 + 1/14 · since Jan 2010 rules — 3,062 draws, 5 from 1–39.

407times drawn · chance expected 393 +0.78σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 44% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

43longest completed wait · 72% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 407 times in 3,062 draws against 392.6 expected, +0.78σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 31, draw by draw

Drawn 407 times in 3,062 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 7 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 smallest1 · chance 0.4
2nd smallest8 · chance 9.3
3rd smallest66 · chance 67.2
4th smallest182 · chance 179.1
5th smallest150 · chance 151.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 42.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 11 26 32 18 19

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2026-09-29	20	5th	1 17 25 28 31
2026-08-25	1	5th	6 8 9 27 31
2026-08-22	12	5th	2 13 18 28 31
2026-08-01	17	2nd	15 31 32

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-10-03	4	4th	7 16 26 31 37
2025-09-26	5	4th	20 26 29 31 37
2025-09-17	1	4th	9 10 26 31 36
2025-09-16	2	4th	8 18 20 31 33
2025-09-12	7	4th	5 8 9 31 35
2025-08-30	5	5th	7 18 24 28 31
2025-08-22	7	4th	11 14 21 31 36
2025-08-09	6	4th	16 25 28 31 33
2025-07-30	3	5th	6 7 13 21 31
2025-07-25	2	2nd	24 31 35 36 39
2025-07-22	8	5th	3 5 18 26 31
2025-07-08	4	5th	1 9 26 30 31
2025-07-01	4	5th	4 9 10 11 31
2025-06-24	10	5th	10 13 17 18 31
2025-06-06	14	3rd	3 14 31 32 34
2025-05-13	16	5th	8 13 21 30 31
2025-04-15	8	4th	8 15 23 31 36
2025-04-01	13	5th	19 22 23 30 31
2025-03-08	2	5th	12 25 28 30 31
2025-03-05	10	4th	1 16 21 31 36
2025-02-15	8	5th	3 12 19 24 31
2025-02-01	17	4th	19 27 30 31 33
2025-01-03	7	3rd	1 2 31 35 39
2024-12-21	3	4th	7 13 26 31 38
2024-12-17	17	3rd	16 17 31 32 36
2024-11-16	5	5th	1 3 22 26 31
2024-11-08	3	4th	3 25 29 31 39
2024-11-02	9	5th	6 11 23 29 31
2024-10-18	4	3rd	19 27 31 37 39
2024-10-11	24	4th	27 29 30 31 39
2024-08-30	22	3rd	4 19 31 34 38
2024-07-23	2	3rd	9 11 31 33 38
2024-07-19	21	4th	13 18 20 31 32
2024-06-12	5	4th	11 15 19 31 36
2024-06-04	1	5th	18 23 28 29 31
2024-06-01	5	3rd	9 21 31 35 36
2024-05-24	4	4th	6 14 27 31 32
2024-05-17	12	5th	15 17 19 26 31
2024-04-26	33	5th	3 14 18 28 31
2024-02-28	3	4th	8 17 26 31 34
2024-02-23	1	5th	9 10 21 22 31
2024-02-21	11	4th	11 25 28 31 34
2024-02-02	2	3rd	7 11 31 33 37
2024-01-30	25	4th	12 17 24 31 39
2023-12-16	4	3rd	22 26 31 34 39
2023-12-09	1	5th	7 16 25 28 31
2023-12-08	4	3rd	2 15 31 35 37
2023-12-01	2	4th	2 28 29 31 35
2023-11-28	18	5th	5 12 21 25 31
2023-10-27	4	5th	2 12 24 30 31
2023-10-20	2	3rd	1 8 31 35 38
2023-10-17	9	4th	10 23 24 31 33
2023-09-30	8	5th	8 17 20 29 31
2023-09-16	6	3rd	4 10 31 33 36
2023-09-06	18	4th	8 24 27 31 38
2023-08-05	4	5th	11 16 21 30 31
2023-07-29	1	5th	11 19 26 28 31
2023-07-28	3	4th	4 14 27 31 39
2023-07-22	2	5th	5 9 22 29 31
2023-07-19	16	3rd	1 11 31 37 38
2023-06-21	4	3rd	21 26 31 35 39
2023-06-14	4	4th	10 18 21 31 38
2023-06-07	17	4th	1 19 29 31 36
2023-05-09	7	4th	1 5 7 31 32
2023-04-26	2	4th	3 20 21 31 38
2023-04-22	1	5th	5 18 22 28 31
2023-04-21	5	4th	5 14 21 31 37
2023-04-12	1	4th	1 12 20 31 38
2023-04-11	8	4th	9 14 22 31 33
2023-03-28	2	4th	6 15 29 31 32
2023-03-24	3	1st	31 33 34 35 39
2023-03-18	32	5th	19 20 25 28 31
2023-01-21	3	2nd	17 31 37 38 39
2023-01-17	6	4th	3 6 19 31 32
2023-01-06	3	5th	8 10 16 18 31
2022-12-31	15	5th	2 11 18 25 31
2022-12-06	3	5th	5 12 16 28 31
2022-11-30	19	4th	6 24 25 31 34
2022-10-28	4	5th	12 16 19 26 31
2022-10-21	12	4th	5 13 25 31 34
2022-09-30	4	5th	2 17 26 28 31
2022-09-23	2	5th	5 15 24 27 31
2022-09-20	12	4th	8 12 21 31 32
2022-08-30	10	3rd	6 12 31 33 36
2022-08-12	8	2nd	30 31 33 35 37
2022-07-29	8	5th	9 13 22 25 31
2022-07-15	9	4th	1 8 27 31 34
2022-06-29	4	5th	12 14 15 28 31
2022-06-22	2	5th	1 4 23 26 31
2022-06-18	7	4th	8 13 21 31 35
2022-06-07	4	3rd	8 9 31 36 38
2022-05-31	5	4th	7 11 17 31 36
2022-05-21	4	4th	1 13 23 31 35
2022-05-14	3	4th	1 13 28 31 34
2022-05-10	2	5th	1 14 23 24 31
2022-05-06	13	4th	2 18 23 31 37
2022-04-13	8	4th	2 6 16 31 35
2022-03-30	2	5th	8 18 27 30 31
2022-03-26	2	4th	4 7 11 31 33
2022-03-23	4	3rd	5 24 31 32 38
2022-03-16	4	4th	8 9 22 31 36
2022-03-09	23	4th	5 17 22 31 38
2022-01-28	9	5th	1 3 19 23 31
2022-01-12	5	5th	4 7 18 26 31
2022-01-04	5	3rd	6 13 31 32 34
2021-12-25	14	3rd	25 26 31 35 39
2021-12-01	13	5th	13 17 23 25 31
2021-11-09	23	4th	3 9 30 31 34
2021-09-29	8	4th	2 12 30 31 35
2021-09-15	10	3rd	3 15 31 35 39
2021-08-28	6	4th	3 10 29 31 34
2021-08-18	17	3rd	5 19 31 38 39
2021-07-20	3	5th	13 24 27 29 31
2021-07-14	3	5th	2 11 13 19 31
2021-07-09	28	4th	5 15 30 31 32
2021-05-21	2	4th	8 12 14 31 33
2021-05-18	4	5th	8 11 16 27 31
2021-05-11	5	5th	3 4 19 22 31
2021-05-01	6	3rd	9 22 31 32 37
2021-04-21	19	3rd	21 29 31 32 34
2021-03-19	3	5th	14 21 26 30 31
2021-03-13	3	4th	6 24 27 31 35
2021-03-09	5	4th	14 24 25 31 39
2021-02-27	2	5th	5 7 15 19 31
2021-02-24	8	4th	1 15 26 31 33
2021-02-10	2	3rd	13 25 31 34 37
2021-02-06	12	4th	6 14 16 31 32
2021-01-16	1	4th	8 25 28 31 35
2021-01-15	5	5th	14 19 22 29 31
2021-01-06	1	5th	6 13 22 27 31
2021-01-05	6	4th	3 11 12 31 34
2020-12-25	14	5th	9 24 25 28 31
2020-12-01	10	3rd	5 10 31 32 39
2020-11-13	8	4th	15 21 27 31 32
2020-10-30	7	3rd	18 27 31 35 36
2020-10-17	6	5th	6 9 11 24 31
2020-10-07	9	4th	3 18 19 31 37
2020-09-22	31	3rd	13 28 31 35 38
2020-07-29	8	4th	16 26 30 31 39
2020-07-15	21	5th	1 9 15 25 31
2020-06-09	15	4th	16 17 22 31 39
2020-05-13	5	4th	13 18 29 31 37
2020-05-05	17	2nd	6 31 33 34 39
2020-04-04	13	5th	11 23 24 28 31
2020-03-13	43	5th	5 6 11 13 31
2019-12-28	8	3rd	22 29 31 33 34
2019-12-14	1	5th	4 19 20 27 31
2019-12-13	7	4th	2 14 25 31 34
2019-11-30	4	4th	3 5 18 31 36
2019-11-23	13	5th	8 10 14 20 31
2019-11-01	3	4th	12 14 30 31 39
2019-10-26	14	5th	1 11 19 20 31
2019-10-02	28	4th	4 27 29 31 35
2019-08-14	22	3rd	11 29 31 37 39
2019-07-06	6	4th	3 23 30 31 32
2019-06-26	10	5th	14 15 21 22 31
2019-06-08	3	5th	4 12 21 25 31
2019-06-04	8	5th	4 15 22 25 31
2019-05-21	6	5th	1 7 9 14 31
2019-05-10	9	5th	6 11 18 30 31
2019-04-24	13	3rd	3 17 31 33 38
2019-04-02	3	3rd	3 16 31 36 37
2019-03-27	1	5th	20 22 28 29 31
2019-03-26	1	3rd	18 22 31 33 38
2019-03-23	3	4th	2 14 22 31 33
2019-03-19	10	4th	6 11 12 31 36
2019-03-01	2	4th	8 24 27 31 35
2019-02-26	3	5th	6 13 29 30 31
2019-02-20	1	4th	23 25 29 31 37
2019-02-19	14	4th	13 16 19 31 33
2019-01-25	3	4th	5 26 29 31 32
2019-01-19	4	2nd	28 31 33 35 36
2019-01-12	4	3rd	4 25 31 36 39
2019-01-05	2	4th	11 14 19 31 37
2019-01-02	2	5th	5 6 20 21 31
2018-12-29	1	4th	8 18 26 31 32
2018-12-28	9	4th	12 20 26 31 38
2018-12-12	2	5th	4 8 14 20 31
2018-12-08	1	4th	11 12 29 31 33
2018-12-07	11	5th	3 6 26 29 31
2018-11-17	5	4th	13 14 24 31 34
2018-11-09	5	4th	17 20 27 31 37
2018-10-31	10	4th	2 19 26 31 34
2018-10-13	1	5th	2 19 21 22 31
2018-10-12	6	5th	7 18 20 22 31
2018-10-02	3	2nd	4 31 33 35 39
2018-09-26	8	4th	4 11 28 31 38
2018-09-12	9	3rd	12 16 31 34 38
2018-08-28	34	4th	19 20 28 31 35
2018-06-29	2	4th	20 21 27 31 33
2018-06-26	6	5th	13 16 20 27 31
2018-06-15	1	4th	3 5 21 31 36
2018-06-13	5	4th	1 16 17 31 34
2018-06-05	23	5th	7 10 13 16 31
2018-04-25	2	4th	1 7 11 31 34
2018-04-21	4	4th	6 9 24 31 37
2018-04-14	14	4th	4 11 27 31 33
2018-03-21	4	4th	8 29 30 31 32
2018-03-14	12	5th	6 9 22 26 31
2018-02-21	38	4th	11 13 16 31 37
2017-12-02	6	5th	6 15 19 30 31
2017-11-18	11	5th	17 18 22 27 31
2017-10-25	11	4th	1 2 6 31 34
2017-09-29	6	3rd	4 30 31 33 37
2017-09-15	4	4th	7 27 28 31 36
2017-09-06	2	4th	9 15 20 31 32
2017-09-01	2	4th	9 17 23 31 37
2017-08-26	2	5th	9 16 20 22 31
2017-08-23	4	5th	1 17 26 30 31
2017-08-12	16	5th	4 5 7 16 31
2017-07-07	3	4th	13 22 25 31 37
2017-06-30	7	4th	15 16 22 31 35
2017-06-14	9	5th	10 16 19 29 31
2017-05-24	6	4th	5 12 30 31 38
2017-05-10	10	4th	3 5 6 31 34
2017-04-15	1	5th	5 16 18 29 31
2017-04-14	9	5th	19 23 25 30 31
2017-03-24	9	5th	8 9 11 28 31
2017-03-03	1	5th	15 16 17 24 31
2017-03-01	6	5th	3 20 26 29 31
2017-02-15	1	3rd	9 18 31 32 38
2017-02-11	4	5th	2 11 15 27 31
2017-02-03	2	4th	4 10 14 31 33
2017-01-28	6	5th	5 10 12 24 31
2017-01-14	31	4th	12 13 18 31 34
2016-11-04	11	4th	2 15 27 31 32
2016-10-08	19	4th	23 27 30 31 38
2016-08-26	20	5th	5 17 20 27 31
2016-07-09	3	4th	12 15 23 31 37
2016-07-02	5	5th	2 12 13 17 31
2016-06-22	10	5th	1 8 13 19 31
2016-05-28	2	4th	1 25 30 31 36
2016-05-25	3	4th	22 27 29 31 38
2016-05-18	2	5th	9 11 18 30 31
2016-05-13	4	5th	6 10 12 28 31
2016-05-04	25	4th	3 4 21 31 38
2016-03-05	2	3rd	9 29 31 34 35
2016-03-02	1	5th	5 21 22 27 31
2016-02-27	3	4th	14 19 29 31 36
2016-02-20	5	5th	4 14 18 25 31
2016-02-10	1	3rd	14 19 31 32 36
2016-02-06	3	5th	6 12 18 21 31
2016-01-30	8	3rd	1 30 31 32 38
2016-01-13	8	2nd	7 31 34 35 36
2015-12-25	7	5th	13 18 19 23 31
2015-12-09	9	5th	2 5 7 19 31
2015-11-18	8	3rd	5 17 31 32 38
2015-10-30	1	3rd	2 10 31 36 39
2015-10-28	7	3rd	5 21 31 32 38
2015-10-10	6	3rd	3 4 31 36 39
2015-09-26	12	4th	3 22 30 31 33
2015-08-29	18	4th	5 8 24 31 39
2015-07-18	4	5th	8 10 11 13 31
2015-07-10	2	4th	4 10 29 31 36
2015-07-04	6	3rd	1 3 31 37 39
2015-06-20	12	3rd	11 30 31 33 37
2015-05-23	22	4th	2 15 16 31 37
2015-04-03	7	4th	4 26 29 31 39
2015-03-18	10	5th	6 11 20 26 31
2015-02-21	5	5th	3 18 26 29 31
2015-02-11	21	5th	13 16 19 26 31
2014-12-24	10	4th	22 25 26 31 32
2014-11-29	1	5th	8 10 15 24 31
2014-11-28	2	5th	10 17 26 30 31
2014-11-22	10	5th	7 8 11 30 31
2014-10-31	7	4th	1 24 28 31 35
2014-10-15	2	4th	9 12 16 31 38
2014-10-10	4	4th	6 21 25 31 34
2014-10-01	1	3rd	13 29 31 32 39
2014-09-27	6	4th	19 22 30 31 35
2014-09-13	2	5th	1 6 15 24 31
2014-09-10	3	4th	7 9 16 31 36
2014-09-03	1	4th	11 17 25 31 35
2014-08-30	1	3rd	22 27 31 32 37
2014-08-29	20	4th	19 23 24 31 36
2014-07-12	8	4th	6 22 25 31 34
2014-06-25	10	5th	10 14 24 25 31
2014-05-31	1	4th	19 27 28 31 34
2014-05-30	4	5th	1 4 16 21 31
2014-05-21	1	3rd	3 15 31 33 34
2014-05-17	3	4th	11 16 25 31 35
2014-05-10	3	4th	3 10 30 31 36
2014-05-03	7	4th	8 20 23 31 32
2014-04-18	8	4th	14 21 30 31 35
2014-03-29	6	5th	5 13 16 22 31
2014-03-15	1	4th	14 22 29 31 33
2014-03-14	8	5th	7 9 13 28 31
2014-02-22	8	3rd	24 25 31 32 38
2014-02-05	1	5th	5 10 17 28 31
2014-02-01	14	4th	13 14 20 31 32
2014-01-01	9	4th	5 10 11 31 33
2013-12-11	24	3rd	5 16 31 33 36
2013-10-16	1	5th	1 6 18 24 31
2013-10-12	12	4th	16 21 23 31 36
2013-09-14	15	5th	2 18 23 30 31
2013-08-10	2	4th	10 22 30 31 35
2013-08-07	3	5th	4 18 19 25 31
2013-07-31	22	5th	14 16 19 21 31
2013-06-08	6	4th	2 19 20 31 38
2013-05-25	1	5th	5 7 21 29 31
2013-05-24	5	4th	10 18 26 31 39
2013-05-11	1	5th	11 17 22 27 31
2013-05-10	2	5th	7 15 20 27 31
2013-05-04	6	4th	3 24 30 31 37
2013-04-20	5	3rd	27 29 31 32 36
2013-04-10	6	3rd	3 13 31 32 33
2013-03-27	6	4th	9 10 17 31 39
2013-03-13	1	4th	19 21 22 31 32
2013-03-09	5	3rd	9 15 31 34 36
2013-02-27	4	5th	2 8 25 29 31
2013-02-16	1	5th	4 18 22 28 31
2013-02-15	4	4th	9 20 30 31 38
2013-02-06	3	4th	6 14 27 31 35
2013-01-30	6	5th	21 22 24 28 31
2013-01-16	1	4th	2 17 27 31 32
2013-01-12	8	4th	6 26 30 31 39
2012-12-26	3	3rd	2 3 31 32 36
2012-12-19	1	4th	4 10 17 31 37
2012-12-15	6	4th	15 22 23 31 39
2012-12-01	5	4th	17 25 26 31 32
2012-11-21	1	4th	11 15 26 31 35
2012-11-17	4	3rd	8 20 31 36 38
2012-11-09	10	4th	18 24 27 31 33
2012-10-17	13	4th	2 9 16 31 33
2012-09-15	10	4th	10 11 28 31 37
2012-08-24	7	5th	10 12 17 20 31
2012-08-08	22	5th	14 25 26 27 31
2012-06-16	3	4th	10 18 26 31 37
2012-06-09	9	5th	4 18 22 28 31
2012-05-19	16	4th	4 12 22 31 36
2012-04-13	2	4th	5 26 29 31 32
2012-04-07	6	3rd	1 17 31 36 37
2012-03-24	16	3rd	6 18 31 32 33
2012-02-17	6	3rd	3 28 31 33 38
2012-02-03	3	5th	7 10 19 28 31
2012-01-27	2	4th	17 27 30 31 39
2012-01-21	13	3rd	5 7 31 34 36
2011-12-23	7	5th	4 17 22 29 31
2011-12-07	3	3rd	6 29 31 35 38
2011-11-30	3	5th	7 17 18 28 31
2011-11-23	16	5th	4 11 20 28 31
2011-10-15	8	5th	1 17 19 24 31
2011-09-28	2	4th	13 22 29 31 32
2011-09-23	4	4th	19 22 27 31 36
2011-09-14	1	4th	10 12 13 31 36
2011-09-10	7	4th	9 11 30 31 36
2011-08-26	4	3rd	1 28 31 32 35
2011-08-17	1	5th	2 11 16 23 31
2011-08-13	2	4th	4 17 23 31 32
2011-08-10	8	5th	1 2 13 21 31
2011-07-22	21	5th	8 10 18 28 31
2011-06-03	1	4th	16 22 26 31 37
2011-06-01	3	3rd	12 19 31 32 39
2011-05-25	17	5th	7 8 26 28 31
2011-04-15	4	4th	8 22 26 31 38
2011-04-06	15	4th	7 21 29 31 35
2011-03-02	1	5th	3 5 21 28 31
2011-02-26	12	5th	5 8 9 18 31
2011-01-29	11	5th	14 26 27 29 31
2011-01-05	5	4th	3 9 27 31 37
2010-12-24	4	4th	9 11 25 31 37
2010-12-15	8	4th	1 20 23 31 32
2010-11-26	3	5th	10 14 16 26 31
2010-11-19	12	4th	7 13 25 31 37
2010-10-22	3	4th	14 23 29 31 37
2010-10-15	5	4th	5 8 26 31 32
2010-10-02	13	4th	1 21 22 31 33
2010-09-03	12	4th	1 25 30 31 38
2010-08-06	3	5th	2 9 12 27 31
2010-07-30	6	4th	4 17 21 31 37
2010-07-16	2	5th	14 19 21 22 31
2010-07-10	3	5th	1 16 18 20 31
2010-07-03	1	5th	14 24 25 27 31
2010-07-02	7	4th	17 19 23 31 34
2010-06-16	1	4th	11 18 28 31 37
2010-06-12	6	5th	6 7 9 18 31
2010-05-29	7	5th	1 8 11 15 31
2010-05-14	5	5th	7 17 20 26 31
2010-04-28	19	4th	5 24 26 31 34
2010-02-20	9	4th	1 10 25 31 34
2010-01-20	2	3rd	2 4 31 32 33
2010-01-13	1	5th	6 21 28 30 31
2010-01-09	—	5th	6 15 18 26 31