Number 31

In The Pick under the 6/44 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,962 draws, 6 from 1–44.

252times drawn · chance expected 268 −1.02σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 41% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.3

51longest completed wait · 15% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 252 times in 1,962 draws against 267.5 expected, −1.02σ. 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 252 times in 1,962 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 51 · 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 smallest0 · chance 0.3
2nd smallest11 · chance 5.6
3rd smallest30 · chance 32.6
4th smallest73 · chance 82.9
5th smallest106 · chance 93.3
6th smallest32 · chance 37.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 29.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

41 5 2 24 35 43

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 43 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 44. 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
2026-09-26	1	5th	4 5 6 25 31 35
2026-09-23	1	6th	2 20 23 28 30 31
2026-09-21	19	2nd	2 31 32 35 38 39
2026-08-08	11	6th	6

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 6/44 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-06	10	5th	2 6 9 17 31 40
2025-07-14	15	5th	9 18 26 27 31 42
2025-06-09	5	4th	1 3 21 31 35 37
2025-05-28	15	4th	8 10 27 31 32 41
2025-04-23	3	5th	7 11 14 30 31 39
2025-04-16	5	6th	2 10 13 14 17 31
2025-04-05	2	3rd	22 26 31 34 35 36
2025-03-31	3	5th	8 19 25 28 31 39
2025-03-24	5	5th	1 7 19 28 31 41
2025-03-12	3	5th	5 26 27 28 31 41
2025-03-05	6	5th	4 5 13 20 31 41
2025-02-19	2	3rd	6 26 31 35 37 40
2025-02-15	3	4th	11 24 27 31 36 40
2025-02-08	9	6th	5 8 27 28 29 31
2025-01-18	8	4th	3 12 15 31 33 44
2024-12-30	9	4th	4 13 16 31 35 38
2024-12-09	9	4th	14 18 27 31 32 37
2024-11-18	19	6th	1 4 8 11 18 31
2024-10-05	1	4th	1 7 9 31 38 41
2024-10-02	1	6th	5 8 17 20 30 31
2024-09-30	1	5th	1 2 12 23 31 42
2024-09-28	1	5th	5 11 22 26 31 41
2024-09-25	8	6th	1 5 6 7 12 31
2024-09-07	7	5th	4 8 15 17 31 41
2024-08-21	23	5th	5 11 20 23 31 42
2024-06-29	1	5th	3 5 12 22 31 34
2024-06-26	1	5th	12 25 26 29 31 35
2024-06-24	2	3rd	28 29 31 33 39 41
2024-06-19	7	5th	14 21 23 24 31 36
2024-06-03	4	5th	11 20 22 25 31 41
2024-05-25	14	3rd	11 16 31 32 35 41
2024-04-22	22	4th	2 8 28 31 32 41
2024-03-02	18	2nd	3 31 35 38 42 43
2024-01-20	4	6th	5 10 11 12 14 31
2024-01-10	6	5th	24 26 29 30 31 43
2023-12-27	1	5th	9 14 17 21 31 35
2023-12-25	5	5th	7 9 23 27 31 33
2023-12-13	7	3rd	18 26 31 35 36 39
2023-11-27	4	5th	18 24 28 29 31 39
2023-11-18	21	5th	4 10 27 29 31 38
2023-09-30	1	4th	13 21 28 31 36 41
2023-09-27	15	5th	4 6 25 27 31 41
2023-08-23	17	5th	6 10 12 20 31 43
2023-07-15	6	4th	3 7 26 31 38 43
2023-07-01	1	3rd	7 30 31 32 37 44
2023-06-28	3	4th	2 5 25 31 39 40
2023-06-21	6	5th	4 13 21 22 31 41
2023-06-07	10	5th	2 6 15 19 31 34
2023-05-15	1	2nd	22 31 34 39 41 44
2023-05-13	7	3rd	24 26 31 39 41 44
2023-04-26	7	5th	1 9 25 29 31 41
2023-04-10	1	3rd	13 16 31 35 37 44
2023-04-08	9	3rd	2 3 31 32 34 39
2023-03-18	2	6th	2 3 16 28 29 31
2023-03-13	20	3rd	1 21 31 35 39 42
2023-01-25	4	2nd	23 31 33 39 41 43
2023-01-16	15	6th	3 6 8 10 22 31
2022-12-12	1	5th	6 10 14 28 31 35
2022-12-10	39	6th	5 7 12 15 21 31
2022-09-10	6	3rd	15 25 31 36 42 43
2022-08-27	10	5th	2 11 16 26 31 35
2022-08-03	4	5th	8 10 15 23 31 38
2022-07-25	11	3rd	2 3 31 34 36 43
2022-06-29	6	4th	7 10 11 31 33 38
2022-06-15	16	3rd	5 13 31 34 43 44
2022-05-09	1	5th	8 9 13 27 31 40
2022-05-07	34	4th	13 15 24 31 38 40
2022-01-26	9	5th	13 23 26 30 31 37
2021-12-25	14	6th	9 11 16 24 26 31
2021-11-06	11	5th	5 9 20 28 31 33
2021-09-29	9	6th	4 15 16 22 27 31
2021-08-28	5	5th	4 6 12 26 31 43
2021-08-11	8	5th	15 20 21 24 31 42
2021-07-14	1	4th	6 24 30 31 32 35
2021-07-10	4	5th	4 7 20 25 31 42
2021-06-26	5	5th	1 8 14 17 31 32
2021-06-09	13	4th	7 15 29 31 42 44
2021-04-24	3	4th	4 5 22 31 36 40
2021-04-14	3	3rd	7 29 31 35 37 41
2021-04-03	7	4th	17 27 30 31 36 39
2021-03-10	4	3rd	15 25 31 37 43 44
2021-02-24	8	5th	8 14 18 21 31 39
2021-01-27	5	5th	11 12 19 26 31 34
2021-01-09	9	4th	1 5 11 31 32 39
2020-12-09	1	5th	3 14 17 25 31 38
2020-12-05	5	4th	2 24 25 31 34 43
2020-11-18	7	5th	8 12 18 28 31 39
2020-10-24	6	5th	2 11 12 20 31 40
2020-10-03	1	4th	7 18 20 31 36 43
2020-09-30	11	5th	2 3 9 26 31 39
2020-08-22	6	2nd	19 31 33 34 36 39
2020-08-01	6	5th	11 17 21 27 31 35
2020-07-11	2	4th	7 20 27 31 39 41
2020-07-04	2	4th	14 25 28 31 34 43
2020-06-27	5	5th	8 15 21 28 31 32
2020-06-10	6	5th	16 19 25 29 31 34
2020-05-20	6	3rd	17 22 31 32 36 40
2020-04-29	4	5th	1 3 15 21 31 41
2020-04-15	4	6th	5 7 13 23 30 31
2020-04-01	10	4th	6 12 29 31 40 43
2020-02-26	8	5th	5 20 21 30 31 35
2020-01-29	12	3rd	7 17 31 33 38 41
2019-12-18	8	5th	9 12 15 21 31 43
2019-11-20	3	2nd	13 31 36 37 41 43
2019-11-09	5	5th	20 23 26 28 31 42
2019-10-23	7	4th	2 9 23 31 34 39
2019-09-28	5	4th	2 20 26 31 39 42
2019-09-11	11	5th	5 16 23 28 31 32
2019-08-03	6	4th	14 16 30 31 32 40
2019-07-13	1	4th	1 4 22 31 36 38
2019-07-10	5	4th	6 7 23 31 41 43
2019-06-22	4	4th	2 11 17 31 35 43
2019-06-08	2	5th	22 24 25 30 31 40
2019-06-01	21	5th	1 3 10 26 31 44
2019-03-20	11	4th	2 18 26 31 36 42
2019-02-09	7	4th	2 3 28 31 35 44
2019-01-16	2	4th	16 18 19 31 33 43
2019-01-09	6	4th	3 14 20 31 40 41
2018-12-19	12	6th	1 15 18 20 28 31
2018-11-07	8	4th	2 6 10 31 33 42
2018-10-10	7	5th	5 15 28 30 31 36
2018-09-15	18	6th	6 8 9 19 22 31
2018-07-14	24	4th	13 21 24 31 32 44
2018-04-21	1	4th	17 20 30 31 32 40
2018-04-18	5	5th	9 19 20 22 31 37
2018-03-31	5	4th	18 19 24 31 36 40
2018-03-14	9	5th	3 7 9 12 31 44
2018-02-10	2	6th	5 14 20 23 27 31
2018-02-03	1	5th	7 8 16 29 31 41
2018-01-31	6	4th	4 8 13 31 32 42
2018-01-10	2	5th	7 11 19 23 31 38
2018-01-03	8	5th	1 8 23 27 31 41
2017-12-06	1	5th	5 10 16 23 31 43
2017-12-02	5	4th	2 16 19 31 32 36
2017-11-15	3	4th	11 22 29 31 32 39
2017-11-04	2	5th	6 13 15 23 31 41
2017-10-28	12	5th	7 15 19 27 31 43
2017-09-16	2	5th	13 15 22 25 31 42
2017-09-09	2	4th	11 12 29 31 37 44
2017-09-02	7	5th	8 23 28 29 31 33
2017-08-09	4	4th	9 10 30 31 39 42
2017-07-26	37	6th	1 15 23 26 28 31
2017-03-18	24	4th	14 17 26 31 42 44
2016-12-24	13	5th	2 11 12 18 31 32
2016-11-09	8	4th	5 18 24 31 33 40
2016-10-12	5	5th	4 11 13 26 31 37
2016-09-24	5	5th	5 20 22 24 31 41
2016-09-07	9	5th	4 10 23 29 31 34
2016-08-06	51	4th	13 17 26 31 33 40
2016-02-10	1	2nd	1 31 32 34 38 40
2016-02-06	2	3rd	12 19 31 37 42 44
2016-01-30	3	5th	2 4 16 21 31 38
2016-01-20	4	5th	1 6 24 28 31 40
2016-01-06	3	3rd	10 11 31 32 33 41
2015-12-26	4	5th	1 2 11 23 31 44
2015-12-12	3	5th	2 4 21 22 31 35
2015-12-02	3	6th	1 3 7 17 27 31
2015-11-21	24	4th	8 22 29 31 41 43
2015-08-29	2	5th	14 16 21 22 31 33
2015-08-22	19	5th	2 5 13 24 31 42
2015-06-17	21	3rd	6 29 31 34 42 43
2015-04-04	28	4th	3 13 22 31 35 38
2014-12-27	6	5th	3 5 21 26 31 32
2014-12-06	2	5th	3 4 19 22 31 44
2014-11-29	3	5th	1 8 29 30 31 33
2014-11-19	27	5th	10 17 28 29 31 41
2014-08-16	3	4th	4 11 26 31 40 44
2014-08-06	8	5th	8 19 24 30 31 39
2014-07-09	4	6th	1 15 16 25 29 31
2014-06-25	4	4th	9 15 22 31 42 43
2014-06-11	3	5th	3 17 20 24 31 35
2014-05-31	27	6th	1 5 11 20 28 31
2014-02-26	8	4th	1 8 18 31 34 39
2014-01-29	13	3rd	4 22 31 35 40 44
2013-12-14	3	4th	6 15 22 31 37 44
2013-12-04	21	5th	2 4 28 30 31 44
2013-09-21	6	3rd	6 29 31 32 34 44
2013-08-31	7	4th	2 7 22 31 34 44
2013-08-07	1	6th	2 8 14 20 28 31
2013-08-03	2	4th	5 7 8 31 35 36
2013-07-27	1	5th	4 7 11 14 31 41
2013-07-24	9	4th	9 14 23 31 36 41
2013-06-22	2	4th	4 5 15 31 37 42
2013-06-15	15	5th	4 5 16 18 31 32
2013-04-24	2	5th	6 24 26 28 31 44
2013-04-17	1	5th	1 18 19 25 31 38
2013-04-13	3	2nd	1 31 33 39 40 44
2013-04-03	4	6th	13 14 19 24 26 31
2013-03-20	11	5th	12 23 24 30 31 43
2013-02-09	4	5th	4 13 21 24 31 42
2013-01-26	10	6th	1 4 11 15 24 31
2012-12-22	2	5th	6 10 15 19 31 32
2012-12-15	2	4th	9 18 22 31 36 40
2012-12-08	1	5th	10 11 13 25 31 36
2012-12-05	26	4th	12 18 22 31 35 41
2012-09-05	2	3rd	6 16 31 33 41 44
2012-08-29	3	2nd	1 31 33 36 42 43
2012-08-18	4	5th	5 9 13 23 31 33
2012-08-04	12	3rd	7 19 31 33 34 42
2012-06-23	19	4th	2 15 27 31 41 42
2012-04-18	5	5th	5 14 15 18 31 36
2012-03-31	15	4th	10 11 14 31 34 36
2012-02-08	2	6th	9 17 20 21 29 31
2012-02-01	9	6th	8 9 24 27 30 31
2011-12-31	1	3rd	4 21 31 34 40 44
2011-12-28	16	5th	5 10 24 28 31 39
2011-11-02	9	5th	5 11 14 29 31 37
2011-10-01	7	3rd	2 15 31 32 35 43
2011-09-07	4	6th	7 15 16 22 26 31
2011-08-24	3	5th	6 7 9 16 31 43
2011-08-13	3	5th	2 17 24 29 31 36
2011-08-03	1	4th	2 4 16 31 35 43
2011-07-30	12	5th	4 5 8 24 31 35
2011-06-18	18	2nd	25 31 32 36 37 38
2011-04-16	1	5th	3 5 20 30 31 41
2011-04-13	2	5th	4 5 23 25 31 43
2011-04-06	11	5th	2 6 8 24 31 37
2011-02-26	16	4th	12 20 23 31 40 43
2011-01-01	7	5th	14 20 24 26 31 39
2010-12-08	1	6th	1 6 11 25 28 31
2010-12-04	15	3rd	17 30 31 35 42 43
2010-10-13	6	5th	1 7 15 24 31 41
2010-09-22	1	5th	6 13 17 29 31 44
2010-09-18	8	4th	2 7 30 31 41 44
2010-08-21	1	3rd	2 28 31 35 36 41
2010-08-18	10	4th	1 8 23 31 34 40
2010-07-14	19	4th	3 18 21 31 41 43
2010-05-08	—	6th	1 5 12 13 25 31