Number 31

In Cash4Life under the 5/60 + 1/4 · since May 2015 rules — 2,862 draws, 5 from 1–60.

242times drawn · chance expected 239 +0.24σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 32% for any number

11.7average wait between appearances · chance says 12.0

89longest completed wait · 11% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 242 times in 2,862 draws against 238.5 expected, +0.24σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 31, draw by draw

Drawn 242 times in 2,862 draws · average wait 11.7 draws · longest completed wait 89 · waiting 14 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 smallest15 · chance 12.6
2nd smallest65 · chance 58.3
3rd smallest95 · chance 93.9
4th smallest59 · chance 62.6
5th smallest8 · chance 14.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 37 39 13 52 18

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 59 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 60. 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
2026-02-07	3	2nd	13 31 38 43 56
2026-02-04	1	5th	3 9 25 26 31
2026-02-03	1	1st	31 34 47 50 60
2026-02-02	14	2nd	17 31 34 36

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 5/60 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-23	26	2nd	12 31 37 53 59
2025-04-27	1	3rd	4 18 31 34 52
2025-04-26	11	2nd	5 31 32 33 34
2025-04-15	5	3rd	16 17 31 58 59
2025-04-10	14	3rd	5 24 31 49 58
2025-03-27	5	5th	2 3 12 25 31
2025-03-22	6	2nd	14 31 35 47 59
2025-03-16	3	2nd	6 31 39 55 60
2025-03-13	24	3rd	6 8 31 41 45
2025-02-17	2	3rd	4 9 31 32 39
2025-02-15	8	2nd	8 31 34 41 52
2025-02-07	6	4th	10 22 23 31 39
2025-02-01	6	3rd	7 17 31 33 34
2025-01-26	2	1st	31 35 43 50 51
2025-01-24	24	3rd	18 22 31 33 40
2024-12-31	34	4th	10 21 27 31 48
2024-11-27	2	4th	17 21 25 31 47
2024-11-25	13	4th	1 8 15 31 59
2024-11-12	2	4th	5 8 27 31 55
2024-11-10	3	3rd	8 10 31 37 55
2024-11-07	9	3rd	1 19 31 51 60
2024-10-29	3	4th	12 23 24 31 44
2024-10-26	20	1st	31 36 45 52 54
2024-10-06	2	3rd	23 26 31 46 57
2024-10-04	14	3rd	12 13 31 46 54
2024-09-20	4	3rd	1 7 31 52 53
2024-09-16	2	3rd	18 22 31 38 55
2024-09-14	5	2nd	14 31 38 39 55
2024-09-09	1	2nd	14 31 34 44 52
2024-09-08	3	3rd	4 28 31 49 60
2024-09-05	49	3rd	2 22 31 48 56
2024-07-18	3	4th	1 11 16 31 44
2024-07-15	4	4th	14 15 29 31 50
2024-07-11	8	3rd	5 14 31 42 52
2024-07-03	18	3rd	8 10 31 34 40
2024-06-15	39	2nd	2 31 32 36 45
2024-05-07	6	4th	6 9 17 31 59
2024-05-01	19	4th	9 13 27 31 44
2024-04-12	3	2nd	12 31 49 54 56
2024-04-09	3	5th	11 13 27 29 31
2024-04-06	12	3rd	17 23 31 46 48
2024-03-25	18	3rd	15 29 31 38 57
2024-03-07	31	1st	31 34 40 51 60
2024-02-05	3	2nd	19 31 39 45 54
2024-02-02	47	2nd	19 31 34 38 41
2023-12-17	15	2nd	8 31 41 49 58
2023-12-02	1	3rd	12 13 31 36 42
2023-12-01	11	2nd	14 31 36 56 60
2023-11-20	3	3rd	1 16 31 38 45
2023-11-17	3	2nd	3 31 33 48 55
2023-11-14	33	3rd	3 15 31 39 58
2023-10-12	4	4th	7 10 15 31 60
2023-10-08	25	3rd	2 10 31 52 53
2023-09-13	12	2nd	1 31 51 56 60
2023-09-01	25	4th	7 18 20 31 46
2023-08-07	4	3rd	10 16 31 36 45
2023-08-03	13	3rd	11 22 31 43 56
2023-07-21	2	3rd	16 27 31 32 52
2023-07-19	17	2nd	28 31 37 46 58
2023-07-02	1	2nd	28 31 39 53 60
2023-07-01	9	2nd	7 31 40 57 58
2023-06-22	30	2nd	9 31 56 57 60
2023-05-23	3	4th	13 18 28 31 35
2023-05-20	11	3rd	13 30 31 37 52
2023-05-09	1	3rd	11 28 31 35 37
2023-05-08	1	3rd	4 18 31 34 50
2023-05-07	1	3rd	19 29 31 41 43
2023-05-06	10	2nd	25 31 34 35 52
2023-04-26	41	3rd	1 9 31 55 59
2023-03-16	23	3rd	13 24 31 33 37
2023-02-21	14	4th	7 20 30 31 52
2023-02-07	9	3rd	22 26 31 57 58
2023-01-29	28	2nd	7 31 47 54 56
2023-01-01	22	3rd	15 26 31 44 53
2022-12-10	19	4th	5 14 21 31 50
2022-11-21	3	3rd	7 26 31 37 44
2022-11-18	18	1st	31 35 38 49 56
2022-10-31	35	3rd	14 26 31 37 41
2022-09-26	3	4th	1 8 11 31 57
2022-09-23	10	3rd	13 24 31 43 50
2022-09-13	1	4th	9 24 27 31 55
2022-09-12	12	2nd	21 31 37 42 60
2022-08-31	2	3rd	9 19 31 39 54
2022-08-29	12	4th	1 2 24 31 51
2022-08-17	18	1st	31 33 39 48 53
2022-07-30	1	3rd	20 24 31 39 60
2022-07-29	22	3rd	6 7 31 38 41
2022-07-07	7	2nd	28 31 37 47 58
2022-06-30	16	4th	6 9 20 31 34
2022-06-14	43	4th	8 17 27 31 44
2022-05-02	6	3rd	17 28 31 41 43
2022-04-26	3	2nd	12 31 35 53 57
2022-04-23	11	3rd	8 16 31 43 55
2022-04-12	7	2nd	18 31 38 52 53
2022-04-05	25	3rd	13 24 31 42 53
2022-03-11	8	3rd	6 21 31 36 59
2022-03-03	2	3rd	10 28 31 32 58
2022-03-01	10	2nd	29 31 39 48 59
2022-02-19	6	3rd	2 21 31 45 59
2022-02-13	16	3rd	6 16 31 46 50
2022-01-28	9	3rd	17 27 31 43 51
2022-01-19	27	3rd	5 11 31 42 49
2021-12-23	16	4th	14 19 30 31 43
2021-12-07	2	2nd	13 31 36 45 59
2021-12-05	15	3rd	14 20 31 32 34
2021-11-20	2	4th	9 16 23 31 58
2021-11-18	5	3rd	18 24 31 47 60
2021-11-13	2	3rd	7 17 31 47 51
2021-11-11	1	3rd	5 21 31 45 47
2021-11-10	5	2nd	20 31 39 42 46
2021-11-05	5	3rd	8 30 31 43 51
2021-10-31	25	1st	31 35 48 57 58
2021-10-06	20	5th	2 10 14 28 31
2021-09-16	5	1st	31 39 49 55 59
2021-09-11	5	3rd	12 18 31 39 60
2021-09-06	10	2nd	11 31 39 42 46
2021-08-27	5	3rd	2 16 31 36 56
2021-08-22	14	3rd	20 27 31 37 39
2021-08-08	21	3rd	6 23 31 44 48
2021-07-18	25	2nd	1 31 40 49 55
2021-06-23	18	4th	10 25 29 31 60
2021-06-05	4	4th	1 4 26 31 36
2021-06-01	9	3rd	21 25 31 54 57
2021-05-23	4	3rd	8 24 31 39 44
2021-05-19	2	5th	5 7 24 29 31
2021-05-17	40	1st	31 43 44 46 58
2021-04-07	5	1st	31 33 39 48 50
2021-04-02	6	2nd	10 31 32 41 60
2021-03-27	5	3rd	7 15 31 48 56
2021-03-22	12	3rd	9 26 31 47 58
2021-03-10	33	5th	3 5 18 28 31
2021-02-05	6	2nd	27 31 39 45 48
2021-01-30	2	2nd	3 31 33 43 44
2021-01-28	26	2nd	3 31 39 57 59
2021-01-02	14	1st	31 33 35 37 50
2020-12-19	10	2nd	25 31 48 56 57
2020-12-09	6	2nd	13 31 37 39 57
2020-12-03	16	4th	6 10 14 31 59
2020-11-17	11	2nd	15 31 43 45 54
2020-11-06	8	4th	19 20 22 31 35
2020-10-29	5	2nd	2 31 40 52 53
2020-10-24	10	3rd	18 25 31 33 42
2020-10-14	4	1st	31 36 45 56 60
2020-10-10	2	4th	5 14 20 31 42
2020-10-08	10	2nd	26 31 34 40 52
2020-09-28	22	4th	4 14 16 31 47
2020-09-06	2	3rd	10 17 31 35 51
2020-09-04	17	4th	9 11 15 31 44
2020-08-18	5	2nd	25 31 47 48 59
2020-08-13	7	2nd	25 31 38 48 49
2020-08-06	2	3rd	1 19 31 35 55
2020-08-04	11	4th	16 17 27 31 43
2020-07-24	10	4th	21 24 30 31 33
2020-07-14	8	3rd	11 19 31 36 37
2020-07-06	5	2nd	19 31 33 36 37
2020-07-01	16	2nd	21 31 34 38 47
2020-06-15	2	2nd	18 31 34 43 55
2020-06-13	18	3rd	11 19 31 50 58
2020-05-26	8	4th	10 13 21 31 41
2020-05-18	7	4th	6 11 14 31 57
2020-05-11	4	2nd	29 31 39 48 57
2020-05-07	3	2nd	28 31 40 52 54
2020-05-04	20	4th	4 11 30 31 46
2020-04-14	14	3rd	29 30 31 53 54
2020-03-31	18	3rd	18 25 31 45 58
2020-03-13	13	5th	7 17 22 24 31
2020-02-29	2	2nd	27 31 40 52 53
2020-02-27	2	4th	4 9 19 31 52
2020-02-25	8	2nd	1 31 34 38 47
2020-02-17	89	2nd	16 31 35 36 37
2019-11-20	12	3rd	17 21 31 49 51
2019-11-08	10	3rd	11 21 31 52 57
2019-10-29	5	2nd	23 31 45 48 58
2019-10-24	34	3rd	7 11 31 47 49
2019-09-20	9	4th	3 23 28 31 32
2019-09-11	17	4th	3 7 19 31 38
2019-08-25	4	3rd	13 16 31 34 50
2019-08-21	2	2nd	5 31 35 43 50
2019-08-19	7	3rd	1 15 31 43 56
2019-08-12	14	3rd	7 15 31 50 57
2019-07-29	11	4th	5 13 30 31 45
2019-07-18	6	4th	23 25 27 31 40
2019-07-12	15	2nd	7 31 38 51 59
2019-06-17	25	1st	31 36 45 46 59
2019-03-21	25	4th	15 21 27 31 52
2018-12-24	13	3rd	3 28 31 37 40
2018-11-08	7	1st	31 35 42 44 52
2018-10-15	4	3rd	21 23 31 55 57
2018-10-01	8	3rd	2 21 31 36 52
2018-09-03	3	4th	19 22 24 31 37
2018-08-23	14	4th	5 23 26 31 51
2018-07-05	11	4th	16 21 28 31 44
2018-05-28	21	3rd	13 29 31 34 47
2018-03-15	5	3rd	11 12 31 49 59
2018-02-26	2	2nd	29 31 40 45 59
2018-02-19	10	4th	10 16 23 31 53
2018-01-15	4	3rd	12 25 31 33 58
2018-01-01	20	4th	12 18 20 31 38
2017-10-23	5	2nd	16 31 34 41 57
2017-10-05	2	3rd	12 14 31 38 41
2017-09-28	13	2nd	16 31 34 50 60
2017-08-14	15	3rd	8 20 31 36 39
2017-06-22	9	1st	31 40 45 54 57
2017-05-22	32	4th	4 6 25 31 47
2017-01-30	6	3rd	11 20 31 34 51
2017-01-09	2	3rd	21 28 31 44 51
2017-01-02	2	2nd	26 31 37 38 41
2016-12-26	34	4th	4 12 29 31 36
2016-08-29	17	4th	5 21 25 31 55
2016-06-30	8	4th	4 9 10 31 34
2016-06-02	32	4th	18 28 30 31 37
2016-02-11	10	2nd	6 31 35 40 55
2016-01-07	18	2nd	14 31 37 54 56
2015-11-05	2	4th	13 20 25 31 51
2015-10-29	3	2nd	10 31 32 34 51
2015-10-19	21	3rd	4 8 31 46 54
2015-08-06	10	4th	4 5 24 31 42
2015-07-02	—	3rd	18 19 31 43 54