Number 31

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,878 draws, 6 from 1–42.

245times drawn · chance expected 268 −1.54σ

30draws waiting · a wait this long: 1% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

35longest completed wait · 73% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 245 times in 1,878 draws against 268.3 expected, −1.54σ. Each draw is independent: after 30 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 31, draw by draw

Drawn 245 times in 1,878 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 35 · waiting 30 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 0.2
2nd smallest1 · chance 3.2
3rd smallest20 · chance 23.5
4th smallest73 · chance 73.0
5th smallest87 · chance 98.6
6th smallest64 · chance 46.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 29.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 19 6 18 38 29

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-08-01	10	5th	14 15 25 29 31 38
2026-07-08	14	4th	20 23 28 31 34 37
2026-06-06	10	5th	6 14 16 19 31 37
2026-05-13	5	6th	2

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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

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