Number 31

In Lotto under the 6/44 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–44.

223times drawn · chance expected 239 −1.10σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 64% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.3

39longest completed wait · 57% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 223 times in 1,751 draws against 238.8 expected, −1.10σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 31, draw by draw

Drawn 223 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 4 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 0.3
2nd smallest4 · chance 5.0
3rd smallest24 · chance 28.8
4th smallest74 · chance 73.4
5th smallest81 · chance 82.5
6th smallest39 · chance 33.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 40 21 3 9 4

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
2026-09-25	24	2nd	18 31 33 38 39 41
2026-07-03	8	5th	11 14 15 22 31 41
2026-06-05	2	5th	2 9 13 24 31 34
2026-05-29	6	5th	10

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.

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