Number 31

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Jun 2017 rules — 3,400 draws, 5 from 1–45.

362times drawn · chance expected 378 −0.86σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 62% for any number

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

59longest completed wait · 32% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 362 times in 3,400 draws against 377.8 expected, −0.86σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 31, draw by draw

Drawn 362 times in 3,400 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 59 · waiting 5 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 smallest6 · chance 2.7
2nd smallest24 · chance 29.1
3rd smallest105 · chance 105.6
4th smallest139 · chance 151.6
5th smallest88 · chance 73.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 32.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 19 9 29 38 4

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-06	5	3rd	26 27 31 39 42
2026-10-01	9	2nd	1 31 38 43 45
2026-09-22	11	2nd	15 31 36 40 43
2026-09-11	1	4th	9 11 16 31

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-10-08	12	4th	11 14 21 31 36
2025-09-26	9	3rd	20 30 31 33 34
2025-09-17	3	3rd	3 9 31 38 42
2025-09-14	7	5th	9 18 19 28 31
2025-09-07	4	3rd	12 14 31 38 44
2025-09-03	28	4th	15 17 25 31 41
2025-08-06	31	3rd	2 7 31 34 41
2025-07-06	5	5th	9 16 20 29 31
2025-07-01	9	5th	4 5 13 29 31
2025-06-22	17	3rd	21 25 31 34 39
2025-06-05	45	5th	9 10 13 15 31
2025-04-21	2	3rd	26 29 31 35 41
2025-04-19	15	5th	2 24 28 30 31
2025-04-04	7	5th	2 4 8 20 31
2025-03-28	1	3rd	4 13 31 32 44
2025-03-27	7	4th	8 9 28 31 45
2025-03-20	1	4th	2 19 23 31 40
2025-03-19	1	5th	8 9 16 28 31
2025-03-18	23	5th	3 10 24 26 31
2025-02-23	4	3rd	7 20 31 36 42
2025-02-19	3	3rd	11 14 31 36 38
2025-02-16	3	3rd	1 7 31 39 40
2025-02-13	2	5th	12 16 20 28 31
2025-02-11	20	4th	5 7 19 31 37
2025-01-22	5	5th	6 11 13 29 31
2025-01-17	3	4th	3 8 29 31 37
2025-01-14	3	4th	2 23 29 31 41
2025-01-11	10	5th	1 9 29 30 31
2025-01-01	7	5th	1 5 25 28 31
2024-12-25	13	4th	20 22 26 31 36
2024-12-12	10	3rd	23 25 31 41 42
2024-12-02	3	3rd	1 16 31 37 42
2024-11-29	2	4th	21 22 27 31 39
2024-11-27	11	3rd	14 17 31 33 45
2024-11-16	12	4th	15 21 30 31 38
2024-11-04	4	1st	31 35 41 42 44
2024-10-31	5	4th	3 6 21 31 45
2024-10-26	4	4th	3 23 28 31 33
2024-10-22	1	5th	7 12 21 28 31
2024-10-21	2	2nd	20 31 34 41 44
2024-10-19	5	3rd	3 23 31 38 44
2024-10-14	6	5th	19 21 24 26 31
2024-10-08	8	5th	4 10 16 19 31
2024-09-30	10	3rd	15 27 31 32 37
2024-09-20	7	4th	4 11 15 31 45
2024-09-13	27	4th	10 15 16 31 37
2024-08-17	6	3rd	1 28 31 34 43
2024-08-11	2	5th	1 14 19 24 31
2024-08-09	6	5th	1 11 13 26 31
2024-08-03	10	5th	8 11 21 25 31
2024-07-24	1	4th	16 19 22 31 34
2024-07-23	7	4th	6 17 19 31 32
2024-07-16	1	5th	5 13 21 26 31
2024-07-15	31	5th	1 3 9 18 31
2024-06-14	10	3rd	14 20 31 36 43
2024-06-04	4	4th	8 19 25 31 43
2024-05-31	28	3rd	3 30 31 39 40
2024-05-03	6	5th	4 13 18 27 31
2024-04-27	4	2nd	24 31 34 37 40
2024-04-23	6	5th	1 2 4 8 31
2024-04-17	2	4th	10 26 30 31 41
2024-04-15	10	4th	2 18 28 31 40
2024-04-05	5	2nd	26 31 32 33 40
2024-03-31	20	5th	3 11 12 27 31
2024-03-11	1	3rd	26 30 31 32 43
2024-03-10	2	3rd	2 19 31 33 44
2024-03-08	14	3rd	7 19 31 40 41
2024-02-23	4	4th	6 13 23 31 44
2024-02-19	13	5th	2 4 8 23 31
2024-02-06	4	3rd	1 20 31 32 40
2024-02-02	8	5th	7 20 21 25 31
2024-01-25	20	4th	7 9 30 31 36
2024-01-05	22	4th	2 4 13 31 41
2023-12-14	8	3rd	23 24 31 36 37
2023-12-06	1	3rd	8 26 31 35 38
2023-12-05	1	4th	1 27 30 31 33
2023-12-04	17	5th	4 12 22 28 31
2023-11-17	24	4th	3 17 19 31 33
2023-10-24	12	4th	4 7 11 31 37
2023-10-12	10	4th	16 23 28 31 36
2023-10-02	2	4th	10 19 22 31 39
2023-09-30	14	3rd	5 6 31 35 42
2023-09-16	2	4th	12 16 18 31 32
2023-09-14	9	5th	15 17 19 20 31
2023-09-05	6	4th	5 25 29 31 37
2023-08-30	14	5th	19 20 25 28 31
2023-08-16	5	5th	4 17 26 30 31
2023-08-11	19	5th	11 13 15 26 31
2023-07-23	6	4th	4 7 17 31 32
2023-07-17	18	4th	5 6 22 31 37
2023-06-29	6	4th	8 11 18 31 37
2023-06-23	15	4th	2 3 29 31 44
2023-06-08	8	5th	15 19 23 24 31
2023-05-31	12	4th	15 20 26 31 38
2023-05-19	1	4th	1 4 10 31 36
2023-05-18	2	4th	4 9 16 31 35
2023-05-16	8	2nd	19 31 38 40 45
2023-05-08	22	4th	1 17 26 31 34
2023-04-16	13	5th	7 8 11 30 31
2023-04-03	7	3rd	14 19 31 33 34
2023-03-27	6	2nd	6 31 32 41 44
2023-03-21	1	4th	1 20 27 31 37
2023-03-20	10	5th	3 9 15 30 31
2023-03-10	7	3rd	1 8 31 41 45
2023-03-03	12	5th	3 15 25 29 31
2023-02-19	2	5th	4 25 27 29 31
2023-02-17	8	1st	31 37 38 42 43
2023-02-09	11	4th	10 12 13 31 34
2023-01-29	9	4th	9 19 21 31 35
2023-01-20	4	3rd	6 30 31 37 38
2023-01-16	10	4th	1 25 30 31 33
2023-01-06	5	4th	9 26 29 31 36
2023-01-01	4	4th	18 20 26 31 33
2022-12-28	4	5th	2 4 19 28 31
2022-12-24	2	3rd	22 24 31 36 44
2022-12-22	2	4th	9 17 26 31 37
2022-12-20	10	4th	6 20 26 31 39
2022-12-10	3	3rd	11 26 31 40 43
2022-12-07	16	5th	1 6 9 13 31
2022-11-21	29	3rd	12 19 31 40 41
2022-10-23	6	5th	4 12 16 28 31
2022-10-17	24	4th	12 13 16 31 37
2022-09-23	7	4th	2 9 17 31 37
2022-09-16	23	3rd	18 27 31 37 41
2022-08-24	4	4th	12 19 21 31 32
2022-08-20	26	5th	1 10 12 21 31
2022-07-25	12	4th	6 15 27 31 34
2022-07-13	1	5th	2 13 23 30 31
2022-07-12	4	4th	1 22 27 31 43
2022-07-08	1	4th	3 17 24 31 42
2022-07-07	5	4th	7 10 27 31 33
2022-07-02	16	4th	15 19 27 31 43
2022-06-16	4	3rd	19 30 31 34 44
2022-06-12	2	5th	14 17 21 30 31
2022-06-10	10	5th	3 18 28 29 31
2022-05-31	1	5th	2 4 12 29 31
2022-05-30	11	2nd	16 31 34 37 43
2022-05-19	15	5th	6 16 19 26 31
2022-05-04	1	4th	3 21 25 31 37
2022-05-03	8	4th	9 15 17 31 33
2022-04-25	6	4th	18 23 27 31 40
2022-04-19	5	4th	17 21 22 31 39
2022-04-14	5	3rd	8 24 31 34 38
2022-04-09	4	2nd	13 31 37 38 39
2022-04-05	5	3rd	2 14 31 40 45
2022-03-31	11	4th	6 9 19 31 42
2022-03-20	9	2nd	12 31 33 37 43
2022-03-11	2	2nd	30 31 33 37 43
2022-03-09	5	4th	23 27 28 31 32
2022-03-04	7	4th	14 15 21 31 42
2022-02-25	1	3rd	15 27 31 36 40
2022-02-24	1	1st	31 34 35 39 42
2022-02-23	17	4th	20 22 23 31 41
2022-02-06	4	4th	2 3 13 31 37
2022-02-02	4	3rd	21 22 31 38 41
2022-01-29	34	4th	1 5 16 31 36
2021-12-26	1	4th	2 4 25 31 38
2021-12-25	21	3rd	8 11 31 43 45
2021-12-04	12	4th	4 15 24 31 32
2021-11-22	8	3rd	8 18 31 41 42
2021-11-14	12	3rd	19 26 31 40 42
2021-11-02	1	2nd	11 31 32 34 43
2021-11-01	2	3rd	11 22 31 34 43
2021-10-30	11	3rd	15 29 31 32 38
2021-10-19	2	4th	9 26 29 31 35
2021-10-17	15	4th	12 16 21 31 41
2021-10-02	22	3rd	2 18 31 35 38
2021-09-10	9	3rd	4 17 31 38 40
2021-09-01	14	4th	1 19 28 31 42
2021-08-18	5	4th	16 18 25 31 41
2021-08-13	4	4th	13 15 27 31 45
2021-08-09	4	4th	1 25 30 31 32
2021-08-05	20	4th	2 14 25 31 34
2021-07-16	4	4th	5 13 30 31 38
2021-07-12	8	3rd	6 17 31 35 42
2021-07-04	20	3rd	13 14 31 41 42
2021-06-14	6	3rd	10 26 31 39 44
2021-06-08	4	3rd	2 15 31 39 43
2021-06-04	14	3rd	2 28 31 38 41
2021-05-21	6	3rd	12 28 31 40 45
2021-05-15	4	4th	1 7 26 31 38
2021-05-11	9	2nd	19 31 33 41 42
2021-05-02	1	4th	7 10 11 31 38
2021-05-01	3	3rd	4 21 31 35 44
2021-04-28	3	5th	1 4 9 14 31
2021-04-25	1	5th	8 14 20 28 31
2021-04-24	22	3rd	8 25 31 33 36
2021-04-02	8	5th	14 17 24 26 31
2021-03-25	13	4th	3 7 29 31 39
2021-03-12	15	3rd	13 29 31 39 44
2021-02-25	15	4th	15 17 28 31 45
2021-02-10	10	5th	8 15 22 30 31
2021-01-31	3	4th	3 5 29 31 36
2021-01-28	7	4th	10 14 25 31 34
2021-01-21	2	3rd	6 17 31 32 44
2021-01-19	5	3rd	5 9 31 35 43
2021-01-14	1	2nd	16 31 35 37 41
2021-01-13	16	4th	17 24 26 31 44
2020-12-28	3	2nd	28 31 33 37 44
2020-12-25	3	1st	31 36 39 44 45
2020-12-22	11	2nd	5 31 36 41 42
2020-12-11	1	2nd	22 31 34 37 40
2020-12-10	9	5th	9 23 24 29 31
2020-12-01	8	4th	14 27 30 31 37
2020-11-23	9	5th	10 19 29 30 31
2020-11-14	33	5th	6 7 8 9 31
2020-10-12	11	5th	6 24 26 29 31
2020-10-01	16	5th	1 5 7 18 31
2020-09-15	6	4th	9 12 21 31 38
2020-09-09	1	4th	13 23 27 31 41
2020-09-08	6	3rd	14 24 31 34 38
2020-09-02	1	4th	8 10 11 31 44
2020-09-01	10	3rd	22 25 31 36 42
2020-08-22	15	3rd	16 22 31 34 45
2020-08-07	3	4th	2 5 11 31 37
2020-08-04	28	4th	19 22 29 31 40
2020-07-07	14	4th	23 26 29 31 45
2020-06-23	6	5th	1 16 21 29 31
2020-06-17	13	5th	8 11 16 23 31
2020-06-04	10	4th	12 19 25 31 38
2020-05-25	8	5th	7 10 13 16 31
2020-05-17	21	3rd	20 26 31 36 38
2020-04-26	4	5th	2 4 16 30 31
2020-04-22	3	4th	9 15 25 31 35
2020-04-19	7	4th	8 12 28 31 43
2020-04-12	6	4th	13 17 25 31 38
2020-04-06	9	5th	8 14 26 29 31
2020-03-28	15	4th	8 10 30 31 32
2020-03-13	3	2nd	12 31 35 36 38
2020-03-10	1	5th	4 5 7 15 31
2020-03-09	4	5th	1 10 16 25 31
2020-03-05	1	4th	8 13 26 31 39
2020-03-04	7	5th	5 20 24 26 31
2020-02-26	4	4th	4 19 25 31 35
2020-02-22	4	4th	15 18 20 31 34
2020-02-18	6	3rd	5 14 31 39 40
2020-02-12	7	4th	3 10 19 31 37
2020-02-05	1	3rd	17 27 31 32 34
2020-02-04	4	5th	3 4 18 26 31
2020-01-31	23	5th	3 17 22 30 31
2020-01-08	1	3rd	18 19 31 32 43
2020-01-07	7	3rd	17 27 31 39 41
2019-12-31	24	3rd	13 22 31 33 41
2019-12-07	10	5th	1 18 26 29 31
2019-11-27	27	2nd	11 31 40 41 44
2019-10-31	2	4th	18 25 29 31 44
2019-10-29	23	3rd	7 29 31 33 37
2019-10-06	9	4th	12 19 25 31 40
2019-09-27	7	3rd	9 26 31 36 41
2019-09-20	7	4th	9 10 22 31 33
2019-09-13	26	5th	5 18 23 27 31
2019-08-18	6	3rd	5 14 31 32 43
2019-08-12	8	5th	17 23 26 29 31
2019-08-04	3	5th	11 17 18 25 31
2019-08-01	3	5th	11 13 24 27 31
2019-07-29	14	3rd	3 8 31 43 45
2019-07-15	3	5th	5 16 17 28 31
2019-07-12	3	3rd	7 10 31 35 41
2019-07-09	6	4th	9 21 27 31 45
2019-07-03	4	2nd	16 31 34 38 43
2019-06-29	23	3rd	2 25 31 32 43
2019-06-06	11	4th	13 19 20 31 42
2019-05-26	3	4th	2 6 27 31 38
2019-05-23	10	4th	4 6 23 31 45
2019-05-13	5	3rd	15 19 31 40 45
2019-05-08	13	2nd	28 31 32 39 43
2019-04-25	4	3rd	1 26 31 32 42
2019-04-21	1	4th	2 14 25 31 42
2019-04-20	18	3rd	19 22 31 32 44
2019-04-02	4	3rd	8 17 31 37 43
2019-03-29	6	3rd	12 18 31 36 42
2019-03-23	6	5th	6 11 25 29 31
2019-03-17	1	3rd	8 25 31 42 45
2019-03-16	3	3rd	24 30 31 32 37
2019-03-13	17	4th	10 24 28 31 38
2019-02-24	1	3rd	22 28 31 33 35
2019-02-23	13	3rd	18 19 31 34 45
2019-02-10	17	3rd	9 24 31 36 43
2019-01-24	9	4th	2 4 6 31 40
2019-01-15	7	5th	7 9 13 24 31
2019-01-08	4	3rd	15 26 31 35 40
2019-01-04	2	3rd	23 26 31 36 38
2019-01-02	2	4th	8 14 28 31 32
2018-12-31	18	4th	13 17 29 31 44
2018-12-13	7	4th	15 18 23 31 34
2018-12-06	1	5th	10 15 18 30 31
2018-12-05	12	4th	17 20 23 31 35
2018-11-23	17	4th	4 10 26 31 40
2018-11-06	6	3rd	24 29 31 36 38
2018-10-31	16	4th	11 21 29 31 44
2018-10-15	1	4th	4 10 19 31 35
2018-10-14	41	5th	1 2 5 16 31
2018-09-03	15	4th	7 20 30 31 34
2018-08-19	9	1st	31 32 34 38 44
2018-08-10	15	3rd	7 28 31 40 42
2018-07-26	2	5th	12 18 22 29 31
2018-07-24	8	3rd	6 18 31 39 44
2018-07-16	2	4th	2 10 26 31 44
2018-07-14	5	4th	26 27 29 31 38
2018-07-09	1	4th	12 13 14 31 43
2018-07-08	11	4th	7 12 14 31 32
2018-06-27	6	4th	5 8 13 31 34
2018-06-21	35	4th	6 16 18 31 40
2018-05-17	10	5th	4 20 21 28 31
2018-05-07	9	3rd	11 25 31 40 42
2018-04-28	7	1st	31 32 37 38 39
2018-04-21	8	5th	1 19 28 30 31
2018-04-13	2	4th	10 15 17 31 33
2018-04-11	42	5th	3 6 9 11 31
2018-02-28	4	4th	5 22 23 31 42
2018-02-24	27	3rd	1 19 31 36 41
2018-01-28	7	4th	9 12 20 31 36
2018-01-21	8	5th	9 13 17 20 31
2018-01-13	6	4th	1 2 6 31 42
2018-01-07	4	5th	1 5 18 28 31
2018-01-03	5	3rd	13 23 31 35 41
2017-12-29	1	3rd	19 28 31 34 43
2017-12-28	3	4th	7 9 27 31 40
2017-12-25	1	4th	12 15 16 31 40
2017-12-24	20	5th	3 5 9 28 31
2017-12-04	9	4th	8 13 30 31 37
2017-11-25	4	3rd	10 30 31 33 45
2017-11-21	2	4th	11 17 29 31 43
2017-11-19	10	5th	12 13 18 26 31
2017-11-09	20	3rd	6 17 31 32 43
2017-10-19	27	4th	9 18 30 31 34
2017-09-21	7	4th	2 22 23 31 43
2017-09-14	5	4th	2 3 9 31 38
2017-09-09	2	4th	11 14 30 31 39
2017-09-07	7	3rd	20 22 31 33 37
2017-08-31	9	3rd	5 6 31 38 43
2017-08-22	12	2nd	29 31 36 41 45
2017-08-10	20	4th	3 5 9 31 44
2017-07-21	18	3rd	4 5 31 32 36
2017-07-03	10	5th	11 13 16 26 31
2017-06-23	2	2nd	12 31 35 37 42
2017-06-21	1	4th	4 22 25 31 39
2017-06-20	—	3rd	11 25 31 32 37