Number 31

In Cash Ball under the 4/35 + 1/25 · since Jan 2017 rules — 3,514 draws, 4 from 1–35.

430times drawn · chance expected 402 +1.51σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 38% for any number

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.8

43longest completed wait · 93% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 430 times in 3,514 draws against 401.6 expected, +1.51σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 31, draw by draw

Drawn 430 times in 3,514 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 9 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 smallest12 · chance 12.9
3rd smallest120 · chance 125.0
4th smallest298 · chance 291.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 37.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 4 27 13 17 33

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-10-03	3	4th	3 16 24 31
2026-09-30	1	3rd	2 15 31 33
2026-09-29	25	4th	10 13 17 31
2026-09-04	8	4th	17 19 20 31
2026-08-27	5	4th	7

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 4/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

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