Number 31

In Easy 5 under the 5/37 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,615 draws, 5 from 1–37.

210times drawn · chance expected 218 −0.60σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 86% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.4

38longest completed wait · 62% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 210 times in 1,615 draws against 218.2 expected, −0.60σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 31, draw by draw

Drawn 210 times in 1,615 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 2 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 0.1
2nd smallest2 · chance 2.1
3rd smallest22 · chance 23.3
4th smallest83 · chance 86.8
5th smallest103 · chance 97.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 27 12 17 4 21

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 36 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 37. 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	4	3rd	21 23 31 35 37
2026-09-19	16	5th	8 13 25 29 31
2026-07-25	6	5th	5 12 25 28 31
2026-07-04	2	5th	2 4 14 20

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 5/37 tonight whatever it did last week.

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