Number 31

In Lucky for Life under the 5/48 + 1/18 · since Jan 2015 rules — 2,354 draws, 5 from 1–48.

260times drawn · chance expected 245 +1.00σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 37% for any number

9.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

48longest completed wait · 77% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 260 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, +1.00σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 31, draw by draw

Drawn 260 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 9.0 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 10 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 3.5
2nd smallest35 · chance 29.7
3rd smallest90 · chance 86.2
4th smallest93 · chance 100.6
5th smallest41 · chance 39.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

46 8 34 17 18 30

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-02-11	3	4th	2 12 18 31 40
2026-02-08	1	4th	5 14 17 31 44
2026-02-07	4	3rd	8 30 31 37 38
2026-02-03	9	4th	6 14 19

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 5/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-22	16	4th	12 16 28 31 37
2025-05-06	2	2nd	15 31 33 35 46
2025-05-04	1	3rd	12 26 31 35 43
2025-05-03	9	5th	2 13 18 21 31
2025-04-24	2	4th	13 15 20 31 38
2025-04-22	11	2nd	14 31 36 39 44
2025-04-11	4	4th	7 9 10 31 34
2025-04-07	7	3rd	21 25 31 37 38
2025-03-31	3	2nd	8 31 39 40 42
2025-03-28	4	4th	10 15 23 31 40
2025-03-24	16	4th	14 20 30 31 39
2025-03-08	2	3rd	9 20 31 40 44
2025-03-06	2	4th	20 28 30 31 38
2025-03-04	25	5th	2 11 25 30 31
2025-02-07	23	5th	14 18 21 29 31
2025-01-15	9	2nd	19 31 33 36 46
2025-01-06	1	3rd	6 22 31 39 44
2025-01-05	18	3rd	6 27 31 33 47
2024-12-18	2	4th	19 26 30 31 41
2024-12-16	14	4th	3 16 29 31 33
2024-12-02	3	4th	5 13 14 31 42
2024-11-29	6	3rd	19 21 31 38 39
2024-11-23	1	5th	11 20 21 26 31
2024-11-22	22	2nd	17 31 33 38 46
2024-10-31	13	3rd	29 30 31 33 36
2024-10-18	9	2nd	10 31 32 36 38
2024-10-09	4	3rd	11 15 31 36 45
2024-10-05	4	3rd	3 17 31 32 35
2024-10-01	2	4th	5 13 22 31 48
2024-09-29	4	4th	7 15 27 31 38
2024-09-25	4	5th	4 7 15 21 31
2024-09-21	27	3rd	7 21 31 41 44
2024-08-25	25	5th	8 17 19 29 31
2024-07-31	8	4th	10 16 20 31 44
2024-07-23	7	5th	1 4 15 25 31
2024-07-16	7	3rd	21 26 31 34 40
2024-07-09	8	2nd	25 31 40 41 44
2024-07-01	12	3rd	13 22 31 47 48
2024-06-19	8	5th	10 16 18 19 31
2024-06-11	3	3rd	12 23 31 44 48
2024-06-08	2	4th	3 17 29 31 33
2024-06-06	6	4th	21 28 30 31 37
2024-05-31	14	2nd	10 31 34 42 46
2024-05-17	9	3rd	2 22 31 34 37
2024-05-08	11	3rd	17 30 31 33 44
2024-04-27	2	4th	16 22 26 31 34
2024-04-25	2	4th	3 9 21 31 41
2024-04-23	2	2nd	11 31 32 36 44
2024-04-21	19	3rd	23 24 31 33 40
2024-04-02	8	5th	6 8 17 22 31
2024-03-25	14	3rd	1 4 31 39 47
2024-03-11	4	3rd	24 26 31 38 42
2024-03-07	17	4th	14 17 28 31 39
2024-02-19	1	3rd	7 19 31 34 47
2024-02-18	1	2nd	18 31 42 46 47
2024-02-17	7	2nd	21 31 36 37 44
2024-02-10	2	4th	13 15 27 31 40
2024-02-08	5	3rd	7 29 31 38 46
2024-02-03	12	4th	8 9 18 31 38
2024-01-22	21	4th	7 26 30 31 38
2024-01-01	1	4th	6 7 15 31 43
2023-12-31	3	3rd	3 10 31 39 47
2023-12-28	6	3rd	12 18 31 36 46
2023-12-22	3	4th	12 13 22 31 46
2023-12-19	7	4th	7 10 23 31 32
2023-12-12	1	3rd	28 30 31 34 45
2023-12-11	3	4th	13 14 19 31 34
2023-12-08	10	3rd	26 28 31 33 37
2023-11-28	2	4th	9 15 18 31 40
2023-11-26	4	3rd	5 30 31 33 40
2023-11-22	2	2nd	7 31 35 39 43
2023-11-20	9	4th	5 12 16 31 40
2023-11-11	1	4th	10 24 27 31 37
2023-11-10	10	4th	6 18 28 31 42
2023-10-31	6	2nd	28 31 33 40 47
2023-10-25	6	3rd	1 19 31 32 38
2023-10-19	22	3rd	12 30 31 35 47
2023-09-27	3	3rd	15 26 31 33 38
2023-09-24	2	5th	6 25 26 28 31
2023-09-22	2	3rd	8 30 31 40 46
2023-09-20	2	4th	8 9 20 31 47
2023-09-18	12	4th	2 22 28 31 38
2023-09-06	1	4th	6 8 9 31 48
2023-09-05	34	4th	3 23 24 31 48
2023-08-02	9	3rd	4 15 31 39 46
2023-07-24	1	3rd	3 17 31 35 42
2023-07-23	3	5th	8 12 17 19 31
2023-07-20	18	3rd	12 27 31 39 46
2023-07-02	5	4th	1 16 17 31 46
2023-06-27	25	4th	1 15 20 31 44
2023-06-02	25	4th	17 22 26 31 48
2023-05-08	10	3rd	3 15 31 33 44
2023-04-28	5	2nd	9 31 32 34 47
2023-04-23	4	3rd	16 21 31 33 36
2023-04-19	7	5th	2 3 18 23 31
2023-04-12	5	4th	12 17 21 31 46
2023-04-07	7	3rd	21 25 31 42 48
2023-03-31	7	4th	16 19 28 31 34
2023-03-24	4	4th	1 8 30 31 43
2023-03-20	12	4th	1 6 12 31 38
2023-03-08	17	3rd	1 16 31 36 44
2023-02-19	12	3rd	8 16 31 39 47
2023-02-07	4	4th	3 7 18 31 32
2023-02-03	2	3rd	2 20 31 34 48
2023-02-01	16	3rd	11 19 31 33 46
2023-01-16	7	4th	11 17 25 31 38
2023-01-09	31	5th	3 5 24 26 31
2022-12-09	3	3rd	4 23 31 44 46
2022-12-06	10	4th	11 16 22 31 42
2022-11-26	33	5th	5 12 18 19 31
2022-10-24	5	4th	1 5 9 31 38
2022-10-19	25	5th	1 6 26 28 31
2022-09-24	2	4th	10 18 23 31 46
2022-09-22	5	4th	4 10 28 31 41
2022-09-17	27	4th	11 12 23 31 45
2022-08-21	14	4th	17 19 22 31 35
2022-08-07	17	3rd	7 12 31 37 44
2022-07-21	12	5th	19 24 25 29 31
2022-07-09	10	3rd	14 21 31 35 41
2022-06-29	7	4th	16 17 20 31 42
2022-06-22	5	3rd	20 24 31 34 47
2022-06-17	6	4th	6 13 21 31 40
2022-06-11	14	3rd	11 16 31 37 41
2022-05-28	6	3rd	3 21 31 37 40
2022-05-22	1	4th	7 11 25 31 46
2022-05-21	4	3rd	13 17 31 41 47
2022-05-17	6	4th	5 16 29 31 32
2022-05-11	20	4th	2 20 30 31 39
2022-04-21	9	5th	6 11 12 30 31
2022-04-12	15	4th	1 14 15 31 32
2022-03-28	8	2nd	13 31 34 35 37
2022-03-20	19	4th	7 8 26 31 39
2022-03-01	14	4th	15 21 30 31 35
2022-02-15	16	4th	25 27 28 31 38
2022-01-30	1	5th	4 11 23 24 31
2022-01-29	5	3rd	3 28 31 35 46
2022-01-24	6	5th	9 22 25 29 31
2022-01-18	28	2nd	4 31 36 37 43
2021-12-21	1	5th	2 10 18 26 31
2021-12-20	9	3rd	17 21 31 35 45
2021-12-11	4	4th	8 9 16 31 44
2021-12-07	48	2nd	24 31 41 43 44
2021-10-20	8	4th	6 20 21 31 42
2021-10-12	18	5th	1 6 8 25 31
2021-09-24	5	4th	7 18 20 31 40
2021-09-19	24	3rd	3 4 31 37 43
2021-08-26	8	3rd	9 12 31 36 45
2021-08-18	5	4th	18 21 22 31 33
2021-08-13	1	5th	6 10 16 26 31
2021-08-12	4	5th	1 9 19 20 31
2021-08-08	12	5th	1 14 23 29 31
2021-07-27	7	2nd	7 31 33 47 48
2021-07-20	8	4th	6 8 16 31 46
2021-06-24	7	3rd	23 26 31 35 46
2021-05-31	5	4th	2 19 28 31 47
2021-05-13	1	4th	3 7 25 31 36
2021-05-10	6	2nd	4 31 32 42 44
2021-04-19	1	3rd	13 21 31 32 33
2021-04-15	7	4th	3 4 18 31 43
2021-03-22	11	4th	3 5 24 31 45
2021-02-11	4	4th	7 9 15 31 39
2021-01-28	3	5th	2 19 24 26 31
2021-01-18	11	5th	2 13 14 19 31
2020-12-10	4	5th	1 5 10 11 31
2020-11-26	1	3rd	11 25 31 41 43
2020-11-23	5	3rd	13 23 31 37 39
2020-11-05	8	5th	2 4 8 17 31
2020-10-08	13	3rd	28 30 31 42 43
2020-08-24	8	4th	18 22 25 31 46
2020-07-27	14	5th	6 10 13 17 31
2020-06-08	4	3rd	26 29 31 34 40
2020-05-25	9	3rd	4 28 31 32 41
2020-04-23	6	2nd	5 31 38 41 45
2020-04-02	3	4th	2 4 23 31 48
2020-03-23	11	3rd	1 30 31 46 48
2020-02-13	2	3rd	5 14 31 40 46
2020-02-06	19	3rd	18 30 31 33 34
2019-12-02	2	2nd	10 31 43 44 46
2019-11-25	7	4th	1 2 3 31 40
2019-10-31	6	2nd	2 31 33 41 46
2019-10-10	1	3rd	27 30 31 34 45
2019-10-07	6	3rd	13 18 31 38 43
2019-09-16	16	4th	11 12 22 31 37
2019-07-22	5	2nd	5 31 33 41 47
2019-07-04	28	3rd	2 7 31 43 48
2019-03-28	1	2nd	21 31 34 40 44
2019-03-25	8	5th	7 9 14 29 31
2019-02-25	2	3rd	24 26 31 45 48
2019-02-18	12	5th	1 8 15 29 31
2019-01-07	1	2nd	18 31 34 35 37
2019-01-03	5	5th	2 4 17 30 31
2018-12-17	1	3rd	4 8 31 32 44
2018-12-13	2	2nd	15 31 38 39 40
2018-12-06	10	5th	5 14 26 28 31
2018-11-01	4	3rd	4 13 31 37 47
2018-10-18	30	5th	4 21 24 30 31
2018-07-05	3	3rd	12 16 31 32 46
2018-06-25	2	2nd	3 31 42 45 48
2018-06-18	8	4th	1 22 27 31 34
2018-05-21	15	3rd	4 12 31 45 48
2018-03-29	2	3rd	16 19 31 44 48
2018-03-22	1	5th	9 17 27 29 31
2018-03-19	15	3rd	17 26 31 32 45
2018-01-25	7	3rd	8 9 31 43 45
2018-01-01	8	4th	15 18 25 31 35
2017-12-04	12	4th	1 2 7 31 37
2017-10-23	19	5th	4 7 9 10 31
2017-08-17	6	3rd	12 17 31 36 37
2017-07-27	11	3rd	16 17 31 38 40
2017-06-19	2	4th	8 23 24 31 33
2017-06-12	6	4th	7 13 29 31 34
2017-05-22	3	3rd	12 16 31 43 46
2017-05-11	28	4th	5 14 17 31 32
2017-02-02	2	1st	31 32 36 46 48
2017-01-26	29	4th	3 11 13 31 42
2016-10-17	3	3rd	6 23 31 34 45
2016-10-06	16	4th	21 24 28 31 45
2016-08-11	1	2nd	14 31 32 38 43
2016-08-08	10	3rd	20 29 31 33 40
2016-07-04	3	2nd	8 31 34 44 48
2016-06-23	9	4th	6 9 19 31 42
2016-05-23	24	2nd	3 31 35 40 46
2016-02-29	1	3rd	19 26 31 34 40
2016-02-25	4	3rd	14 15 31 34 36
2016-02-11	1	4th	11 27 29 31 36
2016-02-08	10	3rd	18 30 31 43 47
2016-01-04	26	3rd	1 25 31 43 45
2015-10-05	17	3rd	8 28 31 41 48
2015-08-06	7	3rd	14 27 31 39 46
2015-07-13	5	3rd	10 22 31 32 46
2015-06-25	5	3rd	10 18 31 34 42
2015-06-08	3	5th	4 8 13 19 31
2015-05-28	18	5th	6 7 11 23 31
2015-03-26	5	2nd	26 31 33 45 46
2015-03-09	5	4th	6 18 23 31 43
2015-02-19	—	4th	12 19 24 31 48