Number 31

In Gopher 5 under the 5/47 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,586 draws, 5 from 1–47.

270times drawn · chance expected 275 −0.33σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 41% for any number

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

47longest completed wait · 78% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 270 times in 2,586 draws against 275.1 expected, −0.33σ. 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 270 times in 2,586 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 47 · 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 smallest3 · chance 3.0
2nd smallest16 · chance 27.8
3rd smallest92 · chance 86.4
4th smallest99 · chance 107.5
5th smallest60 · chance 45.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

18 29 3 14 27 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-09-18	18	3rd	23 24 31 32 35
2026-08-07	7	5th	3 11 23 30 31
2026-07-22	7	3rd	13 18 31 33 42
2026-07-06	3	5th	21 23 25 30

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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-12-18	2	3rd	6 7 31 43 44
2024-12-13	10	5th	1 13 18 28 31
2024-11-20	9	3rd	13 15 31 32 45
2024-10-30	21	5th	11 14 27 28 31
2024-09-11	2	3rd	4 9 31 37 43
2024-09-06	7	1st	31 37 38 41 44
2024-08-21	1	5th	12 14 24 27 31
2024-08-19	7	3rd	4 13 31 43 46
2024-08-02	14	4th	7 21 24 31 42
2024-07-01	12	5th	6 10 13 27 31
2024-06-03	2	4th	6 10 14 31 35
2024-05-29	1	3rd	8 10 31 36 43
2024-05-27	13	4th	18 22 27 31 38
2024-04-26	3	4th	6 19 25 31 36
2024-04-19	9	5th	4 12 15 28 31
2024-03-29	4	4th	8 11 23 31 42
2024-03-20	1	4th	2 20 26 31 32
2024-03-18	5	4th	7 8 11 31 46
2024-03-06	5	4th	8 15 28 31 33
2024-02-23	29	4th	16 22 28 31 43
2023-12-18	10	4th	3 13 20 31 35
2023-11-24	6	5th	19 23 27 28 31
2023-11-10	2	4th	6 7 14 31 38
2023-11-06	9	3rd	14 25 31 32 39
2023-10-16	13	5th	1 5 12 18 31
2023-09-15	7	4th	6 12 16 31 47
2023-08-30	10	3rd	21 26 31 36 41
2023-08-07	14	2nd	25 31 33 38 40
2023-07-05	30	2nd	12 31 33 40 47
2023-04-26	8	4th	4 7 30 31 37
2023-04-07	13	4th	1 16 17 31 33
2023-03-08	9	5th	6 14 24 29 31
2023-02-15	1	5th	8 16 29 30 31
2023-02-13	1	2nd	22 31 38 40 47
2023-02-10	10	2nd	26 31 36 37 43
2023-01-18	5	2nd	14 31 34 39 46
2023-01-06	14	3rd	7 30 31 43 47
2022-12-05	11	5th	3 11 12 24 31
2022-11-09	10	3rd	18 24 31 42 45
2022-10-19	6	3rd	6 28 31 41 43
2022-10-05	8	5th	5 10 15 27 31
2022-09-16	19	5th	5 6 28 30 31
2022-08-03	4	3rd	10 11 31 33 47
2022-07-25	11	4th	4 11 28 31 46
2022-06-29	7	3rd	19 20 31 39 40
2022-06-13	8	5th	1 19 20 22 31
2022-05-25	7	5th	3 11 19 30 31
2022-05-09	26	5th	1 9 12 22 31
2022-03-09	4	4th	12 21 24 31 36
2022-02-28	1	4th	4 6 16 31 39
2022-02-25	7	4th	12 25 27 31 35
2022-02-09	4	3rd	10 26 31 36 38
2022-01-31	12	4th	11 20 29 31 43
2022-01-03	4	5th	3 5 13 18 31
2021-12-24	5	5th	10 16 20 28 31
2021-12-13	18	3rd	12 24 31 39 45
2021-11-01	30	3rd	8 18 31 32 37
2021-08-23	12	4th	4 17 25 31 39
2021-07-26	13	4th	9 27 29 31 36
2021-06-25	6	4th	19 23 27 31 36
2021-06-11	9	3rd	9 25 31 35 39
2021-05-21	2	4th	19 20 21 31 46
2021-05-17	7	4th	14 18 23 31 46
2021-04-30	12	3rd	22 29 31 33 37
2021-04-02	7	5th	12 23 25 29 31
2021-03-17	10	5th	3 13 17 29 31
2021-02-22	33	3rd	4 16 31 40 46
2020-12-07	1	4th	8 10 17 31 36
2020-12-04	17	3rd	15 28 31 38 45
2020-10-26	8	5th	5 9 20 27 31
2020-10-07	2	2nd	18 31 34 38 39
2020-10-02	7	3rd	9 19 31 33 36
2020-09-16	21	4th	16 19 20 31 38
2020-07-29	6	4th	1 3 29 31 40
2020-07-15	3	3rd	9 14 31 34 38
2020-07-08	11	5th	2 3 15 21 31
2020-06-12	3	4th	6 12 26 31 47
2020-06-05	23	2nd	24 31 34 37 42
2020-04-13	10	3rd	16 22 31 39 44
2020-03-20	5	5th	1 15 20 29 31
2020-03-09	3	3rd	6 29 31 40 47
2020-03-02	32	3rd	14 16 31 36 41
2019-12-18	1	3rd	20 24 31 43 47
2019-12-16	9	4th	4 14 23 31 34
2019-11-25	3	3rd	19 29 31 40 42
2019-11-18	5	3rd	3 22 31 32 35
2019-11-06	17	4th	7 8 29 31 32
2019-09-27	12	4th	2 6 29 31 39
2019-08-30	5	3rd	17 24 31 38 40
2019-08-19	8	5th	3 4 18 26 31
2019-07-31	10	4th	3 9 21 31 38
2019-07-08	17	3rd	15 16 31 33 40
2019-05-29	1	4th	1 5 27 31 38
2019-05-27	1	4th	7 9 19 31 42
2019-05-24	8	4th	15 19 24 31 34
2019-05-06	9	2nd	20 31 38 39 44
2019-04-15	6	4th	12 28 29 31 40
2019-04-01	7	4th	16 18 26 31 33
2019-03-15	1	4th	7 12 19 31 35
2019-03-13	1	4th	6 8 13 31 46
2019-03-11	3	3rd	3 9 31 35 38
2019-03-04	5	4th	4 5 30 31 39
2019-02-20	2	4th	11 18 30 31 39
2019-02-15	24	3rd	2 20 31 34 43
2018-12-21	4	5th	4 9 27 28 31
2018-12-12	12	1st	31 34 35 42 44
2018-11-14	41	3rd	2 30 31 40 46
2018-08-10	1	4th	3 6 23 31 43
2018-08-08	13	5th	15 22 23 27 31
2018-07-09	12	4th	19 24 29 31 34
2018-06-11	3	5th	2 4 7 21 31
2018-06-04	10	3rd	15 18 31 33 39
2018-05-11	9	5th	1 3 14 23 31
2018-04-20	16	5th	9 11 19 30 31
2018-03-14	3	3rd	8 21 31 32 40
2018-03-07	2	2nd	27 31 34 36 40
2018-03-02	5	4th	3 5 19 31 36
2018-02-19	6	3rd	28 29 31 41 43
2018-02-05	8	3rd	3 28 31 35 38
2018-01-17	1	4th	3 16 18 31 32
2018-01-15	4	4th	14 18 26 31 44
2018-01-05	2	3rd	2 3 31 34 47
2018-01-01	6	4th	5 11 29 31 39
2017-12-18	7	5th	1 2 25 27 31
2017-12-01	5	5th	14 21 22 30 31
2017-11-20	6	5th	5 20 22 29 31
2017-11-06	10	3rd	11 28 31 41 45
2017-10-13	2	3rd	15 20 31 36 44
2017-10-09	1	4th	4 18 27 31 40
2017-10-06	9	4th	9 12 15 31 38
2017-09-15	5	5th	12 14 15 29 31
2017-09-04	9	5th	6 14 19 23 31
2017-08-14	32	3rd	13 18 31 43 45
2017-05-31	8	1st	31 33 36 40 42
2017-05-12	3	4th	18 23 27 31 38
2017-05-05	3	4th	2 7 17 31 47
2017-04-28	16	3rd	3 14 31 37 44
2017-03-22	8	4th	6 15 16 31 47
2017-03-03	4	5th	4 20 26 30 31
2017-02-22	4	3rd	23 30 31 32 47
2017-02-13	4	4th	8 28 30 31 32
2017-02-03	4	5th	6 21 29 30 31
2017-01-25	8	3rd	5 30 31 40 42
2017-01-06	4	3rd	4 10 31 39 46
2016-12-28	1	4th	13 25 27 31 35
2016-12-26	5	3rd	18 28 31 34 45
2016-12-14	13	3rd	4 22 31 38 47
2016-11-14	4	4th	1 10 25 31 41
2016-11-04	29	4th	3 15 16 31 40
2016-08-29	9	4th	4 24 29 31 44
2016-08-08	22	4th	8 22 26 31 36
2016-06-17	7	5th	2 12 24 29 31
2016-06-01	10	3rd	2 20 31 35 39
2016-05-09	12	3rd	14 30 31 38 46
2016-04-11	9	3rd	18 30 31 32 44
2016-03-21	21	5th	15 18 29 30 31
2016-02-01	4	3rd	2 13 31 33 44
2016-01-22	9	4th	8 10 18 31 47
2016-01-01	15	3rd	1 16 31 40 47
2015-11-27	31	4th	15 21 24 31 34
2015-09-16	11	3rd	2 27 31 36 38
2015-08-21	8	4th	3 5 10 31 35
2015-08-03	4	4th	6 9 18 31 47
2015-07-24	12	4th	3 18 20 31 38
2015-06-26	7	4th	20 26 27 31 43
2015-06-10	3	3rd	6 14 31 33 36
2015-06-03	8	3rd	8 9 31 32 35
2015-05-15	17	3rd	1 19 31 34 45
2015-04-06	16	4th	2 15 19 31 41
2015-02-27	10	4th	6 10 17 31 44
2015-02-04	1	4th	4 12 25 31 40
2015-02-02	9	5th	1 6 13 24 31
2015-01-12	4	5th	18 21 29 30 31
2015-01-02	10	4th	8 15 23 31 35
2014-12-10	4	3rd	4 18 31 37 47
2014-12-01	3	4th	2 5 11 31 35
2014-11-24	3	3rd	3 6 31 37 45
2014-11-17	23	3rd	24 27 31 35 43
2014-09-24	3	3rd	1 5 31 43 44
2014-09-17	9	5th	12 18 26 27 31
2014-08-27	16	3rd	1 16 31 34 35
2014-07-21	6	3rd	2 23 31 32 33
2014-07-07	32	5th	3 6 27 29 31
2014-04-23	9	4th	10 24 29 31 47
2014-04-02	7	4th	5 19 28 31 47
2014-03-17	1	4th	11 19 27 31 45
2014-03-14	5	4th	2 14 25 31 46
2014-03-03	35	4th	10 18 23 31 37
2013-12-11	5	3rd	10 25 31 39 46
2013-11-29	12	3rd	3 22 31 38 40
2013-11-01	2	4th	16 19 20 31 41
2013-10-28	2	4th	5 11 19 31 36
2013-10-23	5	3rd	12 16 31 43 45
2013-10-11	3	2nd	29 31 33 35 46
2013-10-04	11	4th	9 17 20 31 41
2013-09-09	4	2nd	9 31 39 43 47
2013-08-30	7	3rd	9 14 31 37 42
2013-08-14	7	2nd	26 31 34 42 45
2013-07-29	17	5th	6 12 14 24 31
2013-06-19	19	4th	3 4 7 31 35
2013-05-06	2	4th	2 15 27 31 47
2013-05-01	22	5th	4 6 9 19 31
2013-03-11	10	4th	3 12 20 31 47
2013-02-15	8	4th	11 14 24 31 44
2013-01-28	7	4th	1 2 27 31 35
2013-01-11	17	3rd	14 24 31 36 38
2012-12-03	7	4th	9 11 27 31 46
2012-11-16	3	4th	7 26 27 31 46
2012-11-09	14	5th	9 13 17 20 31
2012-10-08	16	5th	4 5 19 28 31
2012-08-31	1	5th	2 14 18 30 31
2012-08-29	2	3rd	9 27 31 33 44
2012-08-24	10	4th	2 4 8 31 46
2012-08-01	8	3rd	9 16 31 46 47
2012-07-13	1	5th	13 14 20 30 31
2012-07-11	4	3rd	14 29 31 35 39
2012-07-02	7	4th	15 20 22 31 35
2012-06-15	1	3rd	3 4 31 38 47
2012-06-13	10	3rd	1 5 31 35 43
2012-05-21	2	4th	2 3 16 31 39
2012-05-16	13	5th	9 16 22 28 31
2012-04-16	6	4th	2 22 26 31 46
2012-04-02	1	5th	1 9 14 25 31
2012-03-30	36	4th	11 12 13 31 39
2012-01-06	9	3rd	8 15 31 43 45
2011-12-16	7	5th	11 15 17 28 31
2011-11-30	3	4th	11 20 24 31 47
2011-11-23	1	3rd	9 29 31 34 39
2011-11-21	25	3rd	1 12 31 33 42
2011-09-23	4	4th	7 26 28 31 40
2011-09-14	13	3rd	1 4 31 34 35
2011-08-15	7	4th	3 22 26 31 43
2011-07-29	5	5th	6 11 28 29 31
2011-07-18	3	3rd	21 24 31 37 39
2011-07-11	10	5th	13 19 24 28 31
2011-06-17	18	3rd	8 27 31 42 45
2011-05-06	10	3rd	14 30 31 34 37
2011-04-13	47	3rd	1 23 31 42 43
2010-12-24	10	5th	6 13 14 18 31
2010-12-01	14	5th	5 6 12 22 31
2010-10-29	11	3rd	9 16 31 33 34
2010-10-04	42	4th	12 20 24 31 37
2010-06-28	6	3rd	29 30 31 35 39
2010-06-14	5	5th	1 9 13 19 31
2010-06-02	8	2nd	10 31 37 38 42
2010-05-14	—	3rd	14 18 31 34 43