Number 31

In Match 5 under the 5/35 · since Apr 2021 rules — 1,497 draws, 5 from 1–35.

214times drawn · chance expected 214 +0.01σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

32longest completed wait · 83% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 214 times in 1,497 draws against 213.9 expected, +0.01σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 31, draw by draw

Drawn 214 times in 1,497 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 32 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.6
3rd smallest10 · chance 12.0
4th smallest75 · chance 74.9
5th smallest129 · chance 126.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 3 18 21 8 35

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
2026-10-11	6	5th	6 24 27 28 31
2026-10-05	2	4th	9 10 29 31 32
2026-10-03	4	5th	16 18 25 26 31
2026-09-29	1	5th	11 18 25 26

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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-19	3	4th	10 18 23 31 34
2026-05-16	5	5th	8 16 18 26 31
2026-05-11	13	5th	1 8 15 19 31
2026-04-28	8	5th	1 3 9 22 31
2026-04-20	10	4th	13 17 26 31 33
2026-04-10	4	5th	17 18 24 28 31
2026-04-06	7	4th	6 12 19 31 33
2026-03-30	1	5th	8 11 19 22 31
2026-03-29	11	3rd	6 14 31 32 35
2026-03-18	3	4th	13 20 21 31 34
2026-03-15	11	5th	3 8 24 26 31
2026-03-04	18	5th	2 3 11 24 31
2026-02-14	1	4th	14 16 17 31 35
2026-02-13	5	5th	6 17 18 29 31
2026-02-08	3	5th	8 10 14 27 31
2026-02-05	10	5th	2 4 13 27 31
2026-01-26	11	4th	3 4 7 31 35
2026-01-15	7	4th	1 16 29 31 35
2026-01-08	18	3rd	6 22 31 34 35
2025-12-21	4	3rd	1 7 31 32 33
2025-12-17	15	4th	5 14 24 31 33
2025-12-02	16	5th	2 3 13 21 31
2025-11-16	1	5th	6 10 16 24 31
2025-11-15	8	4th	4 5 30 31 32
2025-11-07	2	5th	3 18 22 28 31
2025-11-05	1	5th	19 20 27 29 31
2025-11-04	9	5th	4 7 13 15 31
2025-10-26	12	5th	3 14 16 20 31
2025-10-14	4	4th	8 15 30 31 35
2025-10-10	8	5th	18 21 28 29 31
2025-10-02	6	5th	3 6 14 16 31
2025-09-26	6	4th	9 11 12 31 32
2025-09-20	11	4th	14 21 29 31 32
2025-09-09	25	3rd	10 14 31 32 35
2025-08-15	1	5th	1 2 20 22 31
2025-08-14	4	5th	2 8 18 27 31
2025-08-10	7	5th	2 5 18 29 31
2025-08-03	1	5th	3 6 18 21 31
2025-08-02	16	4th	13 17 23 31 35
2025-07-17	13	4th	6 19 23 31 35
2025-07-04	6	4th	7 13 28 31 34
2025-06-28	14	4th	2 3 28 31 33
2025-06-14	13	4th	2 12 28 31 34
2025-06-01	1	5th	2 18 21 29 31
2025-05-31	4	5th	6 9 13 20 31
2025-05-27	3	5th	2 3 19 30 31
2025-05-24	1	4th	2 21 28 31 32
2025-05-23	1	3rd	3 19 31 32 35
2025-05-22	26	4th	8 18 20 31 35
2025-04-26	1	5th	5 14 21 26 31
2025-04-25	6	5th	13 21 23 25 31
2025-04-19	3	5th	1 5 13 28 31
2025-04-16	2	4th	25 28 29 31 35
2025-04-14	9	5th	5 10 21 25 31
2025-04-05	1	5th	11 13 21 26 31
2025-04-04	3	4th	3 14 27 31 35
2025-04-01	5	5th	11 17 21 22 31
2025-03-27	14	4th	3 18 21 31 34
2025-03-13	2	5th	3 22 24 30 31
2025-03-11	6	5th	6 22 28 30 31
2025-03-05	14	5th	6 16 17 27 31
2025-02-19	9	3rd	18 30 31 33 34
2025-02-10	2	4th	20 27 29 31 35
2025-02-08	14	5th	1 3 21 24 31
2025-01-25	24	4th	5 21 22 31 33
2025-01-01	6	5th	4 11 21 28 31
2024-12-26	9	5th	2 3 9 17 31
2024-12-17	2	3rd	3 9 31 33 35
2024-12-15	28	5th	5 13 15 19 31
2024-11-17	21	4th	1 12 14 31 32
2024-10-27	8	5th	12 21 25 30 31
2024-10-19	2	5th	3 4 6 21 31
2024-10-17	10	4th	2 14 26 31 32
2024-10-07	11	5th	3 23 26 30 31
2024-09-26	1	4th	21 26 28 31 34
2024-09-25	1	5th	3 8 24 28 31
2024-09-24	2	4th	1 4 24 31 32
2024-09-22	3	5th	14 21 22 24 31
2024-09-19	10	5th	1 6 10 25 31
2024-09-09	5	5th	3 14 16 26 31
2024-09-04	4	5th	2 8 14 26 31
2024-08-31	6	5th	1 5 13 16 31
2024-08-25	3	5th	1 2 5 13 31
2024-08-22	3	5th	4 13 16 18 31
2024-08-19	8	4th	3 4 30 31 33
2024-08-11	7	4th	2 10 11 31 34
2024-08-04	5	5th	4 7 14 19 31
2024-07-30	2	5th	13 19 23 24 31
2024-07-28	5	5th	7 8 15 30 31
2024-07-23	11	4th	17 27 30 31 35
2024-07-12	3	5th	8 14 16 21 31
2024-07-09	3	5th	8 14 18 23 31
2024-07-06	2	5th	4 9 18 24 31
2024-07-04	14	5th	3 8 25 30 31
2024-06-20	32	5th	3 13 17 24 31
2024-05-19	5	5th	4 24 25 30 31
2024-05-14	5	5th	6 8 11 12 31
2024-05-09	2	4th	10 22 24 31 34
2024-05-07	1	5th	5 17 24 28 31
2024-05-06	7	5th	7 10 13 30 31
2024-04-29	16	5th	11 15 18 26 31
2024-04-13	2	3rd	12 17 31 32 33
2024-04-11	6	5th	3 11 20 29 31
2024-04-05	10	4th	1 9 11 31 33
2024-03-26	8	5th	7 10 17 18 31
2024-03-18	2	4th	2 5 30 31 34
2024-03-16	2	5th	3 8 12 24 31
2024-03-14	19	5th	11 21 23 28 31
2024-02-24	10	4th	2 20 26 31 34
2024-02-14	8	5th	3 6 8 24 31
2024-02-06	14	4th	7 9 26 31 35
2024-01-23	2	5th	1 20 24 30 31
2024-01-21	9	5th	1 11 19 25 31
2024-01-12	4	5th	11 16 18 23 31
2024-01-08	8	4th	1 3 20 31 35
2023-12-31	1	5th	13 15 23 25 31
2023-12-30	1	4th	18 21 25 31 35
2023-12-29	1	4th	2 11 24 31 34
2023-12-28	11	5th	4 5 12 30 31
2023-12-17	5	4th	5 9 17 31 32
2023-12-12	6	5th	7 19 23 28 31
2023-12-06	12	5th	4 17 26 28 31
2023-11-24	7	5th	13 19 23 25 31
2023-11-17	30	5th	7 10 16 18 31
2023-10-18	3	5th	2 11 12 26 31
2023-10-15	5	5th	8 12 20 29 31
2023-10-10	1	4th	1 2 21 31 34
2023-10-09	3	4th	2 26 30 31 32
2023-10-06	5	5th	11 24 25 29 31
2023-10-01	7	4th	6 8 15 31 35
2023-09-24	2	4th	1 2 13 31 35
2023-09-22	11	5th	5 12 16 25 31
2023-09-11	13	5th	5 18 24 28 31
2023-08-15	2	5th	3 26 29 30 31
2023-08-10	15	4th	3 12 14 31 33
2023-07-06	14	5th	7 17 18 25 31
2023-06-03	5	4th	4 15 27 31 34
2023-05-23	1	5th	5 11 13 17 31
2023-05-20	21	4th	5 8 11 31 34
2023-04-01	7	4th	16 27 28 31 35
2023-03-16	4	4th	9 22 24 31 33
2023-03-07	1	4th	6 7 18 31 35
2023-03-04	11	4th	1 21 30 31 33
2023-02-07	1	4th	1 2 8 31 33
2023-02-04	18	5th	10 12 18 28 31
2022-12-24	9	5th	12 15 21 29 31
2022-12-03	14	4th	4 6 10 31 34
2022-11-01	14	5th	7 12 16 24 31
2022-09-29	3	5th	13 16 20 29 31
2022-09-22	4	4th	7 22 26 31 34
2022-09-13	2	5th	6 17 26 27 31
2022-09-08	9	5th	10 14 19 29 31
2022-08-18	7	5th	7 9 14 19 31
2022-08-02	5	4th	10 16 20 31 32
2022-07-21	6	4th	2 16 23 31 32
2022-07-07	2	5th	3 4 11 21 31
2022-07-02	4	4th	8 10 22 31 33
2022-06-23	1	4th	2 20 30 31 34
2022-06-21	1	5th	2 16 22 28 31
2022-06-18	7	5th	5 9 11 29 31
2022-06-02	1	5th	18 22 26 28 31
2022-05-31	7	5th	6 9 18 30 31
2022-05-14	9	5th	2 8 17 22 31
2022-04-23	1	5th	5 9 22 26 31
2022-04-21	8	5th	6 12 17 18 31
2022-04-02	6	5th	14 16 19 30 31
2022-03-19	13	5th	5 11 13 21 31
2022-02-17	3	4th	9 20 25 31 35
2022-02-10	13	5th	7 9 13 15 31
2022-01-11	2	5th	4 6 22 27 31
2022-01-06	10	5th	6 8 12 14 31
2021-12-14	2	4th	3 14 30 31 35
2021-12-09	1	5th	2 8 11 25 31
2021-12-07	1	5th	4 12 13 29 31
2021-12-04	5	5th	9 21 23 27 31
2021-11-23	5	5th	4 7 8 29 31
2021-11-11	1	4th	2 21 30 31 32
2021-11-09	17	5th	12 23 28 29 31
2021-09-30	3	4th	2 5 11 31 34
2021-09-23	3	5th	19 23 25 28 31
2021-09-16	4	5th	4 11 21 23 31
2021-09-07	3	4th	5 6 7 31 35
2021-08-31	9	4th	1 8 16 31 33
2021-08-10	11	4th	7 11 24 31 35
2021-07-15	1	5th	5 14 24 30 31
2021-07-13	14	5th	2 5 10 23 31
2021-06-10	3	4th	13 20 21 31 35
2021-06-03	3	4th	7 23 25 31 35
2021-05-25	8	3rd	2 18 31 33 34
2021-05-06	—	4th	5 10 11 31 32