Number 31

In Pick 5 under the 5/40 · since Aug 2023 rules — 1,153 draws, 5 from 1–40.

132times drawn · chance expected 144 −1.08σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 34% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

50longest completed wait · 17% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 132 times in 1,153 draws against 144.1 expected, −1.08σ. 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 132 times in 1,153 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 50 · 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 0.2
2nd smallest4 · chance 4.0
3rd smallest24 · chance 25.1
4th smallest59 · chance 58.6
5th smallest45 · chance 44.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 37 8 3 26 2

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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	13	5th	6 9 21 30 31
2026-09-20	1	5th	14 19 25 30 31
2026-09-19	4	4th	5 8 24 31 32
2026-09-15	13	5th	6 7 11 21

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 5/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-11-25	5	4th	18 19 29 31 38
2025-11-20	9	3rd	11 24 31 32 37
2025-11-11	23	4th	2 15 21 31 37
2025-10-19	35	4th	5 8 27 31 37
2025-09-14	8	4th	5 10 26 31 39
2025-09-06	7	4th	7 8 27 31 33
2025-08-30	7	4th	7 10 25 31 39
2025-08-23	4	2nd	12 31 37 38 39
2025-08-19	1	5th	2 5 6 8 31
2025-08-18	1	4th	3 9 25 31 35
2025-08-17	26	4th	3 13 29 31 37
2025-07-22	2	4th	4 15 17 31 36
2025-07-20	4	5th	2 8 19 22 31
2025-07-16	1	4th	8 18 22 31 34
2025-07-15	15	4th	5 19 26 31 33
2025-06-30	2	4th	3 4 13 31 40
2025-06-28	1	4th	7 24 27 31 33
2025-06-27	1	4th	10 24 27 31 37
2025-06-26	1	5th	6 12 15 25 31
2025-06-25	4	5th	2 17 24 28 31
2025-06-21	1	5th	4 6 7 27 31
2025-06-20	1	5th	11 13 18 26 31
2025-06-19	7	4th	4 11 18 31 36
2025-06-12	10	5th	5 16 17 28 31
2025-06-02	8	4th	3 28 29 31 36
2025-05-25	17	3rd	10 27 31 35 38
2025-05-08	4	3rd	10 17 31 33 35
2025-05-04	6	4th	13 15 16 31 40
2025-04-28	9	5th	10 13 23 26 31
2025-04-19	3	4th	6 15 19 31 32
2025-04-16	9	4th	15 23 25 31 35
2025-04-07	20	4th	5 8 30 31 34
2025-03-18	12	5th	3 4 9 10 31
2025-03-06	1	3rd	20 22 31 33 36
2025-03-05	3	5th	13 18 19 21 31
2025-03-02	3	3rd	13 22 31 36 37
2025-02-27	2	4th	3 12 24 31 40
2025-02-25	2	4th	11 17 23 31 37
2025-02-23	4	3rd	16 27 31 33 34
2025-02-19	16	3rd	10 17 31 34 40
2025-02-03	16	3rd	14 24 31 32 34
2025-01-18	2	4th	8 13 25 31 36
2025-01-16	2	3rd	1 2 31 36 37
2025-01-14	5	4th	15 24 28 31 37
2025-01-09	5	4th	19 20 28 31 35
2025-01-04	7	5th	1 6 8 9 31
2024-12-28	11	3rd	3 10 31 37 38
2024-12-17	15	4th	8 22 26 31 36
2024-12-02	5	4th	8 16 26 31 39
2024-11-27	22	5th	13 17 19 22 31
2024-11-05	2	3rd	26 27 31 33 37
2024-11-03	8	5th	4 8 9 13 31
2024-10-26	12	3rd	5 26 31 34 38
2024-10-14	1	4th	3 17 30 31 34
2024-10-13	21	4th	12 20 26 31 39
2024-09-22	13	4th	13 22 29 31 36
2024-09-09	25	2nd	22 31 33 35 40
2024-08-15	17	4th	15 25 30 31 35
2024-07-29	5	4th	4 10 26 31 35
2024-07-24	8	5th	1 14 23 24 31
2024-07-16	1	4th	4 10 11 31 36
2024-07-15	10	5th	8 19 20 23 31
2024-07-05	1	4th	20 26 27 31 34
2024-07-04	3	4th	4 10 18 31 32
2024-07-01	22	5th	3 11 20 28 31
2024-06-09	14	4th	14 24 29 31 37
2024-05-26	23	5th	1 8 13 17 31
2024-05-03	6	5th	1 6 21 29 31
2024-04-27	6	4th	2 20 26 31 35
2024-04-21	3	3rd	17 22 31 33 39
2024-04-18	14	5th	3 19 24 28 31
2024-04-04	1	4th	17 26 29 31 38
2024-04-03	11	3rd	8 25 31 37 38
2024-03-23	1	4th	11 13 26 31 34
2024-03-22	7	5th	6 9 17 24 31
2024-03-15	10	3rd	5 16 31 37 40
2024-03-05	1	4th	20 27 28 31 32
2024-03-04	2	5th	20 22 27 28 31
2024-03-02	4	5th	9 11 12 23 31
2024-02-27	13	3rd	3 29 31 33 38
2024-02-14	7	4th	18 27 29 31 38
2024-02-07	3	5th	2 6 24 30 31
2024-02-04	6	5th	2 4 24 27 31
2024-01-29	1	3rd	1 2 31 34 39
2024-01-28	8	5th	3 10 18 20 31
2024-01-20	4	3rd	18 21 31 32 40
2024-01-16	13	4th	12 22 30 31 37
2024-01-03	15	5th	6 13 19 24 31
2023-12-19	2	4th	6 19 25 31 32
2023-12-17	23	4th	2 14 21 31 35
2023-11-24	4	5th	18 21 24 26 31
2023-11-20	8	4th	2 8 17 31 33
2023-11-12	6	3rd	17 26 31 35 40
2023-11-06	3	5th	2 3 7 27 31
2023-11-03	3	4th	5 16 28 31 33
2023-10-31	6	4th	10 15 26 31 33
2023-10-25	3	5th	12 17 20 28 31
2023-10-22	24	4th	2 4 22 31 38
2023-09-28	4	5th	2 3 9 11 31
2023-09-24	3	5th	4 14 16 19 31
2023-09-21	1	3rd	7 9 31 33 37
2023-09-20	8	4th	3 14 19 31 37
2023-09-12	1	2nd	25 31 32 36 37
2023-09-11	1	2nd	4 31 32 35 37
2023-09-10	8	3rd	22 27 31 38 39
2023-09-02	1	5th	15 16 21 24 31
2023-09-01	13	5th	12 14 22 23 31
2023-08-19	—	5th	8 11 24 27 31