Number 31

In Jersey Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Jun 2020 rules — 2,278 draws, 5 from 1–45.

251times drawn · chance expected 253 −0.14σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

9.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

68longest completed wait · 9% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 251 times in 2,278 draws against 253.1 expected, −0.14σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 31, draw by draw

Drawn 251 times in 2,278 draws · average wait 9.1 draws · longest completed wait 68 · waiting 1 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 smallest2 · chance 1.9
2nd smallest18 · chance 20.2
3rd smallest75 · chance 73.2
4th smallest105 · chance 105.1
5th smallest51 · chance 50.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

45 25 5 12 2 4

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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	7	4th	2 6 13 31 45
2026-10-04	28	3rd	24 25 31 41 42
2026-08-25	4	4th	12 15 16 31 45
2026-08-20	2	4th	15 19 28

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-01-22	1	5th	3 7 16 17 31
2026-01-21	4	4th	12 22 28 31 44
2026-01-17	3	3rd	12 13 31 39 45
2026-01-14	4	5th	1 16 17 28 31
2026-01-10	8	4th	9 12 27 31 32
2026-01-02	10	3rd	14 17 31 32 38
2025-12-22	12	3rd	1 25 31 44 45
2025-12-10	29	4th	3 15 25 31 43
2025-11-11	2	3rd	6 12 31 36 44
2025-11-09	3	2nd	22 31 32 38 40
2025-11-06	39	5th	14 15 18 28 31
2025-09-28	4	4th	13 16 28 31 45
2025-09-24	19	2nd	13 31 39 42 43
2025-09-05	14	3rd	17 22 31 37 44
2025-08-22	3	4th	1 3 28 31 32
2025-08-19	10	4th	5 6 22 31 35
2025-08-09	7	4th	10 17 24 31 40
2025-08-02	4	4th	8 17 29 31 39
2025-07-29	5	5th	5 8 9 17 31
2025-07-24	7	5th	1 4 5 23 31
2025-07-17	3	5th	11 15 17 29 31
2025-07-14	3	3rd	6 21 31 34 40
2025-07-11	14	4th	15 20 25 31 32
2025-06-27	11	3rd	4 17 31 38 44
2025-06-16	4	4th	7 12 29 31 45
2025-06-12	16	4th	2 6 9 31 42
2025-05-27	14	3rd	5 11 31 41 45
2025-05-13	3	5th	5 23 25 30 31
2025-05-10	17	5th	8 10 12 25 31
2025-04-23	28	3rd	14 29 31 33 40
2025-03-26	2	4th	16 19 26 31 45
2025-03-24	12	3rd	17 25 31 38 43
2025-03-12	2	5th	2 6 9 17 31
2025-03-10	6	3rd	4 28 31 35 41
2025-03-04	4	3rd	3 9 31 33 39
2025-02-28	3	4th	4 9 16 31 33
2025-02-25	3	4th	18 19 25 31 39
2025-02-22	9	5th	5 11 25 29 31
2025-02-13	7	5th	2 7 24 26 31
2025-02-06	5	4th	5 6 9 31 37
2025-02-01	9	2nd	1 31 34 39 41
2025-01-23	3	3rd	7 23 31 36 43
2025-01-20	23	4th	4 13 27 31 36
2024-12-28	1	5th	14 15 16 26 31
2024-12-27	5	3rd	8 13 31 40 43
2024-12-21	15	4th	9 22 24 31 35
2024-12-06	17	4th	7 21 28 31 38
2024-11-19	10	4th	19 21 24 31 38
2024-11-09	9	4th	3 13 29 31 37
2024-10-31	13	5th	5 17 28 30 31
2024-10-18	16	3rd	1 23 31 33 42
2024-10-02	4	5th	16 22 24 27 31
2024-09-28	2	4th	9 18 25 31 32
2024-09-26	6	5th	3 11 24 28 31
2024-09-20	5	3rd	4 21 31 38 45
2024-09-15	11	2nd	22 31 33 35 39
2024-09-04	11	4th	3 22 29 31 45
2024-08-24	2	4th	20 25 30 31 43
2024-08-22	5	4th	6 10 15 31 42
2024-08-17	2	4th	1 19 24 31 33
2024-08-15	5	5th	4 22 23 29 31
2024-08-10	8	5th	11 14 15 28 31
2024-08-02	11	2nd	14 31 35 42 44
2024-07-22	2	3rd	8 14 31 38 40
2024-07-20	8	3rd	17 29 31 34 40
2024-07-12	4	4th	2 22 23 31 41
2024-07-08	7	3rd	2 16 31 33 41
2024-07-01	1	5th	7 9 16 27 31
2024-06-30	5	3rd	15 19 31 38 41
2024-06-25	5	3rd	18 20 31 42 43
2024-06-20	4	2nd	24 31 32 34 42
2024-06-16	12	5th	2 18 20 29 31
2024-06-04	2	4th	5 24 25 31 43
2024-06-02	9	3rd	12 25 31 39 45
2024-05-24	11	4th	6 17 19 31 42
2024-05-13	4	3rd	16 26 31 34 45
2024-05-09	4	4th	7 11 29 31 45
2024-05-05	12	4th	6 8 30 31 40
2024-04-23	9	5th	2 8 11 15 31
2024-04-14	3	4th	10 15 26 31 43
2024-04-11	3	3rd	8 15 31 35 37
2024-04-08	2	4th	2 4 5 31 35
2024-04-06	54	5th	9 10 21 29 31
2024-02-12	4	4th	7 14 29 31 33
2024-02-08	15	5th	4 5 9 18 31
2024-01-24	4	3rd	10 12 31 32 33
2024-01-20	4	4th	6 8 15 31 37
2024-01-16	9	4th	1 12 21 31 45
2024-01-07	13	1st	31 32 35 38 39
2023-12-24	2	4th	5 12 26 31 41
2023-12-22	3	5th	9 15 20 30 31
2023-12-19	1	3rd	8 26 31 33 34
2023-12-18	1	3rd	6 24 31 36 44
2023-12-17	1	4th	1 11 23 31 32
2023-12-16	18	3rd	9 17 31 36 41
2023-11-28	4	4th	6 23 26 31 45
2023-11-24	1	3rd	10 26 31 39 43
2023-11-23	2	4th	2 10 18 31 41
2023-11-21	9	4th	10 27 29 31 37
2023-11-12	22	4th	4 9 12 31 34
2023-10-21	8	5th	2 5 16 21 31
2023-10-13	4	3rd	7 8 31 36 40
2023-10-09	1	5th	18 20 26 28 31
2023-10-08	1	4th	5 8 19 31 37
2023-10-07	10	3rd	10 29 31 34 37
2023-09-27	11	3rd	4 25 31 33 45
2023-09-16	3	5th	1 5 8 15 31
2023-09-13	2	4th	12 13 23 31 44
2023-09-11	14	5th	11 23 24 27 31
2023-08-28	2	4th	1 26 28 31 44
2023-08-26	7	3rd	2 24 31 32 38
2023-08-19	6	3rd	5 7 31 33 45
2023-08-13	8	4th	2 16 27 31 44
2023-08-05	1	4th	5 7 12 31 44
2023-08-04	17	3rd	22 27 31 37 45
2023-07-18	1	2nd	25 31 32 37 42
2023-07-17	3	4th	3 5 12 31 39
2023-07-14	1	4th	7 11 30 31 37
2023-07-13	3	4th	3 16 23 31 40
2023-07-10	9	5th	4 10 16 25 31
2023-07-01	12	4th	4 16 23 31 33
2023-06-19	4	3rd	17 29 31 33 43
2023-06-15	2	2nd	27 31 34 43 45
2023-06-13	14	4th	7 17 22 31 34
2023-05-30	5	2nd	12 31 37 40 45
2023-05-25	32	3rd	7 20 31 34 40
2023-04-23	32	4th	8 10 13 31 39
2023-03-22	5	5th	12 22 23 30 31
2023-03-17	3	3rd	9 11 31 33 40
2023-03-14	4	4th	22 26 30 31 40
2023-03-10	2	4th	7 16 23 31 37
2023-03-08	17	4th	6 25 30 31 42
2023-02-19	16	3rd	4 30 31 33 45
2023-02-03	1	4th	18 23 24 31 38
2023-02-02	22	3rd	3 17 31 36 45
2023-01-11	1	3rd	7 20 31 40 43
2023-01-10	10	4th	1 11 24 31 40
2022-12-31	20	4th	2 18 21 31 37
2022-12-10	14	4th	3 10 29 31 36
2022-11-26	18	3rd	6 22 31 41 43
2022-11-08	9	4th	5 9 14 31 34
2022-10-30	3	3rd	3 13 31 36 43
2022-10-27	1	2nd	14 31 36 42 45
2022-10-26	36	2nd	5 31 32 36 45
2022-09-20	7	5th	1 3 14 20 31
2022-09-13	1	4th	2 7 26 31 38
2022-09-12	23	5th	9 11 18 25 31
2022-08-20	5	3rd	4 13 31 35 44
2022-08-15	16	4th	5 14 24 31 38
2022-07-30	1	5th	4 11 25 27 31
2022-07-29	3	3rd	2 22 31 40 41
2022-07-26	4	3rd	12 20 31 36 37
2022-07-22	6	4th	5 11 14 31 32
2022-07-16	5	4th	7 9 12 31 41
2022-07-11	27	4th	4 12 30 31 41
2022-06-14	4	2nd	4 31 35 42 45
2022-06-10	2	2nd	7 31 35 38 39
2022-06-08	10	3rd	1 30 31 35 41
2022-05-29	5	3rd	4 7 31 32 34
2022-05-24	14	3rd	4 27 31 40 43
2022-05-10	4	4th	2 17 19 31 40
2022-05-06	12	4th	10 11 28 31 38
2022-04-24	41	5th	12 19 23 28 31
2022-03-14	20	4th	11 13 28 31 36
2022-02-22	4	4th	1 2 21 31 37
2022-02-18	17	3rd	6 16 31 35 36
2022-02-01	1	3rd	1 24 31 38 45
2022-01-31	1	4th	6 25 26 31 44
2022-01-30	5	2nd	22 31 37 38 40
2022-01-25	4	5th	6 18 20 21 31
2022-01-21	6	5th	4 17 22 30 31
2022-01-15	1	5th	8 20 27 28 31
2022-01-14	16	2nd	14 31 32 34 40
2021-12-29	18	4th	2 15 16 31 36
2021-12-10	15	3rd	4 28 31 35 44
2021-11-25	12	4th	5 22 24 31 41
2021-11-13	2	3rd	3 14 31 38 41
2021-11-11	5	3rd	7 23 31 35 43
2021-11-06	1	4th	6 8 28 31 42
2021-11-05	6	4th	3 21 29 31 45
2021-10-30	1	4th	1 12 30 31 43
2021-10-29	4	3rd	10 20 31 42 45
2021-10-25	6	4th	11 19 25 31 42
2021-10-19	22	3rd	8 14 31 39 42
2021-09-27	13	5th	4 10 22 25 31
2021-09-14	4	4th	5 19 21 31 45
2021-09-10	18	4th	6 14 26 31 42
2021-08-23	3	3rd	4 16 31 39 42
2021-08-20	34	4th	3 11 24 31 38
2021-07-17	2	3rd	17 19 31 34 35
2021-07-15	5	5th	2 3 18 29 31
2021-07-10	3	4th	11 24 25 31 37
2021-07-07	6	2nd	1 31 33 34 40
2021-07-01	19	3rd	25 29 31 34 38
2021-06-12	7	4th	4 23 25 31 45
2021-06-05	32	3rd	14 27 31 44 45
2021-05-04	1	5th	7 8 10 22 31
2021-05-03	1	4th	1 15 25 31 41
2021-05-02	1	5th	5 12 17 24 31
2021-05-01	8	5th	1 2 15 28 31
2021-04-23	9	1st	31 32 37 39 44
2021-04-14	20	3rd	6 27 31 36 42
2021-03-25	3	4th	5 11 21 31 33
2021-03-22	2	4th	16 18 21 31 45
2021-03-20	34	2nd	27 31 37 39 42
2021-02-14	19	4th	23 24 27 31 41
2021-01-26	7	5th	1 10 22 27 31
2021-01-19	13	3rd	15 29 31 43 45
2021-01-06	7	3rd	14 20 31 32 36
2020-12-30	14	5th	5 7 13 21 31
2020-12-15	18	5th	5 13 25 27 31
2020-11-27	8	3rd	13 24 31 34 36
2020-11-19	19	5th	5 11 17 27 31
2020-10-31	19	4th	7 10 11 31 43
2020-10-12	36	3rd	13 15 31 35 36
2020-09-06	8	3rd	5 20 31 36 38
2020-08-29	5	4th	7 19 25 31 42
2020-08-24	2	4th	6 9 25 31 39
2020-08-22	1	5th	12 17 25 27 31
2020-08-21	8	3rd	12 14 31 37 41
2020-08-13	6	5th	1 12 28 29 31
2020-08-07	16	4th	20 24 30 31 45
2020-07-22	6	3rd	10 27 31 36 44
2020-07-16	3	4th	14 15 21 31 32
2020-07-13	4	5th	18 19 25 30 31
2020-07-09	5	3rd	15 19 31 39 42
2020-07-04	—	4th	21 28 29 31 37