Number 31

In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010 rules — 1,668 draws, 6 from 1–59.

202times drawn · chance expected 170 +2.62σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 81% for any number

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

39longest completed wait · 97% chance of one at least that long

31 looks unusual on its own — and unremarkable among 59 numbers

Drawn 202 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, +2.62σ. Testing all 59 numbers at once means about 0.6 should look this way by luck alone, so the threshold tightens to 1.7e-4 and this does not pass it. It has also come out as the bonus ball 18 times, counted separately.

Number 31, draw by draw

Drawn 202 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 3 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 smallest7 · chance 4.3
2nd smallest26 · chance 27.1
3rd smallest59 · chance 62.8
4th smallest66 · chance 67.7
5th smallest38 · chance 33.8
6th smallest6 · chance 6.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

48 5 28 54 4 49

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-09-30	5	3rd	17 27 31 40 46 57
2026-09-12	9	2nd	8 31 42 45 48 49
2026-08-12	4	2nd	14 31 34 43 46 57
2026-07-29

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-01-25	1	5th	5 21 23 25 31 33
2025-01-22	13	4th	4 15 28 31 46 47
2024-12-07	16	4th	4 14 30 31 54 58
2024-10-12	8	4th	9 10 16 31 35 50
2024-09-14	3	5th	1 5 7 15 31 41
2024-09-04	18	3rd	1 7 31 32 42 52
2024-07-03	15	3rd	12 28 31 36 47 48
2024-05-11	6	5th	10 12 14 24 31 39
2024-04-20	1	5th	1 4 14 28 31 58
2024-04-17	2	4th	8 25 27 31 34 45
2024-04-10	24	2nd	4 31 43 46 49 51
2024-01-17	13	3rd	5 13 31 35 36 37
2023-12-02	10	3rd	6 10 31 48 52 54
2023-10-28	4	1st	31 32 38 51 57 58
2023-10-14	4	4th	6 19 28 31 34 46
2023-09-30	16	2nd	23 31 37 49 51 57
2023-08-05	1	4th	14 27 28 31 45 52
2023-08-02	5	5th	3 22 23 26 31 55
2023-07-15	3	3rd	17 18 31 43 48 50
2023-07-05	6	4th	5 6 28 31 32 43
2023-06-14	6	5th	1 9 21 22 31 42
2023-05-24	3	4th	2 10 21 31 32 46
2023-05-13	4	4th	10 15 26 31 38 44
2023-04-29	3	3rd	14 27 31 34 42 48
2023-04-19	10	4th	11 13 14 31 45 54
2023-03-15	18	6th	11 23 24 28 30 31
2023-01-11	31	3rd	21 25 31 43 45 54
2022-09-24	8	4th	7 12 27 31 35 50
2022-08-27	20	4th	12 19 30 31 47 57
2022-06-18	8	5th	7 19 20 27 31 59
2022-05-21	1	3rd	5 14 31 38 48 56
2022-05-18	2	3rd	23 25 31 50 51 54
2022-05-11	7	5th	15 17 26 29 31 54
2022-04-16	6	4th	3 13 18 31 38 57
2022-03-26	10	2nd	4 31 33 38 49 54
2022-02-19	29	4th	8 16 21 31 43 51
2021-11-10	31	5th	10 15 20 29 31 49
2021-07-24	6	1st	31 50 52 53 54 59
2021-07-03	5	3rd	5 21 31 45 49 54
2021-06-16	3	5th	3 4 10 30 31 45
2021-06-05	4	5th	3 18 25 28 31 46
2021-05-22	9	5th	8 10 17 20 31 52
2021-04-21	11	4th	5 19 28 31 32 52
2021-03-13	1	4th	11 15 18 31 42 58
2021-03-10	9	4th	18 23 24 31 40 58
2021-02-06	10	3rd	10 27 31 36 49 56
2021-01-02	13	3rd	2 29 31 35 39 48
2020-11-18	4	3rd	6 9 31 36 43 49
2020-11-04	16	2nd	7 31 35 42 43 50
2020-09-09	9	3rd	15 24 31 44 51 59
2020-08-08	12	3rd	6 17 31 49 52 53
2020-06-27	3	3rd	14 19 31 43 53 58
2020-06-17	20	5th	10 16 21 30 31 56
2020-04-08	11	3rd	4 19 31 34 39 51
2020-02-29	18	5th	3 4 20 28 31 49
2019-12-28	1	4th	13 14 23 31 35 41
2019-12-25	8	3rd	7 10 31 32 34 42
2019-11-27	3	2nd	18 31 32 40 43 53
2019-11-16	4	1st	31 34 35 47 48 56
2019-11-02	2	2nd	23 31 38 46 48 49
2019-10-26	14	4th	1 12 19 31 41 47
2019-09-07	6	2nd	19 31 44 47 48 55
2019-08-17	12	2nd	25 31 34 42 49 53
2019-07-06	1	4th	4 5 27 31 43 47
2019-07-03	8	2nd	27 31 37 48 49 54
2019-06-05	1	4th	8 18 28 31 36 54
2019-06-01	1	5th	1 10 13 23 31 32
2019-05-29	5	5th	6 12 15 24 31 42
2019-05-11	4	3rd	4 26 31 38 39 49
2019-04-27	5	1st	31 33 48 52 55 59
2019-04-10	2	3rd	4 7 31 39 47 51
2019-04-03	24	3rd	4 21 31 34 43 44
2019-01-09	9	3rd	17 21 31 33 46 53
2018-12-08	19	4th	2 26 30 31 38 59
2018-10-03	11	5th	4 18 19 24 31 42
2018-08-25	6	2nd	12 31 38 48 49 54
2018-08-04	6	4th	9 20 24 31 32 53
2018-07-14	9	3rd	18 27 31 35 36 45
2018-06-13	2	2nd	10 31 41 44 51 58
2018-06-06	16	3rd	17 28 31 33 42 55
2018-04-11	1	3rd	18 19 31 33 40 46
2018-04-07	6	5th	2 5 10 23 31 53
2018-03-17	17	5th	2 10 13 23 31 46
2018-01-17	5	4th	5 8 22 31 36 50
2017-12-30	7	5th	8 20 29 30 31 47
2017-12-06	2	5th	4 21 29 30 31 32
2017-11-29	3	5th	5 14 15 16 31 52
2017-11-18	4	3rd	7 14 31 48 54 57
2017-11-04	22	3rd	4 6 31 45 51 59
2017-08-19	5	4th	10 25 30 31 36 58
2017-08-02	6	4th	3 23 29 31 42 53
2017-07-12	5	5th	17 24 27 29 31 49
2017-06-24	6	5th	6 14 18 23 31 37
2017-06-03	8	3rd	22 23 31 33 46 52
2017-05-06	3	3rd	3 23 31 46 53 55
2017-04-26	1	4th	5 21 24 31 32 55
2017-04-22	13	3rd	9 28 31 45 49 50
2017-03-08	13	5th	3 13 20 25 31 39
2017-01-21	16	2nd	11 31 44 45 48 53
2016-11-26	15	5th	6 16 22 25 31 56
2016-10-05	8	4th	1 28 29 31 55 58
2016-09-07	5	3rd	16 22 31 37 48 52
2016-08-20	16	4th	4 8 27 31 33 54
2016-06-25	1	4th	14 27 30 31 50 52
2016-06-22	2	1st	31 40 42 48 49 57
2016-06-15	10	3rd	8 24 31 39 54 59
2016-05-11	3	3rd	8 30 31 32 36 49
2016-04-30	1	5th	1 20 25 30 31 57
2016-04-27	30	2nd	20 31 41 43 48 59
2016-01-13	7	2nd	20 31 34 40 42 54
2015-12-19	9	4th	4 17 18 31 34 58
2015-11-18	14	3rd	3 30 31 35 37 52
2015-09-30	2	4th	2 3 23 31 37 55
2015-09-23	2	4th	1 7 30 31 42 44
2015-09-16	4	2nd	2 31 36 40 46 51
2015-09-02	2	4th	8 19 22 31 41 58
2015-08-26	1	3rd	3 24 31 33 41 48
2015-08-22	6	4th	1 12 22 31 50 58
2015-08-01	7	4th	5 9 13 31 40 54
2015-07-08	8	5th	7 13 19 27 31 52
2015-06-10	3	6th	5 18 21 22 28 31
2015-05-30	7	5th	3 6 13 27 31 58
2015-05-06	1	4th	5 11 28 31 34 54
2015-05-02	6	4th	5 15 24 31 52 59
2015-04-11	6	4th	11 15 28 31 40 44
2015-03-21	18	6th	2 12 16 22 28 31
2015-01-17	11	2nd	2 31 47 48 50 52
2014-12-10	3	2nd	15 31 32 46 48 53
2014-11-29	2	6th	5 16 17 25 27 31
2014-11-22	10	4th	7 8 19 31 39 52
2014-10-18	6	4th	11 20 21 31 37 41
2014-09-27	12	2nd	23 31 34 41 47 53
2014-08-16	1	3rd	3 6 31 48 50 53
2014-08-13	2	5th	4 11 16 17 31 59
2014-08-06	13	3rd	5 17 31 37 44 55
2014-06-21	22	3rd	9 19 31 54 57 59
2014-04-05	8	5th	3 6 9 19 31 41
2014-03-08	5	4th	2 10 15 31 34 56
2014-02-19	1	4th	2 9 10 31 40 52
2014-02-15	1	4th	2 10 17 31 35 41
2014-02-12	4	4th	4 10 19 31 40 58
2014-01-29	5	5th	17 24 27 28 31 34
2014-01-11	10	3rd	17 19 31 34 44 50
2013-12-07	5	3rd	5 13 31 33 38 39
2013-11-20	26	4th	3 4 28 31 50 58
2013-08-21	3	3rd	11 12 31 38 48 57
2013-08-10	17	4th	12 23 30 31 46 52
2013-06-12	13	5th	3 12 13 17 31 34
2013-04-27	5	2nd	29 31 38 42 52 58
2013-04-10	3	3rd	15 18 31 44 51 53
2013-03-30	2	3rd	11 19 31 37 54 59
2013-03-23	7	4th	5 26 27 31 38 49
2013-02-27	3	2nd	19 31 37 40 43 54
2013-02-16	1	5th	4 11 18 27 31 45
2013-02-13	5	3rd	3 23 31 32 44 50
2013-01-26	7	6th	5 14 22 28 30 31
2013-01-02	7	5th	2 3 8 12 31 55
2012-12-08	4	4th	15 23 24 31 36 41
2012-11-24	22	2nd	20 31 33 41 48 56
2012-09-08	3	4th	2 9 25 31 39 42
2012-08-29	13	4th	2 11 20 31 48 54
2012-07-14	1	4th	11 18 20 31 44 46
2012-07-11	28	3rd	23 25 31 36 42 59
2012-04-04	2	4th	5 29 30 31 46 59
2012-03-28	7	2nd	23 31 37 45 46 51
2012-03-03	3	3rd	29 30 31 35 47 57
2012-02-22	6	3rd	6 15 31 48 53 57
2012-02-01	39	4th	4 6 20 31 39 54
2011-09-17	4	3rd	14 16 31 38 43 54
2011-09-03	1	4th	5 8 25 31 45 59
2011-08-31	2	3rd	5 21 31 35 41 55
2011-08-24	28	4th	5 27 28 31 48 58
2011-05-18	17	5th	4 8 11 13 31 36
2011-03-19	14	4th	1 14 24 31 42 51
2011-01-29	9	4th	1 16 19 31 34 53
2010-12-29	16	3rd	12 28 31 41 42 59
2010-11-03	3	5th	2 15 27 28 31 35
2010-10-23	—	3rd	1 8 31 40 49 58