Number 31

In Megabucks under the 6/48 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,584 draws, 6 from 1–48.

339times drawn · chance expected 323 +0.95σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 51% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

45longest completed wait · 61% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 339 times in 2,584 draws against 323.0 expected, +0.95σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 31, draw by draw

Drawn 339 times in 2,584 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 6 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 1.4
2nd smallest15 · chance 15.8
3rd smallest62 · chance 65.4
4th smallest110 · chance 122.0
5th smallest103 · chance 103.0
6th smallest47 · chance 31.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 36.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 41 6 12 27 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-09-26	11	3rd	19 20 31 40 41 46
2026-08-31	45	4th	7 10 21 31 35 41
2026-05-18	5	4th	7 8 11 31 32 41
2026-05-06	4	5th

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 6/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

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