Number 31

In Win For Life under the 4/77 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,585 draws, 4 from 1–77.

112times drawn · chance expected 134 −1.98σ

32draws waiting · a wait this long: 19% for any number

22.9average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

135longest completed wait · 8% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 112 times in 2,585 draws against 134.3 expected, −1.98σ. Each draw is independent: after 32 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 31, draw by draw

Drawn 112 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 22.9 draws · longest completed wait 135 · waiting 32 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest22 · chance 24.2
2nd smallest56 · chance 49.5
3rd smallest22 · chance 31.9
4th smallest12 · chance 6.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 4.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 13 16 58 10 15

Never drawn alongside 2 of the other 76 numbers; chance expects about 0.9 such strangers 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 77. 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
2026-07-29	29	3rd	2 15 31 64
2026-05-23	6	2nd	3 31 58 74
2026-05-09	58	3rd	10 20 31 61
2025-12-24	2	2nd	19 31 36 74
2025-12-20	11	2nd

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 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2022-07-02	26	3rd	13 14 31 57
2022-05-02	1	3rd	13 30 31 73
2022-04-30	26	1st	31 52 60 76
2022-02-28	1	1st	31 42 47 55
2022-02-26	11	4th	8 23 30 31
2022-01-31	21	2nd	22 31 45 73
2021-12-13	4	3rd	5 15 31 72
2021-12-04	17	2nd	16 31 46 69
2021-10-25	32	2nd	13 31 36 38
2021-08-11	11	3rd	16 17 31 68
2021-07-17	40	1st	31 57 58 60
2021-04-14	69	1st	31 41 65 67
2020-11-04	3	2nd	4 31 38 59
2020-10-28	15	2nd	4 31 41 72
2020-09-23	6	1st	31 52 54 73
2020-09-09	26	2nd	17 31 45 77
2020-07-11	8	1st	31 34 46 59
2020-06-22	29	3rd	1 19 31 67
2020-04-15	20	1st	31 32 44 50
2020-02-29	60	2nd	11 31 62 73
2019-10-12	26	3rd	6 8 31 76
2019-08-12	47	3rd	10 23 31 54
2019-04-24	9	2nd	26 31 49 76
2019-04-03	1	1st	31 47 50 53
2019-04-01	5	2nd	2 31 45 74
2019-03-20	60	2nd	30 31 33 60
2018-10-31	2	3rd	22 23 31 51
2018-10-27	4	1st	31 52 58 74
2018-10-17	51	3rd	14 17 31 62
2018-06-20	54	4th	5 23 24 31
2018-02-14	15	2nd	12 31 46 53
2018-01-10	31	3rd	23 27 31 50
2017-10-30	9	2nd	15 31 58 74
2017-10-09	17	3rd	14 20 31 37
2017-08-30	1	2nd	13 31 46 69
2017-08-28	66	4th	3 9 29 31
2017-03-27	4	1st	31 34 38 56
2017-03-18	16	3rd	13 15 31 43
2017-02-08	40	2nd	13 31 61 70
2016-11-07	135	1st	31 36 46 51
2015-12-28	24	1st	31 47 69 75
2015-11-02	6	3rd	14 27 31 55
2015-10-19	17	2nd	12 31 32 53
2015-09-09	20	2nd	13 31 35 70
2015-07-25	78	1st	31 33 58 71
2015-01-24	23	3rd	12 16 31 58
2014-12-01	2	2nd	22 31 44 50
2014-11-26	7	3rd	16 24 31 42
2014-11-10	16	2nd	7 31 50 64
2014-10-04	23	1st	31 34 57 62
2014-08-11	2	2nd	4 31 45 65
2014-08-06	37	3rd	25 28 31 63
2014-05-12	2	3rd	15 16 31 32
2014-05-07	46	1st	31 43 47 51
2014-01-20	2	2nd	6 31 63 75
2014-01-15	32	4th	5 23 28 31
2013-11-02	17	2nd	27 31 54 66
2013-09-23	6	2nd	8 31 33 64
2013-09-09	19	2nd	20 31 47 70
2013-07-27	2	2nd	7 31 40 63
2013-07-22	24	1st	31 38 46 68
2013-05-27	20	2nd	14 31 34 69
2013-04-10	25	1st	31 54 70 72
2013-02-11	40	2nd	10 31 56 58
2012-11-10	9	2nd	24 31 32 51
2012-10-20	12	2nd	25 31 49 74
2012-09-22	61	2nd	3 31 40 55
2012-04-30	4	1st	31 35 58 59
2012-04-21	42	4th	2 23 29 31
2012-01-14	15	4th	10 22 23 31
2011-12-10	11	1st	31 41 63 72
2011-11-14	5	2nd	11 31 33 49
2011-11-02	17	2nd	28 31 52 69
2011-09-24	48	1st	31 59 64 75
2011-06-04	5	4th	1 20 28 31
2011-05-23	6	2nd	9 31 52 64
2011-05-09	8	3rd	5 16 31 33
2011-04-20	31	2nd	25 31 45 58
2011-02-07	3	2nd	11 31 34 39
2011-01-31	26	2nd	7 31 63 73
2010-12-01	19	2nd	15 31 49 60
2010-10-18	6	2nd	10 31 39 40
2010-10-04	14	2nd	13 31 52 77
2010-09-01	21	2nd	10 31 33 60
2010-07-14	17	2nd	25 31 41 74
2010-06-05	1	2nd	25 31 37 59
2010-06-02	12	2nd	17 31 54 63
2010-05-05	—	3rd	10 13 31 49