Number 31

In Wild Money under the 5/38 + 1/35 · Nov 2016 – Apr 2025 rules — 2,314 draws, 5 from 1–38 (an earlier era).

322times drawn · chance expected 304 +1.08σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 75% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

35longest completed wait · 93% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 322 times in 2,314 draws against 304.5 expected, +1.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 31, draw by draw

Drawn 322 times in 2,314 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 35 · 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 smallest0 · chance 0.2
2nd smallest4 · chance 5.1
3rd smallest37 · chance 44.5
4th smallest129 · chance 138.6
5th smallest152 · chance 133.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 34.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 7 9 28 17 12

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 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 38. 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
2025-04-17	7	3rd	12 30 31 37 38
2025-04-10	1	4th	17 25 28 31 38
2025-04-09	6	5th	1 18 26 29 31
2025-04-03	3	5th	13 18

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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-15	5	4th	12 17 18 31 35
2024-11-10	4	5th	11 13 20 21 31
2024-11-06	1	5th	4 11 28 30 31
2024-11-05	27	4th	14 21 28 31 36
2024-10-09	7	5th	7 13 21 27 31
2024-10-02	2	3rd	21 25 31 35 37
2024-09-30	4	3rd	4 10 31 33 37
2024-09-26	3	3rd	17 28 31 34 35
2024-09-23	1	4th	9 10 22 31 33
2024-09-22	19	5th	1 8 11 26 31
2024-09-03	21	4th	9 16 24 31 37
2024-08-13	1	5th	1 6 11 18 31
2024-08-12	13	4th	9 17 26 31 33
2024-07-30	10	4th	15 20 28 31 36
2024-07-20	6	4th	15 17 30 31 33
2024-07-14	7	4th	2 9 21 31 35
2024-07-07	22	4th	5 8 21 31 32
2024-06-15	7	4th	7 19 23 31 36
2024-06-08	7	5th	5 7 16 28 31
2024-06-01	9	5th	5 7 21 26 31
2024-05-23	1	5th	7 11 19 25 31
2024-05-22	12	5th	2 11 21 27 31
2024-05-10	1	4th	16 18 21 31 35
2024-05-09	6	4th	18 20 21 31 32
2024-05-03	6	4th	19 23 26 31 37
2024-04-27	6	4th	14 20 22 31 38
2024-04-21	11	5th	8 11 18 19 31
2024-04-10	1	5th	9 16 19 27 31
2024-04-09	3	4th	6 18 27 31 37
2024-04-06	1	4th	11 23 29 31 33
2024-04-05	1	4th	12 14 16 31 36
2024-04-04	3	4th	3 20 26 31 33
2024-04-01	13	5th	7 11 13 23 31
2024-03-19	8	4th	3 13 29 31 33
2024-03-11	1	5th	7 10 19 28 31
2024-03-10	6	4th	7 26 28 31 35
2024-03-04	6	4th	7 24 27 31 38
2024-02-27	2	4th	2 5 15 31 32
2024-02-25	10	4th	1 3 23 31 32
2024-02-15	3	3rd	3 25 31 35 37
2024-02-12	4	4th	6 23 30 31 34
2024-02-08	11	5th	7 11 17 28 31
2024-01-28	11	4th	3 6 25 31 36
2024-01-17	5	4th	4 10 11 31 35
2024-01-12	7	5th	9 10 12 25 31
2024-01-05	6	4th	5 6 21 31 32
2023-12-30	4	3rd	15 24 31 33 36
2023-12-26	4	5th	1 18 25 27 31
2023-12-22	8	5th	8 9 12 26 31
2023-12-14	12	5th	1 8 9 28 31
2023-12-02	9	4th	23 26 28 31 38
2023-11-23	2	4th	5 8 25 31 33
2023-11-21	2	4th	5 11 19 31 36
2023-11-19	4	4th	9 21 29 31 34
2023-11-15	2	5th	9 12 19 24 31
2023-11-13	8	5th	16 19 23 28 31
2023-11-05	2	4th	8 11 30 31 33
2023-11-03	2	4th	15 23 29 31 33
2023-11-01	4	4th	2 18 30 31 33
2023-10-28	2	3rd	8 11 31 33 38
2023-10-26	3	5th	7 16 24 25 31
2023-10-23	4	5th	3 4 5 22 31
2023-10-19	22	5th	7 10 20 25 31
2023-09-27	2	4th	4 15 20 31 32
2023-09-25	5	4th	16 20 24 31 37
2023-09-20	7	3rd	7 12 31 35 38
2023-09-13	17	5th	4 10 16 19 31
2023-08-27	6	4th	12 13 24 31 33
2023-08-21	7	4th	3 14 27 31 33
2023-08-14	7	5th	14 22 25 30 31
2023-08-07	17	3rd	23 25 31 34 35
2023-07-21	17	5th	6 9 18 26 31
2023-07-04	7	5th	4 10 17 23 31
2023-06-27	1	3rd	12 19 31 32 38
2023-06-26	2	5th	1 4 15 24 31
2023-06-24	11	4th	2 12 13 31 37
2023-06-13	3	5th	7 8 26 29 31
2023-06-10	1	4th	18 23 30 31 36
2023-06-09	2	4th	3 9 18 31 38
2023-06-07	7	4th	4 15 21 31 32
2023-05-31	20	3rd	12 15 31 33 36
2023-05-11	8	5th	7 12 18 20 31
2023-05-03	3	4th	2 20 30 31 33
2023-04-30	7	4th	9 19 27 31 32
2023-04-23	1	4th	8 14 25 31 33
2023-04-22	21	5th	1 4 10 23 31
2023-04-01	3	3rd	25 26 31 33 38
2023-03-29	2	5th	5 14 24 25 31
2023-03-27	7	5th	3 13 26 29 31
2023-03-20	4	4th	11 12 29 31 34
2023-03-16	28	5th	2 4 13 21 31
2023-02-16	7	4th	9 12 20 31 32
2023-02-09	9	4th	9 14 26 31 36
2023-01-31	3	3rd	3 9 31 34 35
2023-01-28	8	5th	6 10 13 19 31
2023-01-20	1	4th	10 17 22 31 37
2023-01-19	5	5th	12 21 24 28 31
2023-01-14	15	2nd	28 31 33 35 36
2022-12-30	10	3rd	2 15 31 33 35
2022-12-20	1	5th	9 11 22 24 31
2022-12-19	19	4th	9 22 25 31 38
2022-11-30	7	5th	8 10 12 24 31
2022-11-23	7	5th	5 21 26 27 31
2022-11-16	3	4th	1 20 28 31 33
2022-11-13	5	5th	7 9 11 14 31
2022-11-08	8	5th	2 22 28 30 31
2022-10-31	9	5th	16 21 22 24 31
2022-10-22	12	5th	2 4 18 20 31
2022-10-10	3	3rd	13 17 31 33 37
2022-10-07	3	4th	3 14 29 31 34
2022-10-04	1	5th	4 7 17 28 31
2022-10-03	15	5th	12 27 28 30 31
2022-09-18	19	3rd	23 24 31 33 34
2022-08-30	19	5th	7 8 15 30 31
2022-08-11	22	5th	6 14 26 27 31
2022-07-20	6	5th	3 6 11 14 31
2022-07-14	13	4th	17 22 28 31 33
2022-07-01	4	4th	4 27 29 31 36
2022-06-27	8	5th	2 6 15 24 31
2022-06-19	1	3rd	16 27 31 35 37
2022-06-18	8	5th	16 21 28 30 31
2022-06-10	3	5th	6 10 13 22 31
2022-06-07	5	4th	3 16 23 31 37
2022-06-02	11	2nd	3 31 33 34 37
2022-05-22	4	4th	7 14 22 31 35
2022-05-18	5	5th	3 4 6 21 31
2022-05-13	3	5th	19 21 25 29 31
2022-05-10	2	3rd	6 9 31 35 36
2022-05-08	3	5th	17 19 20 30 31
2022-05-05	10	4th	3 8 25 31 35
2022-04-25	2	4th	15 20 21 31 35
2022-04-23	31	5th	4 22 23 30 31
2022-03-23	3	5th	2 6 12 26 31
2022-03-20	4	4th	21 22 23 31 38
2022-03-16	1	5th	1 16 20 21 31
2022-03-15	7	5th	2 5 13 25 31
2022-03-08	15	3rd	10 17 31 35 36
2022-02-21	23	5th	7 8 12 17 31
2022-01-29	5	4th	7 9 27 31 33
2022-01-24	26	5th	5 20 26 28 31
2021-12-29	2	4th	4 14 29 31 37
2021-12-27	2	4th	10 24 28 31 35
2021-12-25	4	4th	4 17 26 31 33
2021-12-21	35	5th	8 16 26 27 31
2021-11-16	3	4th	13 14 19 31 35
2021-11-13	2	4th	5 16 24 31 38
2021-11-11	1	4th	19 25 28 31 36
2021-11-10	7	4th	1 2 23 31 34
2021-11-03	3	4th	8 17 26 31 36
2021-10-31	3	4th	10 19 27 31 37
2021-10-28	3	5th	4 17 18 25 31
2021-10-25	6	5th	10 13 15 18 31
2021-10-19	4	4th	2 7 16 31 33
2021-10-15	8	5th	3 19 25 30 31
2021-10-07	1	5th	7 13 15 24 31
2021-10-06	3	5th	4 9 11 16 31
2021-10-03	6	5th	7 20 24 29 31
2021-09-27	15	5th	8 9 17 19 31
2021-09-12	1	3rd	17 25 31 33 37
2021-09-11	3	5th	5 15 21 23 31
2021-09-08	1	4th	20 26 28 31 35
2021-09-07	1	4th	1 13 22 31 34
2021-09-06	8	5th	2 5 23 29 31
2021-08-29	7	5th	10 15 29 30 31
2021-08-22	4	5th	12 16 20 26 31
2021-08-18	15	5th	5 12 13 24 31
2021-08-03	1	5th	7 17 26 27 31
2021-08-02	5	5th	13 16 17 19 31
2021-07-28	2	4th	9 18 24 31 33
2021-07-26	2	4th	6 9 14 31 32
2021-07-24	1	5th	2 8 15 27 31
2021-07-23	5	5th	6 10 20 25 31
2021-07-18	9	5th	1 4 5 6 31
2021-07-09	8	4th	5 14 19 31 35
2021-07-01	4	5th	1 4 23 26 31
2021-06-27	12	4th	11 28 29 31 37
2021-06-15	17	5th	2 10 12 18 31
2021-05-29	2	5th	3 12 18 20 31
2021-05-27	24	3rd	3 12 31 35 37
2021-05-03	19	3rd	9 28 31 34 36
2021-04-14	2	5th	11 18 25 30 31
2021-04-12	3	5th	1 5 22 29 31
2021-04-09	9	4th	12 20 24 31 34
2021-03-31	10	5th	3 11 23 28 31
2021-03-21	5	5th	9 19 22 25 31
2021-03-16	4	5th	2 4 7 27 31
2021-03-12	4	2nd	11 31 32 33 36
2021-03-08	13	4th	11 15 16 31 37
2021-02-23	4	5th	5 7 16 19 31
2021-02-19	3	3rd	12 22 31 32 36
2021-02-16	21	4th	1 18 30 31 38
2021-01-26	6	3rd	1 4 31 33 36
2021-01-20	2	5th	6 11 28 30 31
2021-01-18	15	5th	11 15 23 28 31
2021-01-03	5	4th	1 20 24 31 38
2020-12-29	16	5th	4 6 26 28 31
2020-12-13	22	4th	2 6 17 31 36
2020-11-21	26	5th	3 11 13 21 31
2020-10-26	1	4th	8 10 19 31 38
2020-10-25	2	4th	10 19 30 31 36
2020-10-23	8	3rd	3 4 31 35 38
2020-10-15	1	5th	5 9 11 30 31
2020-10-14	3	5th	6 11 20 27 31
2020-10-11	9	5th	9 17 18 19 31
2020-10-02	5	5th	6 16 25 26 31
2020-09-27	2	5th	1 3 9 16 31
2020-09-25	18	4th	1 12 24 31 37
2020-09-07	20	3rd	7 15 31 34 35
2020-08-18	1	5th	4 14 15 27 31
2020-08-17	4	3rd	17 19 31 34 38
2020-08-13	1	5th	5 10 21 22 31
2020-08-12	11	4th	3 17 25 31 32
2020-08-01	2	4th	6 10 28 31 37
2020-07-30	1	4th	3 9 23 31 34
2020-07-29	9	4th	5 9 28 31 33
2020-07-20	10	4th	8 13 18 31 32
2020-07-04	9	4th	1 19 23 31 33
2020-06-13	1	4th	1 3 7 31 34
2020-06-11	4	5th	7 9 13 17 31
2020-06-02	5	5th	2 4 17 23 31
2020-05-21	10	5th	2 12 17 24 31
2020-04-28	6	4th	15 18 21 31 32
2020-04-14	9	4th	11 12 21 31 34
2020-03-24	6	5th	4 7 12 26 31
2020-03-10	6	4th	7 9 30 31 34
2020-02-25	8	5th	5 8 21 24 31
2020-02-06	5	5th	4 12 17 28 31
2020-01-25	3	4th	2 5 30 31 33
2020-01-18	6	5th	2 11 17 20 31
2020-01-04	1	4th	4 7 15 31 32
2020-01-02	5	5th	4 19 21 25 31
2019-12-21	3	3rd	6 17 31 32 35
2019-12-14	3	4th	12 22 26 31 32
2019-12-07	7	4th	2 6 8 31 32
2019-11-21	2	5th	4 8 25 27 31
2019-11-16	1	3rd	18 25 31 34 35
2019-11-14	2	5th	6 11 23 30 31
2019-11-09	1	4th	6 10 26 31 34
2019-11-07	2	5th	7 10 21 28 31
2019-11-02	3	5th	1 10 20 30 31
2019-10-26	4	4th	7 18 19 31 32
2019-10-17	9	5th	10 18 29 30 31
2019-09-26	13	4th	14 20 24 31 33
2019-08-27	2	5th	15 19 23 25 31
2019-08-22	11	5th	13 15 17 24 31
2019-07-27	1	4th	3 7 14 31 35
2019-07-25	7	4th	9 26 28 31 32
2019-07-09	1	5th	3 6 12 22 31
2019-07-06	1	5th	7 17 23 25 31
2019-07-04	13	4th	7 10 13 31 33
2019-06-04	8	5th	3 7 17 27 31
2019-05-16	1	2nd	10 31 32 33 34
2019-05-14	10	4th	13 26 29 31 35
2019-04-20	19	5th	9 17 23 24 31
2019-03-07	16	5th	8 25 29 30 31
2019-01-29	8	5th	5 7 11 23 31
2019-01-10	19	4th	7 26 30 31 33
2018-11-27	1	5th	9 19 23 27 31
2018-11-24	3	5th	5 8 12 19 31
2018-11-17	12	3rd	16 19 31 33 35
2018-10-20	14	5th	3 10 14 16 31
2018-09-18	11	4th	12 13 28 31 35
2018-08-23	1	5th	14 25 26 28 31
2018-08-21	5	4th	1 10 18 31 34
2018-08-09	16	5th	11 16 21 22 31
2018-07-03	27	5th	18 20 22 23 31
2018-05-01	2	4th	6 17 25 31 35
2018-04-26	3	5th	8 14 20 25 31
2018-04-19	6	5th	1 3 5 29 31
2018-04-05	3	5th	7 12 21 27 31
2018-03-29	2	5th	5 9 23 29 31
2018-03-24	12	4th	3 6 29 31 34
2018-02-24	15	4th	1 22 23 31 32
2018-01-20	21	5th	4 21 27 29 31
2017-12-02	10	5th	10 11 15 17 31
2017-11-09	3	5th	4 12 16 24 31
2017-11-02	24	4th	4 20 30 31 33
2017-09-07	6	4th	3 16 17 31 35
2017-08-24	1	5th	2 8 10 24 31
2017-08-22	1	3rd	10 28 31 33 34
2017-08-19	5	5th	2 15 20 29 31
2017-08-08	10	5th	6 7 20 28 31
2017-07-15	6	4th	2 5 24 31 35
2017-07-01	5	5th	4 14 16 22 31
2017-06-20	3	5th	2 8 13 20 31
2017-06-13	4	3rd	15 30 31 34 35
2017-06-03	8	5th	18 22 24 26 31
2017-05-16	5	4th	1 6 13 31 33
2017-05-04	4	5th	10 22 26 30 31
2017-04-25	26	3rd	16 18 31 32 33
2017-02-23	2	5th	12 14 17 23 31
2017-02-18	7	4th	13 15 24 31 32
2017-02-02	6	4th	1 19 26 31 35
2017-01-19	2	4th	6 9 11 31 32
2017-01-14	13	5th	1 5 21 28 31
2016-12-15	6	5th	10 16 23 27 31
2016-12-01	4	5th	3 6 9 15 31
2016-11-22	—	3rd	20 21 31 32 34