Number 31

In Palmetto Cash 5 under the 5/42 · since Mar 2024 rules — 939 draws, 5 from 1–42.

112times drawn · chance expected 112 +0.02σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 68% for any number

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

43longest completed wait · 42% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 112 times in 939 draws against 111.8 expected, +0.02σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 31, draw by draw

Drawn 112 times in 939 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 4 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 0.4
2nd smallest4 · chance 5.5
3rd smallest24 · chance 26.5
4th smallest54 · chance 49.4
5th smallest30 · chance 30.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

19 24 21 38 1 33

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-10-08	1	5th	1 7 20 25 31
2026-10-07	2	3rd	5 23 31 32 40
2026-10-05	5	4th	8 19 21 31 42
2026-09-30	35	4th	5 14

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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

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