Number 31

In Dakota Cash under the 5/35 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 5 from 1–35.

238times drawn · chance expected 246 −0.57σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

43longest completed wait · 31% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 238 times in 1,724 draws against 246.3 expected, −0.57σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 31, draw by draw

Drawn 238 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 43 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.6
3rd smallest12 · chance 13.4
4th smallest91 · chance 83.3
5th smallest135 · chance 140.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 28.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

6 26 11 17 22 30

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-10-10	4	4th	3 8 10 31 34
2026-09-26	1	5th	10 11 17 29 31
2026-09-23	5	4th	17 18 30 31 35
2026-09-05	9	5th	6 9 26

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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

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