Number 31

In Lotto Texas under the 6/54 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,019 draws, 6 from 1–54.

248times drawn · chance expected 224 +1.68σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

37longest completed wait · 97% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 248 times in 2,019 draws against 224.3 expected, +1.68σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 31, draw by draw

Drawn 248 times in 2,019 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 1 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 smallest1 · chance 2.9
2nd smallest21 · chance 23.0
3rd smallest58 · chance 66.6
4th smallest101 · chance 88.8
5th smallest56 · chance 54.5
6th smallest11 · chance 12.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 43 15 33 1 26

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 53 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 54. 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
2026-10-07	10	5th	1 2 17 21 31 52
2026-09-14	2	4th	3 17 25 31 41 43
2026-09-09	12	5th	2 7 15 29 31 43
2026-08-12	2	3rd

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 6/54 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-30	4	2nd	9 31 40 42 44 52
2025-08-20	2	3rd	15 26 31 35 48 53
2025-08-16	1	4th	10 26 30 31 36 52
2025-08-13	9	3rd	18 26 31 41 48 52
2025-07-23	23	4th	7 9 18 31 40 51
2025-05-31	2	4th	13 17 21 31 44 49
2025-05-26	11	4th	2 8 29 31 34 46
2025-04-30	9	4th	6 14 23 31 50 53
2025-04-09	4	4th	2 16 19 31 33 43
2025-03-31	16	4th	4 6 11 31 41 42
2025-02-22	8	4th	9 18 27 31 45 52
2025-02-03	4	4th	5 6 20 31 37 54
2025-01-25	8	4th	3 13 25 31 32 48
2025-01-06	15	3rd	9 18 31 35 41 51
2024-12-02	17	2nd	22 31 37 43 45 52
2024-10-23	18	5th	12 15 22 24 31 51
2024-09-11	2	4th	3 23 24 31 33 49
2024-09-07	7	3rd	2 4 31 37 38 49
2024-08-21	5	4th	10 13 21 31 33 44
2024-08-10	1	6th	4 13 28 29 30 31
2024-08-07	1	4th	10 13 29 31 39 52
2024-08-05	28	2nd	29 31 32 36 51 54
2024-06-01	3	5th	2 3 20 21 31 40
2024-05-25	14	4th	15 26 28 31 44 51
2024-04-22	15	4th	2 9 24 31 35 36
2024-03-18	3	5th	3 16 20 29 31 40
2024-03-11	2	3rd	12 22 31 33 45 54
2024-03-06	1	4th	5 11 25 31 40 43
2024-03-04	3	5th	3 15 16 20 31 34
2024-02-26	10	4th	1 20 25 31 33 34
2024-02-03	4	3rd	13 24 31 35 45 47
2024-01-24	4	5th	4 7 13 29 31 44
2024-01-15	1	4th	2 7 13 31 40 53
2024-01-13	25	4th	3 8 15 31 43 54
2023-11-15	4	6th	4 17 19 26 30 31
2023-11-06	4	4th	1 17 25 31 49 53
2023-10-28	3	5th	9 15 23 28 31 36
2023-10-21	7	3rd	8 12 31 32 43 46
2023-10-04	3	5th	10 15 27 28 31 33
2023-09-27	15	2nd	9 31 33 45 49 54
2023-08-23	1	3rd	1 16 31 34 47 54
2023-08-21	2	3rd	3 7 31 47 49 53
2023-08-16	2	4th	10 14 17 31 38 48
2023-08-12	1	3rd	15 19 31 38 43 49
2023-08-09	3	3rd	6 15 31 35 36 38
2023-08-02	8	4th	12 13 20 31 41 42
2023-07-15	5	2nd	8 31 38 44 47 49
2023-07-03	5	4th	16 17 23 31 34 54
2023-06-21	36	3rd	2 7 31 41 44 50
2023-03-29	7	5th	3 4 10 18 31 42
2023-03-13	10	3rd	23 26 31 33 39 40
2023-02-18	6	3rd	3 4 31 38 41 48
2023-02-04	13	4th	16 26 30 31 37 44
2023-01-04	11	3rd	10 21 31 35 36 43
2022-12-10	14	4th	18 21 29 31 47 48
2022-11-07	6	5th	1 5 8 28 31 46
2022-10-24	8	4th	4 17 28 31 37 39
2022-10-05	3	2nd	6 31 35 39 40 52
2022-09-28	1	3rd	9 27 31 40 47 54
2022-09-26	9	6th	6 11 13 25 26 31
2022-09-05	13	2nd	14 31 32 33 51 52
2022-08-06	5	5th	4 8 21 28 31 53
2022-07-25	1	4th	12 15 30 31 41 47
2022-07-23	23	6th	6 7 14 20 26 31
2022-05-30	12	5th	1 3 26 29 31 45
2022-05-02	3	3rd	5 8 31 33 43 53
2022-04-25	8	4th	12 13 26 31 39 43
2022-04-06	3	5th	6 9 18 23 31 38
2022-03-30	2	5th	2 4 23 30 31 36
2022-03-26	20	5th	12 13 24 30 31 42
2022-02-07	21	5th	5 9 11 23 31 54
2021-12-20	9	5th	3 15 19 25 31 51
2021-11-29	1	5th	1 11 20 23 31 36
2021-11-27	8	4th	11 13 24 31 34 47
2021-11-08	7	2nd	14 31 34 38 44 47
2021-10-23	4	3rd	4 8 31 42 51 53
2021-10-13	6	4th	10 12 21 31 41 44
2021-09-29	4	5th	15 18 21 22 31 32
2021-09-20	11	4th	11 17 23 31 34 44
2021-08-25	7	4th	9 19 20 31 45 48
2021-08-04	12	5th	7 12 14 28 31 48
2021-06-23	9	4th	5 18 23 31 35 41
2021-05-22	20	5th	4 12 25 30 31 33
2021-03-13	5	4th	2 4 30 31 34 44
2021-02-24	2	5th	3 7 15 30 31 43
2021-02-17	6	3rd	2 10 31 38 40 54
2021-01-27	13	5th	8 19 27 29 31 39
2020-12-12	3	2nd	4 31 36 50 52 54
2020-12-02	6	4th	4 12 14 31 44 54
2020-11-11	7	4th	6 9 23 31 46 52
2020-10-17	1	6th	13 16 24 27 29 31
2020-10-14	7	5th	10 12 17 29 31 35
2020-09-19	2	4th	3 5 28 31 36 46
2020-09-12	6	3rd	20 27 31 33 36 40
2020-08-22	1	4th	6 9 11 31 38 54
2020-08-19	21	4th	20 24 29 31 33 51
2020-06-06	1	6th	8 9 14 17 26 31
2020-06-03	5	2nd	8 31 36 41 42 47
2020-05-16	13	3rd	2 17 31 33 34 37
2020-04-01	7	4th	1 19 20 31 35 45
2020-03-07	5	3rd	9 10 31 38 49 54
2020-02-19	1	4th	1 18 22 31 35 42
2020-02-15	5	4th	1 12 13 31 32 40
2020-01-29	5	3rd	17 27 31 47 49 52
2020-01-11	7	6th	5 13 20 25 27 31
2019-12-18	8	3rd	13 23 31 35 50 54
2019-11-20	6	4th	1 15 21 31 36 46
2019-10-30	11	4th	10 11 28 31 40 53
2019-09-21	2	3rd	2 20 31 43 45 54
2019-09-14	1	5th	1 3 24 28 31 41
2019-09-11	1	5th	8 11 12 30 31 49
2019-09-07	4	3rd	22 23 31 33 40 42
2019-08-24	5	2nd	11 31 42 48 50 52
2019-08-07	8	5th	1 3 16 22 31 35
2019-07-10	13	4th	2 8 14 31 39 45
2019-05-25	2	5th	8 17 21 30 31 35
2019-05-18	20	5th	10 13 20 28 31 44
2019-03-09	15	6th	2 8 10 14 22 31
2019-01-16	13	3rd	1 4 31 38 43 50
2018-12-01	4	2nd	1 31 33 41 47 54
2018-11-17	3	5th	2 5 8 10 31 36
2018-11-07	3	4th	6 9 12 31 43 52
2018-10-27	2	4th	5 11 29 31 32 54
2018-10-20	1	3rd	4 27 31 39 44 53
2018-10-17	14	4th	18 19 23 31 46 47
2018-08-29	13	5th	4 11 22 23 31 44
2018-07-14	1	4th	1 4 21 31 36 44
2018-07-11	2	5th	17 20 26 28 31 46
2018-07-04	13	5th	1 2 10 11 31 51
2018-05-19	7	4th	1 12 22 31 39 46
2018-04-25	5	5th	2 5 12 26 31 43
2018-04-07	7	4th	15 18 28 31 33 51
2018-03-14	12	5th	11 15 16 30 31 50
2018-01-31	17	4th	1 12 17 31 34 40
2017-12-02	16	4th	12 15 17 31 38 47
2017-10-07	10	4th	2 12 28 31 32 42
2017-09-02	21	5th	2 10 14 15 31 38
2017-06-21	10	5th	10 16 24 25 31 36
2017-05-17	2	4th	16 17 29 31 37 51
2017-05-10	5	4th	21 23 27 31 38 46
2017-04-22	3	4th	13 19 20 31 37 50
2017-04-12	37	4th	5 26 30 31 46 54
2016-12-03	9	3rd	15 24 31 47 51 52
2016-11-02	4	4th	3 4 29 31 33 50
2016-10-19	6	3rd	16 22 31 38 43 51
2016-09-28	8	3rd	21 29 31 32 36 48
2016-08-31	2	3rd	2 14 31 38 46 52
2016-08-24	34	4th	5 19 27 31 48 51
2016-04-27	7	4th	8 25 28 31 41 45
2016-04-02	33	5th	6 13 19 29 31 33
2015-12-09	4	4th	10 26 28 31 37 45
2015-11-25	3	3rd	22 26 31 32 43 45
2015-11-14	2	4th	6 15 26 31 37 54
2015-11-07	27	4th	9 12 18 31 34 51
2015-08-05	10	4th	3 11 20 31 41 51
2015-07-01	1	5th	4 8 15 24 31 35
2015-06-27	8	3rd	6 15 31 33 43 47
2015-05-30	5	5th	1 5 7 16 31 32
2015-05-13	17	4th	2 15 22 31 43 47
2015-03-14	13	2nd	10 31 33 34 44 49
2015-01-28	2	4th	3 15 28 31 43 53
2015-01-21	1	5th	2 3 11 26 31 49
2015-01-17	3	5th	2 9 12 22 31 54
2015-01-07	3	2nd	7 31 32 42 52 53
2014-12-27	4	1st	31 32 39 42 44 51
2014-12-13	5	4th	1 25 29 31 40 44
2014-11-26	13	3rd	14 21 31 35 36 48
2014-10-11	8	4th	15 20 29 31 45 50
2014-09-13	12	5th	2 9 24 26 31 36
2014-08-02	6	4th	7 9 26 31 35 43
2014-07-12	22	4th	3 25 28 31 49 50
2014-04-26	4	3rd	4 11 31 34 35 52
2014-04-12	5	4th	9 14 21 31 46 48
2014-03-26	4	5th	13 15 18 27 31 52
2014-03-12	5	2nd	24 31 37 41 45 46
2014-02-22	3	6th	5 7 8 13 24 31
2014-02-12	14	3rd	13 16 31 36 43 49
2013-12-25	2	3rd	25 26 31 40 46 50
2013-12-18	11	5th	4 9 11 28 31 33
2013-11-09	4	4th	7 15 26 31 51 54
2013-10-26	5	2nd	29 31 33 35 45 54
2013-10-09	1	4th	9 14 21 31 49 53
2013-10-05	2	3rd	5 10 31 32 34 44
2013-09-28	2	5th	2 9 13 23 31 46
2013-09-21	11	5th	3 7 8 21 31 36
2013-08-14	3	4th	16 20 25 31 34 36
2013-08-03	24	2nd	25 31 33 37 43 53
2013-05-11	1	3rd	2 23 31 37 41 50
2013-05-08	5	4th	18 23 29 31 48 50
2013-04-20	11	3rd	18 25 31 35 36 49
2013-03-13	9	4th	7 13 19 31 41 44
2013-02-09	31	5th	1 6 14 30 31 52
2012-10-24	6	4th	1 3 26 31 38 51
2012-10-03	14	2nd	3 31 45 47 49 52
2012-08-15	8	3rd	24 29 31 34 40 44
2012-07-18	12	3rd	19 25 31 38 48 52
2012-06-06	6	4th	8 17 29 31 39 54
2012-05-16	7	4th	1 10 11 31 38 49
2012-04-21	6	3rd	23 24 31 33 45 46
2012-03-31	13	5th	1 6 11 24 31 50
2012-02-15	14	3rd	1 6 31 43 44 53
2011-12-28	2	3rd	24 25 31 35 44 48
2011-12-21	2	4th	6 16 25 31 35 54
2011-12-14	8	4th	9 13 14 31 32 38
2011-11-16	2	4th	14 15 19 31 32 52
2011-11-09	2	4th	2 25 26 31 32 45
2011-11-02	9	4th	9 10 30 31 40 43
2011-10-01	31	5th	19 24 25 29 31 39
2011-06-15	7	5th	3 13 14 17 31 33
2011-05-21	25	3rd	16 28 31 36 46 51
2011-02-23	1	2nd	10 31 32 34 36 40
2011-02-19	3	6th	4 5 8 21 27 31
2011-02-09	2	4th	2 19 21 31 35 41
2011-02-02	1	3rd	11 19 31 37 42 43
2011-01-29	12	4th	4 5 10 31 33 44
2010-12-18	15	4th	16 17 23 31 38 46
2010-10-27	6	4th	5 19 20 31 36 38
2010-10-06	14	2nd	6 31 33 34 35 37
2010-08-18	4	3rd	8 11 31 36 50 52
2010-08-04	7	4th	15 18 30 31 45 48
2010-07-10	6	5th	4 7 18 23 31 45
2010-06-19	35	6th	1 18 21 27 29 31
2010-02-17	10	4th	10 11 25 31 39 54
2010-01-13	—	5th	7 17 24 30 31 47