Number 31

In Hit 5 under the 5/42 · since Sep 2020 rules — 2,228 draws, 5 from 1–42.

272times drawn · chance expected 265 +0.44σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

58longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 272 times in 2,228 draws against 265.2 expected, +0.44σ. 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 272 times in 2,228 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 58 · 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 smallest1 · chance 0.9
2nd smallest10 · chance 13.3
3rd smallest69 · chance 64.3
4th smallest121 · chance 120.0
5th smallest71 · chance 73.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

42 8 30 12 35 11

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
2026-10-12	3	3rd	19 29 31 36 38
2026-10-09	26	4th	8 18 25 31 39
2026-09-13	1	3rd	22 28 31 41 42
2026-09-12	10	4th	2 6 26 31

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.

2026-03-08	1	5th	3 4 8 13 31
2026-03-07	2	4th	2 24 30 31 36
2026-03-05	4	4th	4 10 25 31 42
2026-03-01	5	3rd	26 30 31 41 42
2026-02-24	7	4th	4 26 30 31 42
2026-02-17	3	3rd	5 30 31 33 35
2026-02-14	2	5th	3 7 21 23 31
2026-02-12	2	3rd	4 13 31 35 37
2026-02-10	10	4th	3 18 27 31 39
2026-01-31	8	4th	10 14 24 31 40
2026-01-23	6	3rd	12 21 31 32 41
2026-01-17	8	5th	11 25 27 28 31
2026-01-09	3	3rd	15 18 31 33 40
2026-01-06	13	4th	1 16 27 31 39
2025-12-24	19	4th	20 22 24 31 40
2025-12-05	4	4th	12 24 25 31 41
2025-12-01	21	5th	4 5 28 29 31
2025-11-10	9	4th	1 14 18 31 39
2025-11-01	4	2nd	5 31 34 36 41
2025-10-28	3	3rd	24 25 31 35 42
2025-10-25	2	3rd	7 14 31 37 42
2025-10-23	28	4th	27 28 30 31 37
2025-09-25	16	4th	8 11 19 31 39
2025-09-09	2	4th	7 12 16 31 40
2025-09-07	5	5th	8 13 17 20 31
2025-09-02	1	3rd	11 22 31 33 40
2025-09-01	1	5th	1 17 19 24 31
2025-08-31	5	3rd	1 20 31 36 41
2025-08-26	3	4th	4 8 11 31 39
2025-08-23	15	5th	10 20 25 30 31
2025-08-08	12	4th	11 12 17 31 34
2025-07-27	5	4th	14 15 25 31 33
2025-07-22	58	3rd	5 23 31 32 36
2025-05-25	1	4th	15 17 21 31 38
2025-05-24	13	4th	1 12 14 31 32
2025-05-11	6	5th	2 13 18 28 31
2025-05-05	5	4th	6 17 25 31 37
2025-04-30	1	4th	5 14 21 31 42
2025-04-29	6	4th	6 16 19 31 38
2025-04-23	17	5th	7 9 11 14 31
2025-04-06	3	5th	2 8 11 15 31
2025-04-03	6	4th	7 18 29 31 41
2025-03-28	3	4th	10 21 24 31 38
2025-03-25	8	5th	3 5 8 18 31
2025-03-17	16	4th	15 16 19 31 41
2025-03-01	9	3rd	19 20 31 35 38
2025-02-20	31	3rd	2 13 31 39 41
2025-01-20	1	3rd	8 27 31 33 42
2025-01-19	1	3rd	11 29 31 37 41
2025-01-18	13	5th	3 4 17 22 31
2025-01-05	6	4th	1 24 25 31 34
2024-12-30	7	4th	5 7 23 31 32
2024-12-23	14	5th	7 12 13 18 31
2024-12-09	12	4th	7 18 28 31 33
2024-11-27	8	2nd	3 31 35 37 42
2024-11-19	18	4th	8 10 28 31 37
2024-11-01	16	3rd	7 22 31 41 42
2024-10-16	2	2nd	15 31 38 39 42
2024-10-14	2	3rd	4 11 31 35 42
2024-10-12	9	5th	3 12 15 23 31
2024-10-03	4	4th	8 23 28 31 42
2024-09-29	25	3rd	9 15 31 38 41
2024-09-04	23	4th	8 13 18 31 35
2024-08-12	3	4th	6 10 30 31 34
2024-08-09	1	4th	4 6 19 31 37
2024-08-08	13	4th	11 17 20 31 42
2024-07-26	7	4th	1 2 19 31 35
2024-07-19	2	4th	4 5 10 31 34
2024-07-17	3	5th	1 6 11 29 31
2024-07-14	10	5th	2 4 12 15 31
2024-07-04	23	4th	7 12 15 31 35
2024-06-11	5	5th	6 10 16 21 31
2024-06-06	7	4th	14 15 24 31 42
2024-05-30	6	5th	1 6 9 10 31
2024-05-24	3	4th	9 10 25 31 35
2024-05-21	5	4th	3 7 21 31 33
2024-05-16	15	4th	14 17 25 31 42
2024-05-01	4	3rd	21 30 31 37 38
2024-04-27	28	2nd	8 31 34 37 41
2024-03-30	8	3rd	16 22 31 36 42
2024-03-22	1	4th	10 11 29 31 37
2024-03-21	9	4th	6 8 28 31 37
2024-03-12	1	5th	1 2 15 30 31
2024-03-11	1	3rd	10 27 31 35 39
2024-03-10	1	4th	6 12 24 31 42
2024-03-09	8	5th	1 9 10 11 31
2024-03-01	10	4th	10 19 23 31 32
2024-02-20	4	5th	1 4 5 30 31
2024-02-16	2	5th	2 12 14 15 31
2024-02-14	28	5th	3 14 18 27 31
2024-01-17	7	4th	3 11 24 31 35
2024-01-10	6	4th	19 23 27 31 38
2024-01-04	20	4th	1 16 21 31 33
2023-12-15	4	4th	8 11 14 31 40
2023-12-11	2	5th	9 11 12 28 31
2023-12-09	18	5th	14 24 28 29 31
2023-11-21	4	4th	9 12 17 31 39
2023-11-17	15	5th	15 18 22 30 31
2023-11-02	5	5th	1 2 8 12 31
2023-10-28	4	3rd	28 29 31 36 39
2023-10-24	29	3rd	24 26 31 35 36
2023-09-25	12	4th	5 17 28 31 36
2023-09-13	3	4th	2 8 16 31 33
2023-09-10	11	5th	5 13 24 25 31
2023-08-30	2	3rd	2 8 31 33 36
2023-08-28	10	5th	2 11 22 24 31
2023-08-18	1	5th	19 23 24 29 31
2023-08-17	2	4th	2 7 8 31 34
2023-08-15	6	3rd	14 16 31 35 41
2023-08-09	4	4th	11 16 23 31 32
2023-08-05	15	4th	12 15 22 31 42
2023-07-21	2	4th	14 25 30 31 42
2023-07-19	1	5th	4 5 17 25 31
2023-07-18	2	4th	6 8 21 31 35
2023-07-16	11	3rd	3 23 31 36 41
2023-07-05	11	4th	16 21 29 31 42
2023-06-24	5	4th	6 20 26 31 34
2023-06-19	4	4th	11 16 29 31 32
2023-06-15	2	4th	2 13 29 31 35
2023-06-13	7	4th	9 10 19 31 33
2023-06-06	11	4th	2 12 19 31 42
2023-05-26	7	4th	2 9 30 31 42
2023-05-19	11	5th	3 21 25 30 31
2023-05-08	7	4th	5 21 23 31 42
2023-05-01	3	3rd	8 24 31 34 41
2023-04-28	1	4th	1 12 17 31 39
2023-04-27	5	5th	11 14 16 25 31
2023-04-22	15	3rd	17 23 31 36 40
2023-04-07	1	4th	1 19 28 31 37
2023-04-06	6	4th	2 25 30 31 36
2023-03-31	1	3rd	21 30 31 32 36
2023-03-30	18	3rd	4 18 31 36 40
2023-03-12	1	5th	1 8 16 22 31
2023-03-11	9	5th	4 5 9 11 31
2023-03-02	12	3rd	16 24 31 36 38
2023-02-18	14	4th	3 25 26 31 36
2023-02-04	1	5th	6 12 16 24 31
2023-02-03	18	3rd	7 23 31 36 41
2023-01-16	7	5th	3 6 22 29 31
2023-01-09	4	5th	16 18 20 28 31
2023-01-05	15	5th	12 13 17 30 31
2022-12-21	5	4th	2 22 23 31 39
2022-12-16	20	2nd	4 31 37 38 39
2022-11-26	10	4th	17 22 30 31 41
2022-11-16	17	3rd	3 23 31 35 36
2022-10-30	14	3rd	8 22 31 37 38
2022-10-16	10	4th	2 20 24 31 35
2022-10-06	1	4th	4 6 27 31 41
2022-10-05	23	4th	7 10 29 31 37
2022-09-12	4	3rd	12 30 31 36 37
2022-09-08	11	4th	8 9 13 31 36
2022-08-28	2	5th	1 17 24 29 31
2022-08-26	7	4th	5 21 29 31 38
2022-08-19	3	4th	2 16 28 31 33
2022-08-16	26	4th	15 24 29 31 39
2022-07-21	25	4th	25 26 27 31 38
2022-06-26	4	4th	12 19 21 31 33
2022-06-22	5	4th	8 24 27 31 38
2022-06-17	3	3rd	10 22 31 33 35
2022-06-14	6	3rd	20 26 31 35 36
2022-06-08	3	5th	3 4 16 23 31
2022-06-05	16	4th	5 25 28 31 37
2022-05-20	10	4th	10 28 30 31 34
2022-05-10	2	3rd	5 30 31 34 36
2022-05-08	4	4th	9 11 20 31 36
2022-05-04	4	3rd	7 12 31 32 42
2022-04-30	8	2nd	21 31 32 33 39
2022-04-22	3	3rd	5 15 31 39 40
2022-04-19	1	3rd	15 27 31 34 37
2022-04-18	13	4th	14 18 26 31 32
2022-04-05	5	5th	9 10 23 30 31
2022-03-31	3	5th	15 20 25 30 31
2022-03-28	3	3rd	2 23 31 34 38
2022-03-25	9	3rd	22 23 31 40 41
2022-03-16	5	4th	1 4 20 31 38
2022-03-11	14	5th	10 20 29 30 31
2022-02-25	17	4th	10 24 29 31 42
2022-02-08	4	4th	1 13 16 31 42
2022-02-04	1	4th	15 21 28 31 39
2022-02-03	2	3rd	18 27 31 34 40
2022-02-01	2	4th	4 22 23 31 42
2022-01-30	15	4th	3 29 30 31 36
2022-01-15	3	4th	4 12 30 31 33
2022-01-12	29	4th	13 23 29 31 35
2021-12-14	6	3rd	13 27 31 37 39
2021-12-08	2	3rd	7 24 31 35 42
2021-12-06	2	5th	2 14 19 26 31
2021-12-04	9	4th	11 13 14 31 35
2021-11-25	7	5th	6 16 21 24 31
2021-11-18	9	2nd	13 31 35 39 41
2021-11-09	3	5th	12 17 19 23 31
2021-11-06	8	5th	3 5 8 25 31
2021-10-29	9	3rd	20 29 31 32 35
2021-10-20	8	3rd	4 8 31 38 40
2021-10-12	3	3rd	13 19 31 35 40
2021-10-09	5	3rd	2 23 31 37 39
2021-10-04	2	5th	4 8 15 23 31
2021-10-02	4	4th	10 18 30 31 38
2021-09-28	10	4th	17 20 28 31 38
2021-09-18	3	4th	11 22 25 31 32
2021-09-15	12	5th	13 17 18 27 31
2021-09-03	2	4th	18 19 21 31 32
2021-09-01	2	5th	17 24 25 26 31
2021-08-30	14	3rd	21 25 31 34 35
2021-08-16	6	5th	1 10 23 26 31
2021-08-10	2	3rd	4 11 31 35 38
2021-08-08	2	4th	6 23 27 31 32
2021-08-06	14	4th	1 11 26 31 41
2021-07-23	1	4th	8 14 23 31 34
2021-07-22	1	3rd	8 24 31 32 40
2021-07-21	3	5th	2 9 13 23 31
2021-07-18	11	5th	1 15 21 27 31
2021-07-07	20	4th	5 17 29 31 41
2021-06-17	6	2nd	12 31 34 36 41
2021-06-11	2	4th	22 27 28 31 40
2021-06-09	8	3rd	18 20 31 39 42
2021-06-01	13	4th	19 20 30 31 39
2021-05-19	3	3rd	9 11 31 33 41
2021-05-16	3	2nd	14 31 32 33 38
2021-05-13	11	4th	2 8 15 31 38
2021-05-02	1	5th	4 11 25 30 31
2021-05-01	6	4th	4 7 22 31 34
2021-04-25	2	4th	4 8 26 31 37
2021-04-23	11	4th	17 21 29 31 35
2021-04-12	8	3rd	2 14 31 37 42
2021-04-04	6	2nd	11 31 33 34 39
2021-03-29	12	5th	9 12 20 23 31
2021-03-17	1	4th	9 11 27 31 38
2021-03-16	29	4th	14 16 21 31 32
2021-02-15	27	4th	3 14 24 31 40
2021-01-19	3	1st	31 33 37 38 42
2021-01-16	1	4th	7 22 29 31 37
2021-01-15	19	3rd	5 19 31 34 42
2020-12-27	6	5th	9 25 28 30 31
2020-12-21	2	5th	7 13 16 26 31
2020-12-19	2	3rd	17 18 31 37 38
2020-12-17	7	3rd	2 16 31 33 39
2020-12-10	2	4th	13 18 21 31 34
2020-12-08	14	3rd	8 12 31 35 37
2020-11-24	30	5th	5 6 11 13 31
2020-10-25	4	5th	2 5 22 25 31
2020-10-21	10	4th	3 7 15 31 36
2020-10-11	9	3rd	5 17 31 36 40
2020-10-02	4	4th	5 7 10 31 39
2020-09-28	2	4th	12 20 23 31 40
2020-09-26	2	3rd	2 5 31 32 33
2020-09-24	18	5th	4 8 17 22 31
2020-09-06	—	4th	3 26 28 31 42