Number 31

In Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,626 draws, 6 from 1–49.

352times drawn · chance expected 322 +1.81σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 35% for any number

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

41longest completed wait · 85% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 352 times in 2,626 draws against 321.6 expected, +1.81σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 31, draw by draw

Drawn 352 times in 2,626 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 9 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 smallest3 · chance 1.8
2nd smallest27 · chance 18.9
3rd smallest71 · chance 73.0
4th smallest133 · chance 127.7
5th smallest94 · chance 101.4
6th smallest24 · chance 29.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 36.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

45 8 34 14 37 49

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-09-19	7	2nd	1 31 35 45 48 49
2026-09-02	7	4th	11 24 30 31 41 49
2026-08-17	7	3rd	23 26 31 37 38 49
2026-08-01	3	4th	8

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

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