Number 31

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,908 draws, 6 from 1–49.

255times drawn · chance expected 234 +1.49σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

42longest completed wait · 70% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 255 times in 1,908 draws against 233.6 expected, +1.49σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 31, draw by draw

Drawn 255 times in 1,908 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 2 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 1.3
2nd smallest8 · chance 13.7
3rd smallest54 · chance 52.9
4th smallest86 · chance 92.5
5th smallest83 · chance 73.5
6th smallest23 · chance 21.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

35 2 34 19 13 27

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
2026-10-17	6	3rd	8 27 31 33 35 40
2026-10-03	1	4th	10 17 19 31 41 44
2026-09-30	6	4th	10 19 23 31 41 42
2026-09-16	4	4th

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.

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