Number 31

In MultiMatch under the 6/43 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2022 rules — 1,318 draws, 6 from 1–43 (an earlier era).

194times drawn · chance expected 184 +0.80σ

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

6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

41longest completed wait · 38% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 194 times in 1,318 draws against 183.9 expected, +0.80σ. 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 194 times in 1,318 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 41 · 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 0.2
2nd smallest3 · chance 3.4
3rd smallest26 · chance 21.8
4th smallest66 · chance 61.1
5th smallest71 · chance 75.0
6th smallest27 · chance 32.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 16 23 42 41 35

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 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 43. 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
2022-11-17	4	5th	3 23 27 30 31 35
2022-11-03	18	5th	1 14 22 23 31 43
2022-09-01	8	4th	3 18 22 31 34 42

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 6/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

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