Number 31

In MyDaY under the 3/99 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2026 rules — 5,628 draws, 3 from 0–99 (an earlier era).

168times drawn · chance expected 169 −0.07σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 76% for any number

33.4average wait between appearances · chance says 33.3

232longest completed wait · 14% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 168 times in 5,628 draws against 168.8 expected, −0.07σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 31, draw by draw

Drawn 168 times in 5,628 draws · average wait 33.4 draws · longest completed wait 232 · waiting 10 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest0 · chance 78.9
2nd smallest85 · chance 73.0
3rd smallest83 · chance 16.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 3.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 3 12 10 8 5

Never drawn alongside 22 of the other 99 numbers; chance expects about 3 such strangers 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 — 16th most popular of 100. 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
2026-08-12	6	3rd	8 13 31
2026-08-06	7	2nd	3 31 51
2026-07-30	31	3rd	2 28 31
2026-06-29	28	3rd	3 21 31
2026-06-01	85	2nd	1 31 75
2026-03-08

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 3/100 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-09-28	13	2nd	1 31 85
2023-09-15	2	2nd	8 31 88
2023-09-13	22	3rd	2 12 31
2023-08-22	23	2nd	12 31 93
2023-07-30	15	3rd	12 19 31
2023-07-15	39	2nd	10 31 98
2023-06-06	9	2nd	7 31 98
2023-05-28	43	3rd	3 10 31
2023-04-15	6	3rd	12 30 31
2023-04-09	9	2nd	12 31 70
2023-03-31	15	3rd	11 12 31
2023-03-16	10	2nd	5 31 91
2023-03-06	18	3rd	7 11 31
2023-02-16	17	2nd	3 31 38
2023-01-30	4	2nd	12 31 75
2023-01-26	38	2nd	7 31 90
2022-12-19	94	2nd	10 31 91
2022-09-16	11	3rd	10 28 31
2022-09-05	6	3rd	11 27 31
2022-08-30	14	2nd	7 31 43
2022-08-16	21	2nd	5 31 37
2022-07-26	62	2nd	10 31 56
2022-05-25	50	3rd	1 30 31
2022-04-05	20	3rd	10 23 31
2022-03-16	10	2nd	5 31 95
2022-03-06	42	3rd	4 16 31
2022-01-23	99	3rd	3 13 31
2021-10-16	14	3rd	9 12 31
2021-10-02	10	2nd	7 31 52
2021-09-22	10	2nd	7 31 86
2021-09-12	12	3rd	4 7 31
2021-08-31	0	2nd	8 31
2021-08-31	34	2nd	8 31
2021-07-28	3	3rd	7 28 31
2021-07-25	2	2nd	3 31 81
2021-07-23	29	3rd	7 8 31
2021-06-24	52	2nd	1 31 93
2021-05-03	36	2nd	3 31 84
2021-03-28	38	3rd	9 9 31
2021-02-18	62	3rd	7 15 31
2020-12-18	1	3rd	1 12 31
2020-12-17	4	2nd	12 31 73
2020-12-13	5	3rd	9 30 31
2020-12-08	12	2nd	5 31 89
2020-11-26	102	3rd	8 29 31
2020-08-16	108	3rd	1 14 31
2020-04-30	52	2nd	3 31 98
2020-03-09	15	3rd	6 9 31
2020-02-23	1	2nd	12 31 48
2020-02-22	22	3rd	7 7 31
2020-01-31	14	2nd	12 31 43
2020-01-17	11	3rd	6 22 31
2020-01-06	35	3rd	7 17 31
2019-12-02	2	2nd	8 31 52
2019-11-30	3	3rd	2 7 31
2019-11-27	2	2nd	7 31 87
2019-11-25	3	2nd	10 31 76
2019-11-22	1	2nd	12 31 63
2019-11-21	45	2nd	7 31 64
2019-10-07	36	2nd	3 31 39
2019-09-01	56	2nd	7 31 65
2019-07-07	18	3rd	2 8 31
2019-06-19	28	3rd	5 15 31
2019-05-22	30	2nd	8 31 71
2019-04-22	16	2nd	5 31 44
2019-04-06	105	3rd	7 25 31
2018-12-22	22	2nd	10 31 58
2018-11-30	1	2nd	12 31 77
2018-11-29	48	3rd	7 27 31
2018-10-12	25	3rd	9 22 31
2018-09-17	67	2nd	7 31 84
2018-07-12	38	2nd	12 31 70
2018-06-04	82	2nd	3 31 59
2018-03-14	11	3rd	8 20 31
2018-03-03	13	3rd	9 17 31
2018-02-18	92	3rd	1 3 31
2017-11-18	18	2nd	7 31 99
2017-10-31	39	2nd	7 31 43
2017-09-22	10	2nd	8 31 45
2017-09-12	121	2nd	10 31 90
2017-05-14	24	2nd	3 31 32
2017-04-20	25	2nd	7 31 79
2017-03-26	5	3rd	5 21 31
2017-03-21	29	3rd	2 4 31
2017-02-20	22	3rd	7 29 31
2017-01-29	115	2nd	8 31 98
2016-09-30	12	3rd	3 16 31
2016-09-16	0	2nd	5 31
2016-09-16	7	2nd	5 31
2016-09-08	8	3rd	5 10 31
2016-08-30	4	2nd	8 31 66
2016-08-25	11	3rd	7 21 31
2016-08-12	20	2nd	3 31 38
2016-07-20	85	3rd	10 22 31
2016-04-12	75	3rd	7 8 31
2016-01-15	31	3rd	2 12 31
2015-12-10	57	3rd	4 22 31
2015-10-05	74	3rd	3 7 31
2015-07-10	32	3rd	3 6 31
2015-06-03	45	2nd	3 31 67
2015-04-11	17	3rd	2 17 31
2015-03-23	12	2nd	1 31 86
2015-03-09	20	2nd	5 31 84
2015-02-13	59	2nd	3 31 72
2014-12-05	14	3rd	2 10 31
2014-11-19	2	3rd	7 9 31
2014-11-17	79	3rd	3 5 31
2014-08-16	20	3rd	5 8 31
2014-07-24	22	3rd	7 22 31
2014-06-28	9	3rd	10 29 31
2014-06-18	14	2nd	3 31 35
2014-06-02	42	3rd	3 15 31
2014-04-14	1	3rd	4 5 31
2014-04-12	10	3rd	6 8 31
2014-04-01	53	3rd	9 12 31
2014-01-29	2	2nd	1 31 88
2014-01-27	1	2nd	7 31 53
2014-01-25	129	2nd	3 31 36
2013-08-28	11	2nd	7 31 81
2013-08-15	33	3rd	7 8 31
2013-07-08	69	2nd	12 31 58
2013-04-18	9	3rd	3 11 31
2013-04-08	73	2nd	5 31 39
2013-01-12	39	3rd	1 29 31
2012-11-28	67	3rd	7 14 31
2012-09-11	45	2nd	10 31 88
2012-07-20	7	3rd	3 23 31
2012-07-12	100	2nd	10 31 76
2012-03-16	9	2nd	12 31 48
2012-03-06	15	2nd	12 31 32
2012-02-17	52	3rd	3 26 31
2011-12-19	36	3rd	5 11 31
2011-11-07	26	3rd	6 28 31
2011-10-07	56	3rd	0 10 31
2011-08-02	32	2nd	10 31 81
2011-06-25	50	3rd	3 9 31
2011-04-28	3	3rd	7 20 31
2011-04-25	17	3rd	1 8 31
2011-04-04	144	2nd	7 31 89
2010-10-18	12	2nd	7 31 88
2010-10-04	6	3rd	8 10 31
2010-09-27	67	3rd	2 12 31
2010-07-10	44	3rd	8 19 31
2010-05-20	—	2nd	7 31 85