Number 31

In Palmetto Cash 5 under the 5/38 · Apr 2010 – Mar 2024 rules — 2,502 draws, 5 from 1–38 (an earlier era).

334times drawn · chance expected 329 +0.28σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 87% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

38longest completed wait · 84% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 334 times in 2,502 draws against 329.2 expected, +0.28σ. 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 334 times in 2,502 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 38 · 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 smallest0 · chance 0.2
2nd smallest9 · chance 5.3
3rd smallest50 · chance 46.2
4th smallest148 · chance 143.7
5th smallest127 · chance 138.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 36.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 9 32 35 5 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 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 38. 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
2024-03-15	8	5th	12 14 16 28 31
2024-03-07	14	4th	9 21 28 31 35
2024-02-22	10	5th	10 18 21 30 31
2024-02-12	1	5th	7

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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-10-02	1	3rd	22 30 31 34 35
2023-10-01	9	5th	5 10 19 26 31
2023-09-22	8	4th	5 18 27 31 35
2023-09-14	6	4th	3 16 24 31 34
2023-09-08	11	3rd	17 28 31 33 34
2023-08-28	15	5th	1 8 9 22 31
2023-08-13	8	4th	22 26 27 31 37
2023-08-05	14	4th	3 4 14 31 37
2023-07-22	9	4th	5 6 12 31 32
2023-07-13	26	5th	10 21 22 28 31
2023-06-17	3	5th	3 4 27 30 31
2023-06-14	5	4th	4 26 28 31 38
2023-06-09	6	4th	17 28 29 31 36
2023-06-03	1	5th	4 5 13 29 31
2023-06-02	4	5th	11 15 17 22 31
2023-05-29	5	4th	12 19 29 31 34
2023-05-24	3	3rd	24 28 31 32 36
2023-05-21	23	4th	9 24 27 31 34
2023-04-28	12	4th	1 7 9 31 34
2023-04-16	1	3rd	3 26 31 33 34
2023-04-15	8	3rd	21 23 31 32 37
2023-04-07	3	4th	5 9 18 31 34
2023-04-04	7	4th	5 13 27 31 34
2023-03-28	37	5th	4 11 22 25 31
2023-02-19	3	4th	16 19 25 31 37
2023-02-16	25	5th	5 8 9 28 31
2023-01-22	28	4th	19 24 29 31 37
2015-12-25	12	5th	3 11 23 24 31
2015-12-13	13	5th	17 20 24 29 31
2015-11-30	7	4th	3 19 22 31 33
2015-11-23	3	5th	6 19 23 25 31
2015-11-20	1	4th	23 26 30 31 33
2015-11-19	1	5th	11 12 22 25 31
2015-11-18	7	4th	4 19 26 31 32
2015-11-11	1	5th	4 15 25 26 31
2015-11-10	1	4th	11 26 27 31 34
2015-11-09	1	2nd	30 31 33 35 38
2015-11-08	8	5th	16 18 23 26 31
2015-10-31	13	4th	6 21 27 31 33
2015-10-18	7	3rd	8 16 31 36 38
2015-10-11	2	3rd	5 9 31 35 36
2015-10-09	6	4th	11 22 24 31 36
2015-10-03	11	3rd	27 30 31 34 38
2015-09-22	7	5th	3 9 16 21 31
2015-09-15	1	3rd	10 30 31 32 36
2015-09-14	3	4th	14 22 30 31 38
2015-09-11	5	4th	6 24 26 31 36
2015-09-06	9	5th	8 10 14 19 31
2015-08-28	1	5th	7 11 28 29 31
2015-08-27	23	5th	5 9 15 17 31
2015-08-04	11	4th	5 18 24 31 38
2015-07-24	12	4th	8 21 29 31 36
2015-07-12	18	3rd	21 29 31 35 38
2015-06-24	2	5th	13 16 22 24 31
2015-06-22	2	5th	2 10 27 30 31
2015-06-20	7	4th	8 11 24 31 38
2015-06-13	32	4th	1 8 19 31 33
2015-05-12	1	5th	6 13 16 20 31
2015-05-11	5	5th	1 2 8 11 31
2015-05-06	24	4th	14 19 25 31 37
2015-04-12	6	5th	4 5 7 26 31
2015-04-06	5	3rd	2 21 31 34 37
2015-04-01	2	5th	9 10 24 30 31
2015-03-30	5	5th	4 13 24 27 31
2015-03-25	11	4th	8 10 25 31 38
2015-03-14	32	4th	4 13 18 31 34
2015-02-10	4	5th	6 8 14 19 31
2015-02-06	6	3rd	4 18 31 32 35
2015-01-31	9	5th	1 8 18 30 31
2015-01-22	3	5th	4 8 28 30 31
2015-01-19	2	4th	3 6 27 31 36
2015-01-17	9	4th	5 11 26 31 32
2015-01-08	4	3rd	4 17 31 33 38
2015-01-04	1	5th	5 9 12 30 31
2015-01-03	3	5th	6 13 23 24 31
2014-12-31	10	4th	11 26 27 31 36
2014-12-21	1	4th	17 24 25 31 33
2014-12-20	1	5th	9 12 13 18 31
2014-12-19	5	5th	4 24 25 26 31
2014-12-14	28	5th	5 11 22 25 31
2014-11-16	15	5th	2 7 12 29 31
2014-11-01	3	5th	10 11 13 24 31
2014-10-29	1	4th	4 12 15 31 35
2014-10-28	6	5th	3 9 20 30 31
2014-10-22	13	5th	1 2 16 26 31
2014-10-09	29	5th	5 14 18 30 31
2014-09-10	1	4th	2 5 9 31 32
2014-09-09	4	4th	9 25 26 31 38
2014-09-05	9	4th	9 14 29 31 35
2014-08-27	8	5th	8 14 17 24 31
2014-08-19	14	4th	5 19 22 31 38
2014-08-05	17	4th	1 9 25 31 34
2014-07-19	7	4th	12 28 30 31 35
2014-07-12	3	4th	13 16 28 31 32
2014-07-09	2	2nd	13 31 32 33 38
2014-07-07	15	4th	2 12 30 31 32
2014-06-22	8	5th	3 9 13 26 31
2014-06-14	4	5th	1 6 16 30 31
2014-06-10	10	3rd	22 27 31 33 34
2014-05-31	1	3rd	8 10 31 34 36
2014-05-30	3	3rd	6 11 31 32 33
2014-05-27	9	5th	8 15 22 28 31
2014-05-18	2	5th	12 19 27 30 31
2014-05-16	1	5th	6 8 12 21 31
2014-05-15	16	4th	11 13 24 31 35
2014-04-29	19	4th	1 18 29 31 37
2014-04-10	2	4th	7 12 21 31 36
2014-04-08	7	4th	2 18 30 31 36
2014-04-01	8	4th	2 13 25 31 36
2014-03-24	4	4th	9 19 28 31 34
2014-03-20	5	4th	7 14 27 31 35
2014-03-15	16	3rd	1 18 31 32 35
2014-02-27	1	5th	14 16 21 26 31
2014-02-26	10	5th	1 4 6 18 31
2014-02-16	1	4th	13 19 26 31 36
2014-02-15	4	4th	12 17 23 31 32
2014-02-11	1	5th	6 7 14 26 31
2014-02-10	7	5th	3 6 18 30 31
2014-02-03	4	5th	8 11 23 26 31
2014-01-30	9	4th	6 25 28 31 35
2014-01-21	1	4th	8 22 30 31 34
2014-01-20	11	5th	6 7 10 21 31
2014-01-09	1	4th	8 11 18 31 34
2014-01-08	21	5th	2 5 20 26 31
2013-12-18	2	5th	6 7 19 22 31
2013-12-16	5	3rd	9 19 31 35 36
2013-12-11	4	4th	5 10 11 31 32
2013-12-07	10	4th	5 11 21 31 38
2013-11-27	19	3rd	14 27 31 33 35
2013-11-08	4	2nd	6 31 33 35 37
2013-11-04	1	4th	10 23 28 31 34
2013-11-03	9	5th	9 16 18 20 31
2013-10-25	3	3rd	16 25 31 32 34
2013-10-22	1	4th	7 10 21 31 38
2013-10-21	1	5th	3 12 22 30 31
2013-10-20	3	4th	7 19 28 31 32
2013-10-17	10	4th	2 4 8 31 37
2013-10-07	11	4th	2 14 23 31 32
2013-09-26	7	4th	10 17 24 31 33
2013-09-19	3	3rd	12 25 31 32 36
2013-09-16	3	5th	9 18 22 27 31
2013-09-13	4	3rd	23 30 31 32 38
2013-09-09	2	5th	7 13 22 24 31
2013-09-07	13	5th	6 23 27 28 31
2013-08-25	6	4th	15 16 26 31 35
2013-08-19	6	4th	4 19 26 31 36
2013-08-13	2	4th	3 16 25 31 38
2013-08-11	20	5th	6 11 13 17 31
2013-07-22	5	5th	1 2 9 15 31
2013-07-17	1	4th	12 16 27 31 36
2013-07-16	10	3rd	15 22 31 33 35
2013-07-06	4	4th	11 12 13 31 36
2013-07-02	6	5th	4 5 21 27 31
2013-06-26	11	5th	4 9 10 15 31
2013-06-15	8	3rd	3 20 31 32 37
2013-06-07	12	3rd	1 23 31 34 35
2013-05-26	5	5th	2 9 13 28 31
2013-05-21	15	4th	3 8 23 31 32
2013-05-06	2	4th	9 18 28 31 32
2013-05-04	3	5th	10 15 27 29 31
2013-05-01	8	2nd	21 31 34 35 37
2013-04-23	4	4th	5 20 29 31 35
2013-04-19	8	4th	1 3 20 31 32
2013-04-11	34	4th	9 12 15 31 38
2013-03-08	4	4th	3 8 9 31 32
2013-03-04	8	4th	3 13 29 31 36
2013-02-24	18	4th	7 24 25 31 38
2013-02-06	11	4th	3 8 24 31 32
2013-01-26	2	4th	17 20 21 31 32
2013-01-24	5	4th	5 13 18 31 32
2013-01-19	13	5th	1 3 15 20 31
2013-01-06	4	4th	10 19 27 31 36
2013-01-02	4	4th	4 9 24 31 37
2012-12-29	14	3rd	24 25 31 34 36
2012-12-15	3	5th	6 20 22 28 31
2012-12-12	12	4th	6 10 13 31 35
2012-11-30	2	4th	13 16 29 31 37
2012-11-28	22	2nd	9 31 33 34 35
2012-11-06	3	5th	8 10 19 26 31
2012-11-03	3	5th	9 12 22 27 31
2012-10-31	24	3rd	2 13 31 32 35
2012-10-07	3	5th	3 4 24 30 31
2012-10-04	1	5th	4 6 11 24 31
2012-10-03	3	5th	3 16 23 25 31
2012-09-30	35	3rd	8 18 31 37 38
2012-08-26	10	4th	10 14 16 31 38
2012-08-16	1	4th	15 23 29 31 36
2012-08-15	2	5th	5 14 16 27 31
2012-08-13	9	4th	20 22 28 31 34
2012-08-04	12	3rd	7 13 31 33 38
2012-07-23	19	4th	9 14 30 31 36
2012-07-04	9	4th	23 24 29 31 37
2012-06-25	31	3rd	9 14 31 33 38
2012-05-25	5	2nd	16 31 32 33 37
2012-05-20	4	4th	1 4 21 31 36
2012-05-16	3	5th	7 22 24 30 31
2012-05-13	11	5th	5 18 23 27 31
2012-05-02	7	4th	6 12 21 31 32
2012-04-25	9	3rd	16 20 31 34 38
2012-04-16	11	5th	9 11 28 29 31
2012-04-05	2	4th	11 19 21 31 35
2012-04-03	9	4th	5 10 20 31 33
2012-03-25	5	5th	2 3 7 16 31
2012-03-20	7	5th	8 15 27 28 31
2012-03-13	2	5th	1 9 23 29 31
2012-03-11	5	4th	6 11 22 31 38
2012-03-06	2	4th	5 16 25 31 35
2012-03-04	2	4th	5 19 24 31 38
2012-03-02	13	4th	2 23 28 31 38
2012-02-18	27	4th	2 12 24 31 37
2012-01-22	11	4th	13 17 22 31 37
2012-01-11	4	4th	2 27 30 31 35
2012-01-07	5	5th	6 11 25 26 31
2012-01-02	2	5th	5 6 23 24 31
2011-12-31	6	3rd	1 24 31 32 37
2011-12-25	3	4th	14 21 23 31 36
2011-12-22	6	5th	2 10 14 23 31
2011-12-16	6	4th	3 4 24 31 37
2011-12-10	11	5th	5 17 19 21 31
2011-11-29	1	5th	1 8 25 27 31
2011-11-28	6	5th	6 10 19 30 31
2011-11-22	6	5th	14 16 21 22 31
2011-11-16	4	4th	8 12 26 31 36
2011-11-12	6	3rd	17 30 31 35 37
2011-11-06	23	5th	5 13 19 28 31
2011-10-14	8	4th	4 5 16 31 32
2011-10-06	1	4th	8 25 27 31 37
2011-10-05	4	5th	10 12 14 25 31
2011-10-01	1	4th	5 10 28 31 38
2011-09-30	8	4th	12 15 27 31 32
2011-09-22	4	5th	1 9 12 14 31
2011-09-18	3	5th	10 13 15 24 31
2011-09-15	1	5th	5 14 21 30 31
2011-09-14	5	4th	6 13 16 31 36
2011-09-09	10	4th	18 20 21 31 37
2011-08-30	1	5th	7 13 19 24 31
2011-08-29	5	5th	3 11 20 24 31
2011-08-24	7	4th	12 18 25 31 37
2011-08-17	8	5th	3 6 21 25 31
2011-08-09	1	5th	2 10 19 25 31
2011-08-08	8	5th	3 5 6 16 31
2011-07-31	11	4th	11 20 29 31 38
2011-07-20	8	5th	4 9 11 29 31
2011-07-12	4	4th	2 25 30 31 33
2011-07-08	1	4th	5 6 14 31 34
2011-07-07	2	4th	7 14 29 31 35
2011-07-05	38	5th	8 15 17 29 31
2011-05-28	2	3rd	9 25 31 32 35
2011-05-26	9	3rd	23 24 31 37 38
2011-05-17	2	5th	1 4 15 19 31
2011-05-15	1	3rd	7 23 31 36 37
2011-05-14	6	4th	8 25 28 31 36
2011-05-08	2	4th	2 22 26 31 35
2011-05-06	1	4th	9 16 17 31 33
2011-05-05	6	2nd	26 31 33 35 38
2011-04-29	3	5th	6 11 14 24 31
2011-04-26	1	5th	6 20 22 27 31
2011-04-25	1	3rd	17 21 31 33 37
2011-04-24	5	4th	9 11 24 31 33
2011-04-19	3	5th	7 16 17 24 31
2011-04-16	2	3rd	11 17 31 32 37
2011-04-14	8	4th	1 3 12 31 36
2011-04-06	3	5th	4 5 6 26 31
2011-04-03	5	4th	6 12 22 31 36
2011-03-29	2	5th	13 16 20 23 31
2011-03-27	3	5th	4 20 25 26 31
2011-03-24	2	5th	1 4 8 20 31
2011-03-22	5	3rd	19 25 31 32 35
2011-03-17	1	5th	3 8 22 23 31
2011-03-16	1	3rd	8 18 31 36 37
2011-03-15	7	5th	7 9 10 17 31
2011-03-08	10	5th	13 17 21 28 31
2011-02-26	23	5th	1 6 8 27 31
2011-02-03	2	4th	7 18 21 31 38
2011-02-01	6	5th	2 13 18 23 31
2011-01-26	7	4th	5 11 21 31 32
2011-01-19	9	3rd	12 28 31 34 36
2011-01-10	1	4th	14 17 19 31 32
2011-01-09	2	3rd	25 30 31 33 34
2011-01-07	1	4th	8 21 23 31 37
2011-01-06	20	5th	4 13 20 29 31
2010-12-17	3	4th	13 20 24 31 37
2010-12-14	5	4th	10 13 21 31 32
2010-12-09	23	4th	16 27 30 31 34
2010-11-13	14	5th	2 26 28 29 31
2010-10-28	5	3rd	18 23 31 32 36
2010-10-22	15	4th	2 5 24 31 38
2010-10-05	3	5th	18 20 22 26 31
2010-10-01	10	3rd	5 28 31 34 37
2010-09-20	3	4th	1 12 30 31 32
2010-09-16	2	5th	3 7 8 13 31
2010-09-14	3	4th	5 12 21 31 33
2010-09-10	9	5th	1 14 24 26 31
2010-08-31	4	5th	18 24 27 29 31
2010-08-26	7	4th	12 14 26 31 35
2010-08-18	3	4th	16 27 30 31 33
2010-08-14	12	3rd	12 27 31 33 35
2010-07-31	7	5th	10 13 18 21 31
2010-07-23	4	4th	4 6 20 31 35
2010-07-19	20	3rd	19 24 31 34 35
2010-06-25	1	3rd	7 9 31 36 38
2010-06-24	4	5th	9 16 18 30 31
2010-06-19	8	4th	6 7 19 31 34
2010-06-10	2	2nd	3 31 32 35 38
2010-06-08	12	4th	2 18 27 31 33
2010-05-25	8	4th	1 16 25 31 34
2010-05-15	2	4th	6 13 24 31 34
2010-05-13	1	4th	9 10 21 31 37
2010-05-12	19	4th	4 22 25 31 34
2010-04-20	—	5th	3 6 25 30 31