Number 31

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Oct 2023 rules — 1,100 draws, 5 from 1–45.

116times drawn · chance expected 122 −0.60σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 62% for any number

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

33longest completed wait · 93% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 116 times in 1,100 draws against 122.2 expected, −0.60σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 31, draw by draw

Drawn 116 times in 1,100 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 5 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 smallest2 · chance 0.9
2nd smallest6 · chance 9.3
3rd smallest44 · chance 33.8
4th smallest50 · chance 48.6
5th smallest14 · chance 23.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

32 37 27 42 2 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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	15	2nd	21 31 33 42 43
2026-10-02	2	4th	2 16 26 31 38
2026-09-30	26	3rd	6 22 31 39 43
2026-09-04	26	3rd	5 16 31 37

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-02-10	5	4th	1 3 23 31 33
2026-02-05	12	4th	1 6 27 31 42
2026-01-24	8	4th	19 25 28 31 43
2026-01-16	17	4th	3 8 22 31 33
2025-12-30	12	4th	7 12 20 31 33
2025-12-18	4	3rd	21 27 31 41 42
2025-12-14	4	3rd	12 19 31 37 42
2025-12-10	11	3rd	12 23 31 33 42
2025-11-29	17	4th	3 8 15 31 42
2025-11-12	8	3rd	10 25 31 32 44
2025-11-04	15	4th	8 19 27 31 40
2025-10-20	23	4th	2 6 18 31 32
2025-09-27	19	5th	1 3 11 27 31
2025-09-08	22	3rd	3 16 31 32 38
2025-08-17	10	2nd	19 31 34 37 40
2025-08-07	4	4th	9 21 28 31 39
2025-08-03	4	3rd	14 20 31 33 43
2025-07-30	8	4th	3 15 30 31 37
2025-07-22	19	3rd	4 20 31 32 40
2025-07-03	3	3rd	10 16 31 37 41
2025-06-30	19	3rd	2 4 31 36 44
2025-06-11	26	3rd	5 25 31 37 38
2025-05-16	10	4th	18 26 27 31 32
2025-05-06	8	4th	2 15 22 31 44
2025-04-28	13	4th	13 19 21 31 43
2025-04-15	28	3rd	16 22 31 32 37
2025-03-18	1	5th	3 9 17 19 31
2025-03-17	15	5th	15 19 26 29 31
2025-03-02	9	3rd	8 10 31 32 37
2025-02-21	15	2nd	2 31 32 34 42
2025-02-06	12	4th	12 25 28 31 32
2025-01-25	6	4th	8 10 15 31 34
2025-01-19	7	3rd	1 30 31 35 44
2025-01-12	5	3rd	13 29 31 32 42
2025-01-07	3	5th	5 10 19 23 31
2025-01-04	1	2nd	25 31 33 35 42
2025-01-03	8	3rd	3 22 31 37 38
2024-12-26	3	4th	11 15 27 31 45
2024-12-23	7	4th	17 24 29 31 41
2024-12-16	20	4th	18 24 28 31 40
2024-11-26	9	3rd	12 22 31 38 44
2024-11-17	2	3rd	3 5 31 32 34
2024-11-15	1	3rd	16 26 31 32 41
2024-11-14	33	4th	4 5 20 31 40
2024-10-12	6	1st	31 32 33 38 39
2024-10-06	1	3rd	17 27 31 39 44
2024-10-05	3	4th	1 7 30 31 42
2024-10-02	15	3rd	2 29 31 39 42
2024-09-17	22	4th	18 20 29 31 34
2024-08-26	3	4th	6 12 24 31 37
2024-08-23	5	3rd	4 19 31 39 44
2024-08-18	1	3rd	12 25 31 32 45
2024-08-17	17	3rd	10 15 31 36 43
2024-07-31	6	3rd	12 13 31 44 45
2024-07-25	3	4th	6 9 29 31 36
2024-07-22	9	3rd	1 24 31 34 45
2024-07-13	12	3rd	6 17 31 35 40
2024-07-01	10	4th	1 2 22 31 40
2024-06-21	7	3rd	5 7 31 44 45
2024-06-14	3	4th	4 14 24 31 35
2024-06-11	15	5th	1 12 19 22 31
2024-05-27	1	4th	20 24 26 31 43
2024-05-26	19	3rd	9 29 31 35 36
2024-05-07	10	5th	2 10 12 16 31
2024-04-27	9	4th	2 6 9 31 32
2024-04-18	15	4th	3 8 29 31 32
2024-04-03	4	5th	1 6 18 28 31
2024-03-30	5	5th	11 22 24 27 31
2024-03-25	7	3rd	2 27 31 35 37
2024-03-18	2	2nd	22 31 33 37 42
2024-03-16	5	5th	10 21 24 28 31
2024-03-11	6	3rd	6 29 31 38 45
2024-03-05	14	3rd	9 23 31 34 43
2024-02-20	1	4th	6 12 27 31 32
2024-02-19	18	4th	8 28 30 31 43
2024-02-01	7	5th	4 7 19 25 31
2024-01-25	8	3rd	11 30 31 32 43
2024-01-17	11	4th	10 22 28 31 40
2024-01-06	8	4th	10 20 27 31 33
2023-12-29	6	4th	1 5 20 31 32
2023-12-23	9	4th	1 10 30 31 34
2023-12-14	5	4th	2 9 23 31 44
2023-12-09	3	4th	4 12 22 31 33
2023-12-06	12	3rd	20 25 31 36 37
2023-11-24	2	4th	12 19 30 31 36
2023-11-22	6	4th	5 15 30 31 35
2023-11-16	4	4th	3 8 15 31 42
2023-11-12	2	1st	31 35 37 42 45
2023-11-10	16	4th	8 24 30 31 41
2023-10-25	1	3rd	9 10 31 37 40
2023-10-24	4	4th	4 17 28 31 40
2023-10-20	—	3rd	7 25 31 40 43