Number 31

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,727 draws, 6 from 1–49.

208times drawn · chance expected 211 −0.25σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

53longest completed wait · 21% chance of one at least that long

31 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 208 times in 1,727 draws against 211.5 expected, −0.25σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 31, draw by draw

Drawn 208 times in 1,727 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 53 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 1.0
2nd smallest18 · chance 11.2
3rd smallest39 · chance 43.1
4th smallest78 · chance 75.5
5th smallest52 · chance 59.9
6th smallest21 · chance 17.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 18 46 47 28 32

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
2026-10-21	8	6th	5 18 26 27 30 31
2026-09-23	2	5th	11 17 22 26 31 49
2026-09-16	5	4th	13 14 27 31 41 46
2026-08-29	3	3rd

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.

2025-03-26	14	3rd	8 11 31 34 38 39
2025-02-05	13	4th	2 23 28 31 37 41
2024-12-21	28	3rd	2 21 31 38 39 43
2024-09-14	2	3rd	14 23 31 32 33 49
2024-09-07	1	2nd	24 31 34 35 42 43
2024-09-04	9	6th	6 11 15 26 30 31
2024-08-03	21	4th	6 18 27 31 38 49
2024-05-22	1	3rd	8 11 31 32 39 49
2024-05-18	4	3rd	7 20 31 33 38 41
2024-05-04	1	5th	1 3 29 30 31 49
2024-05-01	4	2nd	1 31 35 38 44 45
2024-04-17	39	5th	6 13 17 28 31 40
2023-12-02	10	4th	4 14 27 31 33 40
2023-10-28	2	4th	12 15 28 31 36 40
2023-10-21	11	3rd	4 9 31 34 44 46
2023-09-13	12	4th	5 16 27 31 44 47
2023-08-02	26	4th	22 26 27 31 38 44
2023-05-03	6	4th	3 5 25 31 33 41
2023-04-12	26	4th	1 7 27 31 40 41
2023-01-11	5	5th	13 19 21 29 31 44
2022-12-24	5	3rd	1 2 31 36 42 46
2022-12-07	7	5th	2 7 10 20 31 39
2022-11-12	5	5th	9 17 19 26 31 35
2022-10-26	4	5th	1 5 13 22 31 40
2022-10-12	9	4th	2 7 15 31 40 49
2022-09-10	15	5th	5 11 16 29 31 38
2022-07-20	11	5th	7 20 21 26 31 43
2022-06-11	4	4th	19 21 30 31 34 44
2022-05-28	1	5th	4 15 18 25 31 37
2022-05-25	11	6th	6 12 19 21 29 31
2022-04-16	5	4th	1 5 26 31 42 43
2022-03-30	7	5th	15 18 19 23 31 38
2022-03-05	30	5th	5 8 25 26 31 39
2021-11-20	53	3rd	6 24 31 33 36 47
2021-05-19	7	5th	14 15 26 27 31 42
2021-04-24	2	4th	9 18 20 31 32 33
2021-04-17	11	2nd	17 31 32 38 46 47
2021-03-10	5	3rd	6 8 31 32 36 46
2021-02-20	5	3rd	5 20 31 34 35 37
2021-02-03	10	4th	6 14 18 31 47 49
2020-12-30	14	4th	17 20 26 31 37 48
2020-11-11	5	5th	17 19 26 28 31 47
2020-10-24	4	5th	2 10 21 24 31 38
2020-10-10	23	6th	1 6 21 23 30 31
2020-07-22	2	6th	4 6 17 25 28 31
2020-07-15	6	2nd	3 31 38 40 43 44
2020-06-24	16	4th	6 14 17 31 40 44
2020-04-29	3	4th	3 25 30 31 36 48
2020-04-18	8	3rd	20 22 31 33 45 48
2020-03-21	3	4th	6 15 17 31 32 48
2020-03-11	5	5th	2 4 15 27 31 49
2020-02-22	13	4th	3 17 18 31 32 46
2020-01-08	4	5th	5 12 22 23 31 38
2019-12-25	3	3rd	2 5 31 33 34 45
2019-12-14	1	4th	11 18 30 31 32 36
2019-12-11	12	4th	4 21 30 31 38 48
2019-10-30	4	3rd	11 29 31 36 43 46
2019-10-16	6	5th	7 13 22 29 31 43
2019-09-25	4	4th	4 9 10 31 32 39
2019-09-11	1	6th	9 14 16 29 30 31
2019-09-07	1	3rd	15 26 31 44 46 49
2019-09-04	8	3rd	7 23 31 42 43 44
2019-08-07	11	5th	12 18 20 21 31 36
2019-06-29	6	3rd	7 11 31 33 40 43
2019-06-08	8	4th	18 26 28 31 39 44
2019-05-11	1	3rd	3 4 31 33 39 48
2019-05-08	15	6th	5 16 17 22 23 31
2019-03-16	5	3rd	26 28 31 40 42 48
2019-02-27	5	5th	3 9 22 28 31 46
2019-02-09	11	4th	9 21 26 31 35 47
2019-01-02	11	6th	4 12 14 21 22 31
2018-11-24	21	4th	4 12 19 31 41 48
2018-09-12	1	4th	1 4 21 31 43 47
2018-09-08	5	5th	8 13 18 23 31 37
2018-08-22	19	4th	15 23 28 31 36 41
2018-06-16	6	5th	2 9 19 28 31 33
2018-05-26	14	4th	2 15 20 31 42 45
2018-04-07	4	2nd	10 31 32 37 41 47
2018-03-24	5	4th	15 25 26 31 35 46
2018-03-07	27	5th	2 5 7 17 31 42
2017-12-02	1	6th	1 2 18 20 26 31
2017-11-29	21	4th	20 21 23 31 39 46
2017-09-16	4	3rd	14 29 31 33 41 47
2017-09-02	7	4th	6 21 28 31 39 47
2017-08-09	4	4th	1 12 27 31 38 41
2017-07-26	5	3rd	3 22 31 38 41 43
2017-07-08	4	5th	12 21 23 28 31 39
2017-06-24	5	4th	6 15 22 31 43 48
2017-06-07	6	4th	17 18 29 31 43 47
2017-05-17	1	5th	10 11 22 23 31 33
2017-05-13	5	5th	1 4 13 24 31 43
2017-04-26	6	6th	2 4 9 16 24 31
2017-04-05	4	4th	2 6 28 31 44 49
2017-03-22	7	5th	8 12 20 27 31 42
2017-02-25	35	3rd	25 29 31 33 40 42
2016-10-26	5	6th	8 9 23 28 29 31
2016-10-08	1	2nd	17 31 38 40 41 44
2016-10-05	18	3rd	7 23 31 33 45 46
2016-08-03	4	2nd	25 31 34 36 39 49
2016-07-20	15	2nd	11 31 37 38 46 47
2016-05-28	10	6th	1 2 11 26 30 31
2016-04-23	2	4th	5 22 24 31 41 44
2016-04-16	2	2nd	7 31 33 34 35 39
2016-04-09	3	3rd	22 28 31 34 35 39
2016-03-30	6	5th	6 12 22 23 31 42
2016-03-09	6	5th	8 18 21 30 31 49
2016-02-17	9	5th	17 18 20 24 31 48
2016-01-16	1	2nd	15 31 35 37 44 46
2016-01-13	5	4th	4 19 30 31 32 38
2015-12-26	1	4th	2 6 26 31 44 46
2015-12-23	11	5th	5 7 16 23 31 41
2015-11-14	2	4th	8 13 28 31 36 41
2015-11-07	4	6th	1 4 7 13 29 31
2015-10-24	5	5th	5 15 23 26 31 40
2015-10-07	10	5th	1 5 24 26 31 39
2015-09-02	9	2nd	17 31 33 43 47 49
2015-08-01	8	4th	12 17 19 31 46 48
2015-07-04	2	4th	10 12 28 31 38 46
2015-06-27	1	4th	5 11 27 31 32 47
2015-06-24	13	4th	2 6 29 31 32 37
2015-05-09	10	3rd	22 26 31 32 39 40
2015-04-04	2	4th	1 7 10 31 35 41
2015-03-28	1	3rd	4 16 31 32 38 44
2015-03-25	7	4th	4 26 29 31 35 41
2015-02-28	4	4th	14 20 22 31 32 45
2015-02-14	1	6th	2 7 10 19 29 31
2015-02-11	5	3rd	12 28 31 36 44 49
2015-01-24	20	4th	24 27 28 31 45 48
2014-11-15	2	4th	1 9 20 31 35 43
2014-11-08	3	6th	3 8 10 13 26 31
2014-10-29	6	4th	18 22 25 31 46 47
2014-10-08	2	3rd	20 21 31 32 44 47
2014-10-01	10	5th	16 18 19 27 31 38
2014-08-27	2	3rd	10 12 31 32 42 43
2014-08-20	24	3rd	4 16 31 32 33 49
2014-05-28	7	5th	7 9 11 17 31 41
2014-05-03	3	2nd	16 31 35 40 41 48
2014-04-23	4	3rd	2 5 31 33 42 49
2014-04-09	11	3rd	14 29 31 36 38 45
2014-03-01	7	4th	9 12 30 31 33 41
2014-02-05	6	4th	7 21 26 31 36 47
2014-01-15	5	5th	4 11 21 25 31 37
2013-12-28	27	4th	8 13 16 31 32 36
2013-09-25	24	4th	4 8 20 31 46 48
2013-07-03	6	4th	3 22 27 31 37 47
2013-06-12	28	6th	2 8 11 12 28 31
2013-03-06	31	4th	1 19 28 31 41 46
2012-11-17	19	4th	3 6 26 31 43 45
2012-09-12	3	5th	1 7 24 30 31 47
2012-09-01	7	3rd	7 14 31 32 39 45
2012-08-08	1	3rd	8 17 31 32 39 45
2012-08-04	16	5th	3 14 21 28 31 35
2012-06-09	9	3rd	15 27 31 34 38 40
2012-05-09	22	2nd	21 31 32 37 38 46
2012-02-22	21	5th	4 10 12 24 31 44
2011-12-10	1	5th	6 14 19 29 31 34
2011-12-07	2	5th	11 17 23 24 31 44
2011-11-30	3	3rd	6 11 31 35 39 42
2011-11-19	3	5th	1 8 9 20 31 47
2011-11-09	7	4th	12 18 28 31 46 47
2011-10-15	1	4th	8 22 30 31 43 48
2011-10-12	6	3rd	12 25 31 34 41 45
2011-09-21	28	5th	1 3 8 14 31 49
2011-06-15	7	4th	2 12 28 31 40 46
2011-05-21	5	4th	2 20 21 31 43 44
2011-05-04	9	4th	9 26 28 31 42 48
2011-04-02	5	6th	1 4 22 25 26 31
2011-03-16	4	2nd	27 31 32 33 36 42
2011-03-02	16	2nd	13 31 41 45 47 49
2011-01-05	10	4th	16 22 24 31 35 36
2010-12-01	2	4th	10 18 30 31 44 49
2010-11-24	7	6th	4 6 14 15 29 31
2010-10-30	5	5th	7 10 16 30 31 32
2010-10-13	2	5th	3 14 23 24 31 44
2010-10-06	1	4th	13 14 17 31 37 39
2010-10-02	3	5th	5 6 14 24 31 32
2010-09-22	10	4th	6 14 20 31 45 47
2010-08-18	6	4th	8 15 18 31 37 39
2010-07-28	9	6th	2 8 13 21 24 31
2010-06-26	14	5th	5 10 25 29 31 32
2010-05-08	4	4th	9 17 18 31 37 48
2010-04-24	4	2nd	10 31 44 46 47 49
2010-04-10	1	3rd	16 17 31 42 45 48
2010-04-07	—	4th	17 22 27 31 37 40