Number 20

In Lotto Strike under the 4/45 · since Oct 2019 rules — 1,215 draws, 4 from 1–45.

118times drawn · chance expected 108 +1.01σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 69% for any number

10.2average wait between appearances · chance says 11.3

52longest completed wait · 64% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 118 times in 1,215 draws against 108.0 expected, +1.01σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 118 times in 1,215 draws · average wait 10.2 draws · longest completed wait 52 · 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 20 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 smallest19 · chance 20.5
2nd smallest47 · chance 50.8
3rd smallest41 · chance 38.1
4th smallest11 · chance 8.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 16 35 9 17 26

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, 20 is picked about 1.28× as often as an indifferent choice — 13th 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
Round numbers (multiples of 10) ×1.05

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 20 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-03	9	2nd	9 20 32 39
2026-09-18	3	2nd	5 20 21 40
2026-09-12	1	2nd	9 20 27 38
2026-09-11	52	3rd	16 17 20 30
2026-06-12	11	2nd	5

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: 20 is drawn with probability 4/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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