Number 20

In Saturday Lotto under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009 rules — 928 draws, 6 from 1–45.

116times drawn · chance expected 124 −0.75σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

66longest completed wait · 1% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 116 times in 928 draws against 123.7 expected, −0.75σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 44 times, counted separately.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 116 times in 928 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 66 · waiting 1 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 smallest5 · chance 5.7
2nd smallest28 · chance 25.7
3rd smallest47 · chance 42.0
4th smallest27 · chance 31.1
5th smallest8 · chance 10.4
6th smallest1 · chance 1.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

45 1 16 25 32 5

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	3	3rd	9 18 20 32 39 45
2026-09-12	3	3rd	3 9 20 27 30 38
2026-08-22	13	6th	1 2 9 11 13 20
2026-05-23	9	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: 20 is drawn with probability 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2022-07-23	4	2nd	3 20 24 32 38 40
2022-06-25	6	4th	6 16 18 20 25 36
2022-05-14	2	2nd	15 20 25 27 35 39
2022-04-30	10	4th	3 8 10 20 36 42
2022-02-19	6	4th	1 5 18 20 23 34
2022-01-08	1	3rd	3 17 20 24 27 29
2021-12-31	6	4th	8 14 15 20 32 43
2021-11-20	27	3rd	9 17 20 21 25 33
2021-05-15	5	5th	5 15 16 19 20 41
2021-04-10	10	3rd	7 8 20 22 26 42
2021-01-30	3	4th	3 6 15 20 30 31
2021-01-09	6	3rd	7 9 20 22 34 45
2020-11-28	13	3rd	10 18 20 34 35 37
2020-08-29	33	3rd	13 16 20 25 40 44
2020-01-11	6	4th	11 17 18 20 37 41
2019-11-30	8	3rd	10 16 20 22 30 38
2019-10-05	1	3rd	4 12 20 33 34 36
2019-09-28	2	4th	4 11 18 20 22 41
2019-09-14	15	2nd	7 20 27 38 39 41
2019-06-01	6	3rd	6 9 20 25 27 31
2019-04-20	8	5th	9 14 16 18 20 36
2019-02-23	7	3rd	13 19 20 21 25 37
2019-01-05	6	3rd	3 18 20 24 26 34
2018-11-24	15	3rd	7 10 20 24 29 37
2018-08-11	6	4th	1 8 15 20 23 44
2018-06-30	39	3rd	1 14 20 25 26 40
2017-09-30	2	3rd	1 19 20 22 32 34
2017-09-16	3	3rd	5 10 20 29 41 45
2017-08-26	3	3rd	11 15 20 27 38 45
2017-08-05	8	4th	1 7 11 20 21 32
2017-06-10	10	3rd	12 14 20 22 24 44
2017-04-01	1	2nd	16 20 24 32 34 37
2017-03-25	11	2nd	16 20 23 28 35 39
2017-01-07	4	3rd	7 19 20 22 40 41
2016-12-10	6	2nd	5 20 25 33 34 36
2016-10-29	17	2nd	15 20 23 33 39 42
2016-07-02	2	4th	5 12 16 20 31 41
2016-06-18	7	4th	1 2 13 20 39 44
2016-04-30	8	2nd	2 20 22 24 27 30
2016-03-05	5	3rd	2 11 20 26 39 45
2016-01-30	1	2nd	5 20 25 28 29 45
2016-01-23	2	1st	20 24 33 41 44 45
2016-01-09	10	3rd	2 18 20 25 30 36
2015-10-31	14	4th	10 14 19 20 27 37
2015-07-25	6	4th	7 8 13 20 23 32
2015-06-13	2	2nd	8 20 36 38 43 45
2015-05-30	5	2nd	16 20 23 36 38 43
2015-04-25	17	4th	5 7 12 20 29 42
2014-12-27	7	3rd	7 16 20 33 39 43
2014-11-08	5	3rd	16 19 20 22 27 35
2014-10-04	1	2nd	6 20 22 29 32 44
2014-09-27	12	4th	1 6 16 20 25 36
2014-07-05	1	4th	5 7 14 20 31 39
2014-06-28	3	3rd	1 17 20 40 42 44
2014-06-07	1	3rd	1 19 20 36 38 41
2014-05-31	5	3rd	1 13 20 26 37 45
2014-04-26	2	2nd	12 20 24 32 39 45
2014-04-12	16	3rd	13 18 20 21 28 45
2013-12-21	4	5th	1 3 10 17 20 35
2013-11-23	2	3rd	5 7 20 30 31 39
2013-11-09	3	3rd	2 16 20 27 28 32
2013-10-19	5	2nd	5 20 27 31 37 42
2013-09-14	12	3rd	3 11 20 28 34 40
2013-06-22	4	4th	13 17 18 20 21 43
2013-05-25	3	4th	1 15 16 20 31 36
2013-05-04	4	4th	2 12 13 20 30 35
2013-04-06	5	2nd	19 20 21 23 25 43
2013-03-02	8	4th	11 13 18 20 42 43
2013-01-05	3	1st	20 28 30 31 32 37
2012-12-15	4	5th	5 7 9 16 20 41
2012-11-17	2	4th	5 8 11 20 29 33
2012-11-03	4	3rd	7 12 20 31 38 43
2012-10-06	9	2nd	18 20 23 32 40 42
2012-08-04	21	3rd	16 19 20 37 39 43
2012-03-10	5	1st	20 21 26 32 41 43
2012-02-04	14	3rd	3 10 20 28 40 41
2011-10-29	7	4th	11 12 15 20 32 33
2011-09-10	32	2nd	10 20 21 25 38 39
2011-01-29	21	5th	2 11 15 19 20 25
2010-09-04	18	2nd	1 20 28 35 36 44
2010-05-01	1	1st	20 24 25 29 31 34
2010-04-24	8	5th	4 5 12 18 20 25
2010-02-27	7	1st	20 26 29 31 33 40
2010-01-09	16	4th	6 8 18 20 36 45
2009-09-19	2	2nd	2 20 24 29 33 41
2009-09-05	8	3rd	9 11 20 29 34 39
2009-07-11	2	3rd	5 9 20 29 33 37
2009-06-27	3	3rd	9 14 20 24 25 38
2009-06-06	12	2nd	19 20 31 36 43 45
2009-03-14	4	3rd	6 17 20 26 38 41
2009-02-14	1	3rd	5 6 20 23 24 26
2009-02-07	—	4th	2 5 18 20 27 37