Number 20

In Canada Lotto 6/49 under the 6/49 + 1/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–49.

214times drawn · chance expected 214 −0.03σ

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

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

46longest completed wait · 45% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 214 times in 1,751 draws against 214.4 expected, −0.03σ. 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 33 times, counted separately.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 214 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 46 · 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 smallest23 · chance 14.8
2nd smallest50 · chance 56.4
3rd smallest65 · chance 78.1
4th smallest58 · chance 49.2
5th smallest16 · chance 14.0
6th smallest2 · chance 1.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 15 23 26 3 45

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, 20 is picked about 1.28× as often as an indifferent choice — 13th 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
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
2026-10-07	4	4th	3 8 11 20 33 49
2026-09-23	3	2nd	11 20 32 35 38 45
2026-09-12	4	4th	1 3 17 20 26 32
2026-08-29	9

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

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