Number 20

In EuroMillions under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Sep 2016 rules — 1,048 draws, 5 from 1–50.

117times drawn · chance expected 105 +1.26σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

9.0average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

42longest completed wait · 79% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 117 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, +1.26σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 117 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 9.0 draws · longest completed wait 42 · 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 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 smallest13 · chance 15.1
2nd smallest51 · chance 42.6
3rd smallest37 · chance 41.1
4th smallest13 · chance 16.1
5th smallest3 · chance 2.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

44 4 23 45 21 41

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-10-09	41	2nd	5 20 24 31 45
2026-05-19	4	3rd	2 12 20 38 45
2026-05-05	25	4th	3 4 8 20 31
2026-02-06	19	3rd	10 13 20

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-02-02	13	2nd	13 20 23 27 42
2023-12-19	4	2nd	10 20 41 43 45
2023-12-05	3	3rd	4 6 20 24 25
2023-11-24	7	2nd	15 20 29 39 48
2023-10-31	3	3rd	5 7 20 40 50
2023-10-20	1	2nd	2 20 28 40 45
2023-10-17	2	3rd	10 17 20 35 40
2023-10-10	2	2nd	18 20 22 33 43
2023-10-03	7	2nd	6 20 22 24 45
2023-09-08	10	2nd	10 20 21 26 33
2023-08-04	39	2nd	15 20 31 44 48
2023-03-21	22	3rd	1 9 20 29 32
2023-01-03	4	1st	20 21 29 45 46
2022-12-20	4	4th	1 11 17 20 27
2022-12-06	2	2nd	12 20 25 26 27
2022-11-29	18	2nd	15 20 24 35 38
2022-09-27	7	2nd	4 20 21 34 44
2022-09-02	35	4th	7 12 13 20 45
2022-05-03	1	2nd	8 20 26 47 48
2022-04-29	16	3rd	10 11 20 36 37
2022-03-04	5	2nd	6 20 40 42 43
2022-02-15	2	2nd	9 20 31 33 44
2022-02-08	20	2nd	6 20 34 37 43
2021-11-30	1	2nd	19 20 26 33 43
2021-11-26	9	2nd	1 20 41 42 50
2021-10-26	2	3rd	12 15 20 42 44
2021-10-19	7	2nd	4 20 36 40 41
2021-09-24	1	3rd	2 12 20 27 41
2021-09-21	9	1st	20 25 26 30 38
2021-08-20	15	4th	3 9 19 20 23
2021-06-29	3	3rd	6 12 20 24 48
2021-06-18	4	2nd	11 20 27 30 41
2021-06-04	15	2nd	7 20 36 40 46
2021-04-13	20	2nd	16 20 31 47 50
2021-02-02	17	2nd	18 20 35 38 48
2020-12-04	1	2nd	14 20 27 34 38
2020-12-01	8	2nd	14 20 29 47 49
2020-11-03	1	4th	5 7 18 20 30
2020-10-30	13	3rd	12 16 20 21 28
2020-09-15	11	2nd	16 20 25 30 38
2020-08-07	28	2nd	5 20 21 36 41
2020-05-01	12	2nd	19 20 38 45 47
2020-03-20	1	3rd	3 9 20 34 40
2020-03-17	5	5th	5 7 8 16 20
2020-02-28	4	3rd	8 11 20 22 23
2020-02-14	4	2nd	5 20 35 41 49
2020-01-31	4	3rd	13 18 20 23 30
2020-01-17	4	3rd	8 19 20 29 44
2020-01-03	14	3rd	5 15 20 36 47
2019-11-15	2	3rd	3 13 20 32 34
2019-11-08	2	3rd	8 17 20 23 45
2019-11-01	21	2nd	2 20 39 44 48
2019-08-20	6	1st	20 22 23 24 37
2019-07-30	7	2nd	15 20 23 27 40
2019-07-05	8	3rd	2 9 20 34 42
2019-06-07	3	4th	1 4 16 20 34
2019-05-28	6	3rd	7 19 20 28 29
2019-05-07	1	2nd	7 20 26 32 47
2019-05-03	1	3rd	2 9 20 27 43
2019-04-30	42	3rd	5 12 20 26 48
2018-12-04	20	2nd	19 20 21 42 45
2018-09-25	13	3rd	6 15 20 30 38
2018-08-10	3	2nd	18 20 36 43 44
2018-07-31	10	1st	20 25 34 42 45
2018-06-26	8	3rd	15 16 20 34 50
2018-05-29	4	3rd	6 11 20 38 43
2018-05-15	6	3rd	4 16 20 31 39
2018-04-24	8	1st	20 23 28 30 44
2018-03-27	6	2nd	17 20 23 40 46
2018-03-06	14	2nd	15 20 26 31 44
2018-01-16	3	1st	20 23 31 34 46
2018-01-05	1	3rd	2 5 20 38 41
2018-01-02	6	2nd	10 20 21 28 48
2017-12-12	7	1st	20 37 39 44 50
2017-11-17	3	1st	20 26 35 36 42
2017-11-07	33	3rd	7 19 20 37 41
2017-07-14	2	3rd	11 14 20 21 47
2017-07-07	8	2nd	11 20 35 37 45
2017-06-09	1	2nd	9 20 27 39 43
2017-06-06	6	1st	20 22 25 37 40
2017-05-16	1	4th	8 11 15 20 30
2017-05-12	4	2nd	2 20 28 29 44
2017-04-28	4	2nd	14 20 25 30 39
2017-04-14	7	3rd	4 14 20 23 33
2017-03-21	6	2nd	1 20 23 44 47
2017-02-28	9	2nd	10 20 31 35 42
2017-01-27	10	2nd	17 20 28 45 48
2016-12-23	15	3rd	4 16 20 39 46
2016-11-01	2	3rd	6 10 20 29 37
2016-10-25	1	3rd	3 15 20 21 28
2016-10-21	3	2nd	9 20 23 44 48
2016-10-11	1	3rd	5 12 20 24 37
2016-10-07	—	3rd	2 12 20 27 30