Number 20

In UK Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,139 draws, 6 from 1–59.

126times drawn · chance expected 116 +1.00σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

9.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

36longest completed wait · 95% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 126 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, +1.00σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 23 times, counted separately.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 126 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 9.1 draws · longest completed wait 36 · 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 smallest20 · chance 15.8
2nd smallest42 · chance 43.0
3rd smallest37 · chance 43.0
4th smallest23 · chance 19.7
5th smallest4 · chance 4.2
6th smallest0 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

48 24 33 34 42 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-09-05	18	4th	3 4 10 20 49 51
2026-07-04	9	2nd	7 20 33 48 57 59
2026-06-03	1	3rd	7 10 20 55 57 59
2026-05-30	3	4th	4 17

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-08-03	34	3rd	6 19 20 26 28 45
2024-04-06	10	5th	10 12 14 17 20 29
2024-03-02	2	2nd	2 20 34 40 48 59
2024-02-24	8	4th	3 4 11 20 36 56
2024-01-27	2	2nd	18 20 22 34 47 58
2024-01-20	22	3rd	7 14 20 29 38 49
2023-11-04	3	1st	20 37 39 52 54 57
2023-10-25	2	2nd	16 20 33 41 47 59
2023-10-18	3	4th	6 7 8 20 34 48
2023-10-07	2	3rd	10 16 20 22 47 52
2023-09-30	1	4th	1 8 14 20 24 40
2023-09-27	5	4th	8 10 11 20 31 44
2023-09-09	3	2nd	15 20 39 43 49 59
2023-08-30	9	3rd	11 19 20 25 48 59
2023-07-29	2	2nd	8 20 21 33 37 56
2023-07-22	6	3rd	11 14 20 35 41 46
2023-07-01	8	3rd	1 12 20 22 24 35
2023-06-03	16	4th	4 13 15 20 22 59
2023-04-08	15	4th	4 12 19 20 24 42
2023-02-15	5	2nd	10 20 34 42 50 56
2023-01-28	17	3rd	5 8 20 23 30 50
2022-11-30	3	3rd	13 17 20 47 49 50
2022-11-19	7	3rd	5 17 20 30 39 49
2022-10-26	4	3rd	7 13 20 21 46 53
2022-10-12	4	1st	20 21 24 26 39 47
2022-09-28	6	3rd	3 15 20 48 57 58
2022-09-07	3	2nd	3 20 27 34 42 58
2022-08-27	3	3rd	7 10 20 24 30 38
2022-08-17	19	1st	20 26 30 37 45 48
2022-06-11	7	1st	20 21 32 34 52 59
2022-05-18	17	2nd	18 20 38 40 42 51
2022-03-19	1	1st	20 24 33 34 50 51
2022-03-16	15	2nd	14 20 23 28 33 54
2022-01-22	9	2nd	1 20 25 35 46 59
2021-12-22	12	4th	6 13 14 20 45 52
2021-11-10	4	4th	10 11 18 20 37 49
2021-10-27	12	2nd	8 20 22 39 47 48
2021-09-15	16	1st	20 24 25 27 34 37
2021-07-21	4	3rd	5 17 20 37 45 51
2021-07-07	13	4th	2 3 7 20 40 52
2021-05-22	11	2nd	9 20 41 43 46 48
2021-04-14	1	3rd	6 12 20 48 52 57
2021-04-10	15	1st	20 25 26 48 49 50
2021-02-17	16	4th	5 6 8 20 26 39
2020-12-23	14	1st	20 42 48 51 52 54
2020-11-04	14	2nd	10 20 28 32 35 50
2020-09-16	17	2nd	16 20 29 33 47 49
2020-07-18	11	2nd	1 20 24 32 33 42
2020-06-10	7	1st	20 26 50 51 55 57
2020-05-16	10	2nd	4 20 21 44 48 52
2020-04-11	1	1st	20 28 30 31 44 55
2020-04-08	12	4th	1 4 19 20 41 45
2020-02-26	6	2nd	19 20 27 49 52 57
2020-02-05	10	1st	20 31 39 42 43 48
2020-01-01	7	2nd	13 20 30 38 50 55
2019-12-07	19	2nd	6 20 27 34 35 57
2019-10-02	18	3rd	13 15 20 37 42 47
2019-07-31	8	3rd	9 18 20 42 43 46
2019-07-03	8	2nd	10 20 27 29 38 52
2019-06-05	16	2nd	11 20 23 32 33 56
2019-04-10	12	1st	20 22 36 42 48 49
2019-02-27	30	2nd	19 20 22 31 51 54
2018-11-14	4	3rd	4 11 20 45 48 53
2018-10-31	4	3rd	5 14 20 24 28 45
2018-10-17	7	4th	1 5 6 20 51 54
2018-09-22	1	4th	5 16 18 20 25 55
2018-09-19	8	2nd	7 20 25 26 34 40
2018-08-22	4	2nd	15 20 21 25 34 47
2018-08-08	4	3rd	8 19 20 27 31 34
2018-07-25	13	3rd	5 19 20 23 30 43
2018-06-09	14	3rd	3 17 20 55 56 58
2018-04-21	6	5th	2 8 9 12 20 57
2018-03-31	8	3rd	6 8 20 26 35 36
2018-03-03	17	3rd	15 19 20 29 42 50
2018-01-03	3	3rd	11 19 20 30 35 49
2017-12-23	1	1st	20 32 36 44 47 56
2017-12-20	6	2nd	10 20 28 38 41 46
2017-11-29	3	1st	20 32 42 43 53 58
2017-11-18	4	2nd	1 20 24 36 54 58
2017-11-04	8	2nd	6 20 23 29 35 53
2017-10-07	1	2nd	15 20 30 37 47 51
2017-10-04	4	2nd	12 20 32 38 48 54
2017-09-20	7	2nd	8 20 25 50 51 58
2017-08-26	20	1st	20 25 34 41 42 52
2017-06-17	6	4th	1 11 16 20 24 44
2017-05-27	3	1st	20 22 31 39 41 54
2017-05-17	32	3rd	3 19 20 24 30 38
2017-01-25	2	3rd	4 9 20 23 37 53
2017-01-18	14	3rd	8 14 20 27 28 53
2016-11-30	15	2nd	10 20 25 39 45 55
2016-10-08	5	3rd	11 17 20 32 40 42
2016-09-21	11	1st	20 21 28 33 49 56
2016-08-13	6	2nd	12 20 31 39 43 46
2016-07-23	5	2nd	19 20 30 37 54 59
2016-07-06	6	3rd	1 3 20 24 38 39
2016-06-15	6	4th	2 14 19 20 29 38
2016-05-25	6	2nd	6 20 33 44 45 55
2016-05-04	7	5th	1 2 3 4 20 21
2016-04-09	2	1st	20 22 25 34 47 51
2016-04-02	36	3rd	7 14 20 33 47 55
2015-11-28	13	3rd	7 12 20 24 34 52
2015-10-14	—	3rd	7 13 20 27 39 52