Number 20

In Thunderball under the 5/39 + 1/14 · since Jan 2010 rules — 3,062 draws, 5 from 1–39.

393times drawn · chance expected 393 +0.02σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 66% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

47longest completed wait · 51% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 393 times in 3,062 draws against 392.6 expected, +0.02σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 393 times in 3,062 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 4 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest13 · chance 20.6
2nd smallest89 · chance 98.0
3rd smallest178 · chance 155.7
4th smallest87 · chance 98.0
5th smallest26 · chance 20.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 41.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 10 5 18 26 39

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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	1	3rd	15 19 20 30 35
2026-10-02	9	3rd	1 5 20 23 36
2026-09-16	2	4th	6 9 16 20 36
2026-09-12	8	4th	5 11 16

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-11-15	10	5th	5 8 10 14 20
2025-10-29	1	4th	2 8 17 20 28
2025-10-28	6	4th	1 2 10 20 34
2025-10-17	12	4th	10 14 15 20 26
2025-09-26	4	1st	20 26 29 31 37
2025-09-19	2	3rd	1 8 20 21 23
2025-09-16	1	3rd	8 18 20 31 33
2025-09-13	12	4th	1 3 14 20 26
2025-08-23	2	3rd	12 19 20 29 36
2025-08-20	11	3rd	9 13 20 25 33
2025-08-01	7	3rd	2 9 20 23 27
2025-07-19	6	5th	9 12 13 19 20
2025-07-09	4	4th	3 17 19 20 33
2025-07-02	4	4th	6 9 12 20 35
2025-06-25	13	3rd	7 13 20 23 30
2025-06-03	7	5th	1 9 11 17 20
2025-05-21	9	3rd	6 12 20 33 34
2025-05-06	5	4th	2 3 8 20 37
2025-04-26	2	3rd	12 19 20 33 38
2025-04-23	2	3rd	1 8 20 22 34
2025-04-19	5	4th	12 14 18 20 38
2025-04-11	8	3rd	3 19 20 23 36
2025-03-28	6	3rd	9 15 20 36 38
2025-03-18	3	1st	20 26 27 33 36
2025-03-12	7	2nd	10 20 29 35 36
2025-02-28	9	2nd	10 20 30 36 37
2025-02-12	12	3rd	3 11 20 33 36
2025-01-22	2	2nd	7 20 21 26 33
2025-01-18	4	2nd	3 20 21 27 36
2025-01-11	9	3rd	1 15 20 33 39
2024-12-27	13	2nd	6 20 27 29 30
2024-12-04	9	4th	1 4 10 20 33
2024-11-19	7	4th	3 4 16 20 22
2024-11-06	4	4th	6 12 19 20 39
2024-10-30	3	4th	10 12 15 20 25
2024-10-25	36	3rd	2 8 20 30 33
2024-08-23	13	4th	5 6 11 20 33
2024-07-31	7	3rd	1 19 20 28 34
2024-07-19	2	3rd	13 18 20 31 32
2024-07-16	2	2nd	15 20 21 25 28
2024-07-12	5	3rd	2 5 20 22 29
2024-07-03	20	3rd	7 13 20 22 26
2024-05-29	18	5th	2 3 7 19 20
2024-04-27	24	2nd	7 20 24 27 28
2024-03-16	4	2nd	11 20 26 28 30
2024-03-09	1	4th	3 5 8 20 24
2024-03-08	13	3rd	1 3 20 21 39
2024-02-14	14	3rd	11 15 20 35 39
2024-01-20	11	2nd	18 20 24 26 33
2024-01-02	8	3rd	18 19 20 24 26
2023-12-19	16	3rd	2 18 20 27 39
2023-11-21	24	3rd	6 16 20 25 36
2023-10-10	1	4th	5 7 13 20 37
2023-10-07	4	3rd	9 18 20 21 32
2023-09-30	4	3rd	8 17 20 29 31
2023-09-23	1	3rd	2 7 20 36 38
2023-09-22	1	3rd	5 8 20 30 37
2023-09-20	10	3rd	10 19 20 21 26
2023-09-02	2	4th	9 12 19 20 23
2023-08-30	6	3rd	12 19 20 25 30
2023-08-19	4	3rd	8 19 20 22 39
2023-08-12	20	3rd	8 19 20 23 37
2023-07-08	4	4th	10 11 15 20 27
2023-07-01	1	1st	20 26 32 37 39
2023-06-30	16	3rd	15 19 20 35 39
2023-06-02	19	5th	2 5 11 18 20
2023-04-29	2	3rd	7 17 20 25 37
2023-04-26	8	2nd	3 20 21 31 38
2023-04-12	14	3rd	1 12 20 31 38
2023-03-18	7	2nd	19 20 25 28 31
2023-03-07	5	3rd	3 10 20 22 36
2023-02-25	8	4th	11 17 18 20 35
2023-02-11	4	4th	2 4 8 20 29
2023-02-04	4	4th	5 6 15 20 34
2023-01-28	6	2nd	16 20 24 32 33
2023-01-18	3	3rd	9 17 20 32 38
2023-01-13	6	4th	2 5 19 20 23
2023-01-03	7	3rd	12 18 20 24 39
2022-12-21	13	4th	9 11 13 20 32
2022-11-29	4	2nd	19 20 24 29 36
2022-11-22	2	2nd	11 20 21 35 36
2022-11-18	15	2nd	2 20 28 30 38
2022-10-22	22	3rd	9 17 20 24 39
2022-09-14	7	3rd	2 11 20 27 36
2022-09-02	3	3rd	8 11 20 33 35
2022-08-27	1	4th	4 5 11 20 32
2022-08-26	5	4th	6 10 14 20 22
2022-08-17	14	3rd	7 14 20 25 39
2022-07-23	42	2nd	15 20 23 26 27
2022-05-11	2	2nd	18 20 22 24 26
2022-05-07	3	3rd	7 10 20 21 27
2022-05-03	15	3rd	1 18 20 25 26
2022-04-06	1	4th	4 7 9 20 37
2022-04-05	17	4th	10 11 17 20 30
2022-03-05	4	2nd	7 20 26 30 34
2022-02-26	4	3rd	4 8 20 23 27
2022-02-19	1	4th	1 11 13 20 22
2022-02-18	1	4th	6 7 9 20 23
2022-02-16	47	1st	20 21 26 28 39
2021-11-26	11	5th	3 4 11 12 20
2021-11-06	17	2nd	15 20 22 27 38
2021-10-08	2	5th	4 6 10 15 20
2021-10-05	2	2nd	14 20 22 27 30
2021-10-01	5	3rd	2 8 20 28 37
2021-09-22	1	5th	6 7 11 13 20
2021-09-21	2	4th	8 13 18 20 37
2021-09-17	3	3rd	4 12 20 35 38
2021-09-11	24	3rd	5 18 20 28 34
2021-07-31	19	3rd	5 10 20 24 37
2021-06-29	21	5th	4 6 17 18 20
2021-05-22	21	4th	5 10 18 20 36
2021-04-16	2	3rd	1 2 20 30 35
2021-04-13	7	3rd	7 10 20 25 37
2021-03-31	1	3rd	4 18 20 23 26
2021-03-30	5	3rd	7 18 20 26 39
2021-03-20	3	3rd	2 13 20 29 33
2021-03-16	23	2nd	2 20 21 22 28
2021-02-03	1	4th	5 11 13 20 34
2021-02-02	23	4th	5 6 11 20 28
2020-12-23	27	2nd	1 20 24 26 29
2020-11-06	6	3rd	4 17 20 27 30
2020-10-27	12	2nd	19 20 29 33 36
2020-10-06	27	3rd	12 15 20 24 29
2020-08-19	5	4th	1 3 10 20 21
2020-08-11	11	4th	2 6 16 20 38
2020-07-22	3	2nd	17 20 22 36 38
2020-07-17	6	3rd	5 14 20 24 30
2020-07-07	2	5th	2 9 11 15 20
2020-07-03	1	2nd	10 20 24 34 39
2020-07-01	8	3rd	1 14 20 24 29
2020-06-17	1	3rd	12 19 20 30 36
2020-06-16	6	4th	1 2 9 20 34
2020-06-05	3	2nd	10 20 24 29 39
2020-05-30	2	3rd	1 8 20 21 25
2020-05-27	6	3rd	7 14 20 23 36
2020-05-16	6	3rd	1 18 20 22 23
2020-05-06	2	2nd	1 20 33 36 39
2020-05-02	23	3rd	14 18 20 25 27
2020-03-24	12	3rd	6 8 20 26 29
2020-03-03	2	3rd	5 8 20 35 38
2020-02-28	20	4th	5 8 17 20 38
2020-01-24	8	3rd	9 10 20 22 29
2020-01-10	15	2nd	7 20 28 29 34
2019-12-14	11	3rd	4 19 20 27 31
2019-11-26	1	3rd	4 5 20 21 36
2019-11-23	1	4th	8 10 14 20 31
2019-11-22	10	3rd	1 12 20 27 30
2019-11-05	5	3rd	14 17 20 32 37
2019-10-26	3	4th	1 11 19 20 31
2019-10-22	7	3rd	4 7 20 23 27
2019-10-09	14	2nd	18 20 24 28 33
2019-09-14	31	3rd	1 11 20 23 33
2019-07-23	5	2nd	10 20 23 30 39
2019-07-13	1	5th	10 14 16 18 20
2019-07-12	7	2nd	13 20 32 34 38
2019-06-29	3	5th	1 6 12 18 20
2019-06-25	10	2nd	8 20 24 28 34
2019-06-07	3	3rd	5 9 20 30 36
2019-06-01	4	2nd	7 20 22 23 32
2019-05-25	11	4th	6 9 14 20 29
2019-05-07	6	3rd	4 19 20 22 29
2019-04-26	17	4th	3 4 13 20 24
2019-03-27	7	1st	20 22 28 29 31
2019-03-15	5	3rd	15 17 20 25 30
2019-03-06	11	4th	15 16 17 20 34
2019-02-15	14	2nd	18 20 29 35 39
2019-01-22	10	4th	5 6 17 20 30
2019-01-04	1	4th	5 8 16 20 37
2019-01-02	3	3rd	5 6 20 21 31
2018-12-28	4	2nd	12 20 26 31 38
2018-12-21	5	4th	14 15 16 20 25
2018-12-12	12	4th	4 8 14 20 31
2018-11-21	7	2nd	14 20 22 29 39
2018-11-09	11	2nd	17 20 27 31 37
2018-10-20	5	2nd	2 20 33 36 38
2018-10-12	8	3rd	7 18 20 22 31
2018-09-28	2	3rd	11 15 20 24 39
2018-09-25	1	3rd	10 11 20 34 38
2018-09-22	1	4th	5 7 18 20 23
2018-09-21	3	4th	2 8 14 20 21
2018-09-15	4	2nd	5 20 21 33 37
2018-09-08	7	1st	20 24 33 34 37
2018-08-28	3	2nd	19 20 28 31 35
2018-08-22	12	2nd	12 20 27 30 32
2018-08-01	11	4th	5 6 11 20 38
2018-07-13	8	4th	2 8 9 20 34
2018-06-29	2	1st	20 21 27 31 33
2018-06-26	2	3rd	13 16 20 27 31
2018-06-22	6	4th	1 7 19 20 25
2018-06-12	6	3rd	2 5 20 30 39
2018-06-01	2	3rd	7 13 20 21 34
2018-05-29	7	3rd	10 19 20 26 35
2018-05-16	8	3rd	6 19 20 27 28
2018-05-02	1	3rd	1 9 20 22 24
2018-05-01	6	4th	2 4 16 20 21
2018-04-20	4	3rd	4 14 20 23 35
2018-04-13	9	5th	4 9 17 19 20
2018-03-28	16	4th	1 11 19 20 37
2018-02-28	10	3rd	7 9 20 28 30
2018-02-10	2	4th	5 9 18 20 38
2018-02-07	3	2nd	1 20 26 29 30
2018-02-02	20	2nd	11 20 24 25 32
2017-12-20	9	4th	3 9 15 20 38
2017-11-29	6	3rd	4 13 20 24 32
2017-11-15	8	2nd	2 20 30 32 37
2017-10-27	7	3rd	12 15 20 26 38
2017-10-11	2	3rd	4 16 20 29 39
2017-10-06	13	3rd	6 7 20 24 39
2017-09-06	4	3rd	9 15 20 31 32
2017-08-26	5	3rd	9 16 20 22 31
2017-08-16	32	3rd	7 10 20 29 38
2017-06-02	22	4th	4 5 13 20 32
2017-04-12	9	5th	6 16 17 19 20
2017-03-22	6	3rd	3 13 20 21 39
2017-03-08	1	3rd	6 18 20 21 37
2017-03-04	2	2nd	18 20 21 36 37
2017-03-01	5	2nd	3 20 26 29 31
2017-02-17	3	3rd	10 18 20 21 27
2017-02-10	17	3rd	4 18 20 23 37
2016-12-31	9	2nd	17 20 21 29 39
2016-12-10	7	3rd	11 18 20 26 28
2016-11-25	31	3rd	1 4 20 32 37
2016-09-14	2	3rd	10 14 20 26 37
2016-09-09	6	3rd	6 12 20 26 27
2016-08-26	3	3rd	5 17 20 27 31
2016-08-19	2	3rd	2 19 20 29 36
2016-08-13	1	4th	12 14 19 20 33
2016-08-12	1	3rd	7 13 20 24 33
2016-08-10	20	4th	2 6 13 20 29
2016-06-24	4	2nd	14 20 22 35 36
2016-06-15	3	3rd	7 10 20 27 39
2016-06-08	13	4th	7 10 17 20 22
2016-05-07	14	2nd	1 20 28 30 37
2016-04-06	5	3rd	4 16 20 23 39
2016-03-25	12	4th	4 12 18 20 25
2016-02-26	9	4th	12 14 17 20 25
2016-02-05	19	3rd	16 17 20 22 29
2015-12-23	1	3rd	2 3 20 29 33
2015-12-19	2	5th	4 9 10 13 20
2015-12-16	1	3rd	4 10 20 27 36
2015-12-12	6	5th	2 5 10 14 20
2015-11-28	8	5th	5 12 18 19 20
2015-11-11	22	2nd	10 20 25 32 33
2015-09-19	2	2nd	11 20 24 33 39
2015-09-16	10	2nd	18 20 22 28 36
2015-08-22	10	2nd	15 20 21 26 35
2015-07-31	1	3rd	15 16 20 24 27
2015-07-29	2	3rd	1 6 20 22 23
2015-07-24	12	3rd	8 12 20 25 30
2015-06-26	21	5th	2 3 6 13 20
2015-05-08	5	4th	2 3 19 20 34
2015-04-25	17	4th	5 11 13 20 33
2015-03-18	4	3rd	6 11 20 26 31
2015-03-07	2	1st	20 24 29 30 34
2015-03-04	14	2nd	6 20 28 33 36
2015-01-30	4	3rd	6 8 20 27 35
2015-01-21	4	2nd	9 20 27 33 38
2015-01-10	4	2nd	14 20 22 34 38
2015-01-02	10	5th	4 8 13 14 20
2014-12-10	33	1st	20 22 28 32 39
2014-09-24	1	2nd	18 20 21 22 27
2014-09-20	14	3rd	2 8 20 24 38
2014-08-20	7	3rd	17 19 20 24 32
2014-08-02	2	4th	2 5 11 20 32
2014-07-30	21	4th	1 17 18 20 37
2014-06-11	14	3rd	1 17 20 30 39
2014-05-09	2	3rd	2 19 20 23 32
2014-05-03	13	2nd	8 20 23 31 32
2014-04-04	7	2nd	2 20 34 37 39
2014-03-19	4	3rd	1 3 20 27 28
2014-03-08	8	3rd	12 17 20 29 32
2014-02-19	7	4th	2 8 9 20 32
2014-02-01	5	3rd	13 14 20 31 32
2014-01-22	3	3rd	13 18 20 37 38
2014-01-15	2	3rd	3 16 20 22 26
2014-01-10	8	3rd	2 9 20 35 39
2013-12-21	1	2nd	18 20 32 35 36
2013-12-20	27	3rd	6 14 20 21 39
2013-10-18	6	3rd	12 18 20 22 37
2013-10-04	15	3rd	4 10 20 22 34
2013-08-30	4	4th	8 9 13 20 32
2013-08-21	8	4th	5 6 13 20 38
2013-08-02	8	3rd	8 10 20 25 27
2013-07-13	1	2nd	12 20 37 38 39
2013-07-12	3	5th	4 7 11 15 20
2013-07-05	6	2nd	2 20 21 25 38
2013-06-21	3	3rd	2 13 20 34 35
2013-06-14	1	2nd	16 20 22 37 39
2013-06-12	1	4th	2 4 15 20 35
2013-06-08	8	3rd	2 19 20 31 38
2013-05-22	1	4th	7 13 14 20 36
2013-05-18	4	3rd	3 5 20 23 29
2013-05-10	1	3rd	7 15 20 27 31
2013-05-08	5	4th	6 9 17 20 28
2013-04-26	1	5th	5 6 7 14 20
2013-04-24	10	3rd	2 5 20 33 36
2013-03-30	1	2nd	3 20 23 25 32
2013-03-29	11	3rd	6 10 20 26 33
2013-03-02	3	2nd	3 20 23 29 38
2013-02-23	4	2nd	18 20 26 33 38
2013-02-15	8	2nd	9 20 30 31 38
2013-01-26	2	2nd	4 20 25 33 34
2013-01-23	28	2nd	13 20 27 29 32
2012-11-17	2	2nd	8 20 31 36 38
2012-11-14	5	2nd	3 20 23 26 30
2012-11-02	9	1st	20 24 26 29 34
2012-10-12	3	3rd	12 15 20 27 39
2012-10-05	2	3rd	2 11 20 25 32
2012-09-29	9	5th	2 9 13 16 20
2012-09-08	5	2nd	16 20 23 25 28
2012-08-29	2	4th	10 13 17 20 39
2012-08-24	3	4th	10 12 17 20 31
2012-08-17	1	3rd	2 7 20 21 33
2012-08-15	10	2nd	5 20 22 30 32
2012-07-21	2	3rd	8 10 20 23 27
2012-07-18	6	2nd	5 20 23 28 38
2012-07-04	5	3rd	8 15 20 25 32
2012-06-22	10	3rd	4 16 20 25 34
2012-05-30	11	3rd	12 16 20 22 33
2012-05-04	7	2nd	17 20 25 28 38
2012-04-18	3	3rd	3 5 20 24 30
2012-04-11	5	4th	10 14 17 20 32
2012-03-30	17	4th	2 4 17 20 23
2012-02-18	9	3rd	3 15 20 23 33
2012-01-28	4	3rd	3 7 20 37 38
2012-01-20	11	4th	2 9 11 20 24
2011-12-24	2	4th	6 7 18 20 39
2011-12-21	4	3rd	5 14 20 21 38
2011-12-10	1	3rd	7 14 20 24 30
2011-12-09	7	2nd	15 20 26 30 33
2011-11-23	8	3rd	4 11 20 28 31
2011-11-04	7	3rd	6 10 20 26 35
2011-10-19	2	3rd	1 13 20 21 36
2011-10-14	11	2nd	10 20 23 30 35
2011-09-17	5	3rd	3 10 20 37 39
2011-09-07	3	3rd	5 16 20 26 38
2011-08-31	3	3rd	2 15 20 29 38
2011-08-24	8	3rd	5 6 20 29 30
2011-08-05	1	3rd	6 8 20 23 39
2011-08-03	4	3rd	12 14 20 25 27
2011-07-23	2	2nd	4 20 21 24 30
2011-07-20	19	2nd	10 20 22 30 32
2011-06-04	4	3rd	6 13 20 35 36
2011-05-27	4	3rd	14 17 20 29 30
2011-05-18	1	3rd	4 8 20 29 39
2011-05-14	24	5th	3 4 10 11 20
2011-03-19	2	3rd	5 10 20 33 36
2011-03-16	25	4th	10 11 19 20 33
2011-01-15	8	4th	5 8 11 20 24
2010-12-29	6	5th	1 13 14 19 20
2010-12-15	4	2nd	1 20 23 31 32
2010-12-04	3	4th	4 18 19 20 26
2010-11-27	3	4th	7 9 10 20 37
2010-11-20	9	3rd	10 15 20 35 37
2010-10-30	6	2nd	3 20 28 32 39
2010-10-16	3	3rd	10 14 20 23 26
2010-10-09	13	2nd	12 20 23 24 32
2010-09-10	13	3rd	11 15 20 21 32
2010-08-11	4	3rd	12 13 20 28 38
2010-07-31	9	2nd	14 20 23 32 37
2010-07-10	6	4th	1 16 18 20 31
2010-06-26	9	3rd	1 11 20 33 34
2010-06-05	5	1st	20 32 33 35 39
2010-05-26	5	2nd	12 20 33 34 39
2010-05-14	3	3rd	7 17 20 26 31
2010-05-05	10	5th	6 8 16 18 20
2010-03-31	1	3rd	11 14 20 28 32
2010-03-27	6	2nd	2 20 22 33 34
2010-03-06	—	4th	12 18 19 20 26