Number 20

In Lotto under the 6/47 + 1/47 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,150 draws, 6 from 1–47.

148times drawn · chance expected 147 +0.11σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 51% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

41longest completed wait · 46% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 148 times in 1,150 draws against 146.8 expected, +0.11σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 27 times, counted separately.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 148 times in 1,150 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 6 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 smallest16 · chance 8.7
2nd smallest32 · chance 36.0
3rd smallest50 · chance 54.0
4th smallest42 · chance 36.7
5th smallest7 · chance 11.3
6th smallest1 · chance 1.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

25 29 37 45 43 7

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-09-19	1	3rd	10 11 20 28 41 44
2026-09-16	26	4th	4 7 19 20 35 42
2026-06-17	10	1st	20 21 24 29 44 45
2026-05-13	10	2nd	16 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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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