Number 20

In 2by2 under the 4/26 · since Nov 2022 rules — 1,377 draws, 4 from 1–26.

220times drawn · chance expected 212 +0.61σ

15draws waiting · a wait this long: 10% for any number

6.2average wait between appearances · chance says 6.5

49longest completed wait · 7% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 220 times in 1,377 draws against 211.8 expected, +0.61σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 220 times in 1,377 draws · average wait 6.2 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 15 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 smallest8 · chance 1.9
2nd smallest31 · chance 27.3
3rd smallest86 · chance 98.1
4th smallest95 · chance 92.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 12 23 10 9 16

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 25 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 26. 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
2026-08-15	8	4th	3 9 11 20
2026-08-07	8	3rd	1 14 20 22
2026-07-30	8	4th	9 12 16 20
2026-07-22	5	4th	5 6 8 20
2026-07-17	5	3rd	2 10

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 4/26 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-11	2	3rd	4 16 20 23
2026-03-09	11	3rd	9 16 20 22
2026-02-26	12	4th	1 8 10 20
2026-02-14	6	3rd	7 14 20 22
2026-02-08	2	3rd	8 18 20 22
2026-02-06	6	3rd	7 14 20 25
2026-01-31	1	2nd	19 20 21 22
2026-01-30	3	4th	6 7 11 20
2026-01-27	1	4th	4 10 19 20
2026-01-26	22	3rd	11 12 20 25
2026-01-04	11	2nd	17 20 22 25
2025-12-24	3	4th	2 5 10 20
2025-12-21	18	3rd	6 8 20 25
2025-12-03	8	2nd	16 20 21 23
2025-11-25	8	4th	1 5 11 20
2025-11-17	1	3rd	4 8 20 24
2025-11-16	10	4th	2 6 8 20
2025-11-06	6	2nd	14 20 21 23
2025-10-31	3	2nd	17 20 21 21
2025-10-28	7	3rd	6 19 20 21
2025-10-21	2	3rd	5 19 20 21
2025-10-19	9	4th	7 10 15 20
2025-10-10	7	2nd	3 20 22 23
2025-10-03	16	4th	5 13 16 20
2025-09-17	11	3rd	16 19 20 24
2025-09-06	0	1st	20 22 22
2025-09-06	3	1st	20 22 22
2025-09-03	1	3rd	6 18 20 25
2025-09-02	12	3rd	13 15 20 21
2025-08-21	2	4th	4 15 16 20
2025-08-19	6	3rd	5 10 20 26
2025-08-13	12	4th	7 10 13 20
2025-08-01	2	3rd	2 13 20 26
2025-07-30	20	4th	2 11 12 20
2025-07-10	4	2nd	12 20 21 23
2025-07-06	0	3rd	3 14 20
2025-07-06	11	3rd	3 14 20
2025-06-25	4	4th	9 12 13 20
2025-06-21	6	4th	10 13 18 20
2025-06-15	19	4th	4 15 19 20
2025-05-27	7	3rd	2 3 20 21
2025-05-20	1	4th	2 12 15 20
2025-05-19	3	3rd	7 12 20 25
2025-05-16	2	3rd	1 17 20 23
2025-05-14	1	4th	8 13 17 20
2025-05-13	15	2nd	18 20 22 24
2025-04-28	4	3rd	3 9 20 25
2025-04-24	3	3rd	9 14 20 23
2025-04-21	8	2nd	12 20 21 26
2025-04-13	6	4th	13 16 19 20
2025-04-07	1	2nd	10 20 26 26
2025-04-06	3	3rd	4 17 20 26
2025-04-03	2	4th	5 10 11 20
2025-04-01	2	4th	3 7 13 20
2025-03-30	5	4th	9 10 17 20
2025-03-25	2	2nd	12 20 21 22
2025-03-23	10	4th	8 13 13 20
2025-03-13	5	4th	2 12 19 20
2025-03-08	4	3rd	5 15 20 21
2025-03-04	1	2nd	1 20 24 26
2025-03-03	5	3rd	5 14 20 24
2025-02-26	25	3rd	2 16 20 23
2025-02-01	2	4th	1 11 13 20
2025-01-30	3	3rd	1 2 20 25
2025-01-27	11	3rd	14 16 20 22
2025-01-16	4	3rd	12 15 20 23
2025-01-12	1	2nd	8 20 22 26
2025-01-11	2	4th	4 12 15 20
2025-01-09	2	4th	9 17 18 20
2025-01-07	1	3rd	12 19 20 23
2025-01-06	20	2nd	5 20 24 24
2024-12-17	8	3rd	7 17 20 23
2024-12-09	2	4th	8 10 15 20
2024-12-07	3	1st	20 22 24 26
2024-12-04	1	4th	12 18 18 20
2024-12-03	3	4th	6 10 12 20
2024-11-30	3	2nd	15 20 23 26
2024-11-27	6	3rd	1 8 20 22
2024-11-21	6	4th	11 12 17 20
2024-11-15	0	3rd	8 19 20
2024-11-15	3	3rd	8 19 20
2024-11-12	3	3rd	12 16 20 24
2024-11-09	0	2nd	5 20 23
2024-11-09	49	2nd	5 20 23
2024-09-21	2	4th	9 16 19 20
2024-09-19	7	3rd	6 19 20 21
2024-09-12	0	3rd	4 10 20
2024-09-12	3	3rd	4 10 20
2024-09-09	2	3rd	9 19 20 26
2024-09-07	0	3rd	11 17 20
2024-09-07	5	3rd	11 17 20
2024-09-02	6	4th	3 4 12 20
2024-08-27	4	3rd	7 12 20 24
2024-08-23	2	4th	8 14 18 20
2024-08-21	2	3rd	2 17 20 22
2024-08-19	14	4th	5 11 14 20
2024-08-05	4	3rd	4 18 20 25
2024-08-01	2	4th	6 13 15 20
2024-07-30	3	2nd	12 20 21 26
2024-07-27	4	2nd	1 20 24 26
2024-07-23	9	3rd	6 8 20 24
2024-07-14	6	4th	5 8 11 20
2024-07-08	1	4th	9 11 15 20
2024-07-07	2	3rd	7 8 20 23
2024-07-05	21	3rd	1 18 20 24
2024-06-14	15	3rd	13 18 20 24
2024-05-30	1	4th	8 9 11 20
2024-05-29	1	3rd	7 8 20 21
2024-05-28	7	2nd	13 20 21 24
2024-05-21	3	4th	3 5 15 20
2024-05-18	2	4th	2 11 19 20
2024-05-16	8	3rd	10 16 20 25
2024-05-08	2	4th	7 13 18 20
2024-05-06	2	1st	20 22 26 26
2024-05-04	3	4th	2 3 3 20
2024-05-01	1	2nd	15 20 23 26
2024-04-30	24	3rd	5 8 20 21
2024-04-06	8	4th	6 8 10 20
2024-03-29	7	3rd	5 12 20 24
2024-03-22	3	3rd	8 16 20 24
2024-03-19	8	4th	9 12 13 20
2024-03-11	24	2nd	9 20 24 24
2024-02-16	1	4th	3 8 9 20
2024-02-15	8	4th	2 2 4 20
2024-02-07	8	4th	6 10 14 20
2024-01-30	7	4th	2 3 12 20
2024-01-23	20	4th	7 13 17 20
2024-01-03	4	3rd	4 15 20 22
2023-12-30	2	3rd	9 16 20 21
2023-12-28	6	3rd	5 6 20 24
2023-12-22	10	4th	1 16 19 20
2023-12-12	2	3rd	10 14 20 24
2023-12-10	9	4th	4 9 11 20
2023-12-01	2	4th	8 10 12 20
2023-11-29	21	2nd	2 20 21 21
2023-11-08	1	2nd	8 20 23 23
2023-11-07	16	4th	5 9 13 20
2023-10-22	1	4th	6 11 12 20
2023-10-21	13	3rd	4 5 20 26
2023-10-08	6	4th	1 7 13 20
2023-10-02	7	3rd	12 16 20 26
2023-09-25	6	4th	8 12 15 20
2023-09-19	4	4th	3 7 13 20
2023-09-15	8	3rd	8 19 20 22
2023-09-07	8	3rd	17 19 20 21
2023-08-30	8	3rd	9 12 20 26
2023-08-22	1	3rd	9 13 20 22
2023-08-21	1	3rd	2 4 20 23
2023-08-20	13	4th	10 11 17 20
2023-08-07	6	3rd	1 8 20 21
2023-08-01	8	3rd	9 13 20 26
2023-07-24	0	1st	20 22 23
2023-07-24	2	1st	20 22 23
2023-07-22	1	4th	8 12 12 20
2023-07-21	9	4th	2 17 18 20
2023-07-12	6	4th	4 8 12 20
2023-07-06	1	4th	4 8 14 20
2023-07-05	4	4th	10 13 18 20
2023-07-01	6	4th	2 11 11 20
2023-06-25	2	3rd	9 12 20 24
2023-06-23	1	3rd	4 16 20 24
2023-06-22	8	4th	13 14 17 20
2023-06-14	2	2nd	2 20 24 25
2023-06-12	2	3rd	8 8 20 25
2023-06-10	1	4th	1 10 16 20
2023-06-09	0	3rd	1 19 20
2023-06-09	13	3rd	1 19 20
2023-05-27	21	4th	2 16 17 20
2023-05-06	5	4th	8 8 10 20
2023-05-01	10	4th	4 7 10 20
2023-04-21	13	4th	8 12 12 20
2023-04-08	7	3rd	10 13 20 23
2023-04-01	1	3rd	15 19 20 22
2023-03-31	1	4th	5 5 16 20
2023-03-30	5	4th	12 17 18 20
2023-03-25	7	4th	2 2 9 20
2023-03-18	20	4th	1 7 17 20
2023-02-26	6	4th	6 9 10 20
2023-02-20	7	4th	5 15 17 20
2023-02-13	1	3rd	13 19 20 26
2023-02-12	7	4th	2 5 17 20
2023-02-05	5	4th	4 14 16 20
2023-01-31	5	2nd	8 20 23 26
2023-01-26	11	1st	20 21 23 25
2023-01-15	4	3rd	2 16 20 26
2023-01-11	10	4th	13 14 15 20
2023-01-01	1	4th	3 11 14 20
2022-12-31	3	4th	5 9 14 20
2022-12-28	3	4th	7 8 12 20
2022-12-25	7	4th	4 8 10 20
2022-12-18	3	2nd	16 20 21 26
2022-12-15	4	2nd	6 20 24 24
2022-12-11	0	2nd	19 20 21
2022-12-11	8	2nd	19 20 21
2022-12-03	7	4th	9 18 18 20
2022-11-26	—	2nd	6 20 22 24