Number 20

In The Pick under the 6/44 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,961 draws, 6 from 1–44.

231times drawn · chance expected 267 −2.40σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.3

40longest completed wait · 53% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 231 times in 1,961 draws against 267.4 expected, −2.40σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 231 times in 1,961 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 1 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 smallest12 · chance 10.2
2nd smallest39 · chance 48.4
3rd smallest83 · chance 83.1
4th smallest66 · chance 64.2
5th smallest28 · chance 22.3
6th smallest3 · chance 2.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 41 43 15 2 19

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 43 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 44. 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
2026-10-07	6	4th	6 7 13 20 26 40
2026-09-23	2	2nd	2 20 23 28 30 31
2026-09-19	4	5th	4 6 9 19 20 30
2026-09-09	4	5th	2

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 6/44 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-31	12	3rd	2 5 20 22 36 37
2025-05-03	16	5th	3 10 14 17 20 25
2025-03-26	4	4th	1 10 16 20 27 42
2025-03-17	1	3rd	9 18 20 21 26 34
2025-03-15	4	4th	6 8 13 20 27 35
2025-03-05	16	4th	4 5 13 20 31 41
2025-01-27	6	3rd	2 16 20 23 41 42
2025-01-13	1	2nd	7 20 22 35 38 39
2025-01-11	3	3rd	3 13 20 24 33 44
2025-01-04	9	1st	20 24 25 37 40 44
2024-12-14	21	5th	1 10 14 16 20 41
2024-10-26	2	4th	8 12 19 20 39 41
2024-10-21	8	4th	2 7 11 20 34 44
2024-10-02	14	4th	5 8 17 20 30 31
2024-08-31	4	2nd	4 20 22 27 34 44
2024-08-21	3	3rd	5 11 20 23 31 42
2024-08-14	27	3rd	6 17 20 29 38 40
2024-06-12	4	2nd	19 20 21 28 38 43
2024-06-03	3	2nd	11 20 22 25 31 41
2024-05-27	19	5th	6 11 12 19 20 39
2024-04-13	15	3rd	11 16 20 37 41 44
2024-03-09	4	3rd	2 11 20 23 40 43
2024-02-28	1	3rd	10 17 20 21 37 43
2024-02-26	3	3rd	7 9 20 27 30 34
2024-02-19	7	2nd	18 20 22 30 35 41
2024-02-03	39	5th	3 17 18 19 20 34
2023-11-04	14	4th	1 3 18 20 21 25
2023-10-02	7	4th	5 8 19 20 23 29
2023-09-16	10	3rd	6 17 20 26 27 33
2023-08-23	15	4th	6 10 12 20 31 43
2023-07-19	19	3rd	16 19 20 23 40 42
2023-06-05	8	2nd	1 20 34 35 41 44
2023-05-17	11	3rd	12 16 20 21 27 36
2023-04-22	4	3rd	2 19 20 22 25 32
2023-04-12	4	1st	20 35 36 39 40 43
2023-04-03	15	4th	12 14 15 20 28 42
2023-02-27	5	4th	2 12 15 20 33 34
2023-02-15	37	4th	5 14 18 20 32 35
2022-11-21	2	4th	5 14 17 20 27 43
2022-11-16	7	1st	20 21 22 32 34 41
2022-10-31	14	4th	2 11 16 20 24 37
2022-09-28	2	3rd	2 7 20 23 35 44
2022-09-24	20	3rd	6 17 20 21 23 33
2022-08-08	7	2nd	9 20 25 33 38 43
2022-07-23	7	2nd	19 20 23 26 30 33
2022-07-06	2	5th	6 10 11 17 20 33
2022-07-02	18	2nd	1 20 21 28 39 44
2022-05-21	22	4th	7 11 16 20 28 35
2022-03-30	2	1st	20 35 38 41 42 44
2022-03-23	2	2nd	11 20 34 36 40 41
2022-03-16	1	4th	8 10 11 20 28 41
2022-03-12	3	3rd	3 10 20 33 35 43
2022-03-02	2	3rd	16 19 20 23 40 42
2022-02-23	4	4th	4 7 9 20 29 39
2022-02-09	5	3rd	4 6 20 28 39 42
2022-01-22	22	3rd	8 18 20 22 33 36
2021-11-06	1	3rd	5 9 20 28 31 33
2021-11-03	1	4th	5 14 19 20 26 37
2021-10-30	2	2nd	14 20 30 35 37 43
2021-10-23	8	1st	20 23 25 30 38 41
2021-09-25	13	4th	6 7 17 20 25 34
2021-08-11	5	2nd	15 20 21 24 31 42
2021-07-24	4	4th	2 3 19 20 27 34
2021-07-10	7	3rd	4 7 20 25 31 42
2021-06-16	1	3rd	11 17 20 22 37 38
2021-06-12	3	3rd	6 10 20 23 26 41
2021-06-02	9	2nd	3 20 29 30 33 35
2021-05-01	14	4th	8 14 19 20 23 26
2021-03-13	3	3rd	2 19 20 27 42 43
2021-03-03	1	5th	8 15 16 19 20 32
2021-02-27	5	4th	2 11 15 20 38 44
2021-02-10	8	3rd	8 11 20 23 28 35
2021-01-13	4	3rd	12 14 20 27 28 33
2020-12-30	4	5th	1 8 9 16 20 30
2020-12-16	1	3rd	12 17 20 26 30 34
2020-12-12	5	2nd	14 20 27 35 41 42
2020-11-25	9	4th	2 10 19 20 25 34
2020-10-24	3	4th	2 11 12 20 31 40
2020-10-14	3	3rd	4 13 20 21 32 37
2020-10-03	14	3rd	7 18 20 31 36 43
2020-08-15	6	3rd	5 13 20 22 24 39
2020-07-25	4	3rd	5 18 20 28 33 41
2020-07-11	14	2nd	7 20 27 31 39 41
2020-05-23	22	3rd	6 15 20 26 41 44
2020-03-07	3	4th	5 11 13 20 28 42
2020-02-26	3	2nd	5 20 21 30 31 35
2020-02-15	2	4th	1 15 19 20 38 43
2020-02-08	7	4th	10 12 16 20 26 39
2020-01-15	4	3rd	2 4 20 21 27 39
2020-01-01	15	2nd	10 20 25 28 34 42
2019-11-09	12	1st	20 23 26 28 31 42
2019-09-28	7	2nd	2 20 26 31 39 42
2019-09-04	10	4th	10 12 18 20 38 41
2019-07-31	10	4th	8 11 14 20 26 29
2019-06-26	11	4th	3 14 15 20 29 43
2019-05-18	3	3rd	8 15 20 22 26 36
2019-05-08	6	5th	8 9 10 19 20 27
2019-04-17	12	4th	5 6 9 20 29 42
2019-03-06	3	3rd	10 12 20 24 35 43
2019-02-23	1	5th	1 9 13 15 20 42
2019-02-20	12	3rd	3 15 20 32 38 43
2019-01-09	6	3rd	3 14 20 31 40 41
2018-12-19	25	4th	1 15 18 20 28 31
2018-09-22	22	2nd	14 20 36 37 39 40
2018-07-07	12	3rd	5 15 20 25 34 39
2018-05-26	2	3rd	7 17 20 25 32 39
2018-05-19	1	3rd	3 4 20 30 36 38
2018-05-16	7	5th	2 3 9 18 20 32
2018-04-21	1	2nd	17 20 30 31 32 40
2018-04-18	7	3rd	9 19 20 22 31 37
2018-03-24	2	5th	1 12 13 17 20 39
2018-03-17	6	4th	1 6 11 20 26 32
2018-02-24	4	2nd	7 20 32 38 42 44
2018-02-10	1	3rd	5 14 20 23 27 31
2018-02-07	3	4th	7 8 15 20 22 38
2018-01-27	13	4th	2 5 9 20 33 34
2017-12-13	26	5th	5 10 11 17 20 21
2017-09-13	16	3rd	4 15 20 21 26 34
2017-07-19	12	3rd	11 18 20 23 43 44
2017-06-07	3	3rd	12 17 20 32 38 40
2017-05-27	2	4th	5 6 12 20 34 37
2017-05-20	6	2nd	4 20 36 39 40 44
2017-04-29	15	2nd	19 20 25 27 34 43
2017-03-08	6	3rd	8 14 20 29 33 43
2017-02-15	3	2nd	17 20 28 34 36 41
2017-02-04	4	3rd	7 8 20 32 35 39
2017-01-21	1	3rd	15 19 20 30 37 42
2017-01-18	16	3rd	4 19 20 33 34 40
2016-11-23	7	3rd	5 16 20 24 36 39
2016-10-29	1	4th	7 15 16 20 33 44
2016-10-26	9	4th	1 5 10 20 21 26
2016-09-24	3	2nd	5 20 22 24 31 41
2016-09-14	24	4th	1 2 6 20 21 24
2016-06-22	16	4th	5 8 17 20 29 43
2016-04-27	5	2nd	12 20 25 40 43 44
2016-04-09	4	4th	5 12 19 20 33 38
2016-03-26	11	5th	2 4 6 16 20 21
2016-02-17	17	3rd	11 15 20 28 35 41
2015-12-19	4	3rd	2 15 20 22 25 29
2015-12-05	7	5th	6 8 16 17 20 25
2015-11-11	2	3rd	13 18 20 24 26 37
2015-11-04	2	4th	2 6 16 20 21 43
2015-10-28	2	4th	1 10 18 20 27 42
2015-10-21	18	3rd	8 15 20 23 41 42
2015-08-19	12	1st	20 30 35 39 42 44
2015-07-08	15	3rd	9 16 20 26 32 39
2015-05-16	5	2nd	8 20 29 33 34 38
2015-04-29	9	3rd	1 13 20 30 34 41
2015-03-28	14	5th	3 10 14 19 20 40
2015-02-07	6	4th	6 15 17 20 21 33
2015-01-17	8	4th	10 11 18 20 22 43
2014-12-20	3	5th	6 12 18 19 20 30
2014-12-10	11	3rd	5 14 20 26 27 33
2014-11-01	1	4th	8 17 18 20 38 41
2014-10-29	1	3rd	4 19 20 26 36 43
2014-10-25	10	3rd	2 15 20 22 29 35
2014-09-20	3	4th	6 9 13 20 26 36
2014-09-10	2	1st	20 23 34 35 36 44
2014-09-03	7	3rd	3 17 20 36 39 43
2014-08-09	3	4th	2 4 19 20 23 29
2014-07-30	8	2nd	8 20 35 36 37 44
2014-07-02	1	3rd	2 6 20 26 42 43
2014-06-28	5	3rd	3 6 20 32 34 39
2014-06-11	3	3rd	3 17 20 24 31 35
2014-05-31	19	4th	1 5 11 20 28 31
2014-03-26	13	5th	6 7 9 10 20 43
2014-02-08	11	3rd	1 3 20 27 30 34
2014-01-01	13	1st	20 27 32 35 39 41
2013-11-16	9	3rd	6 7 20 29 42 43
2013-10-16	2	5th	4 8 11 17 20 25
2013-10-09	9	3rd	2 17 20 22 36 41
2013-09-07	7	4th	8 15 16 20 27 29
2013-08-14	1	5th	6 10 12 16 20 28
2013-08-10	1	2nd	7 20 23 25 39 40
2013-08-07	8	4th	2 8 14 20 28 31
2013-07-10	16	2nd	5 20 22 39 40 43
2013-05-15	11	4th	8 10 17 20 28 35
2013-04-06	2	3rd	7 13 20 33 34 40
2013-03-30	31	4th	3 8 11 20 33 39
2012-12-12	5	4th	13 16 17 20 26 37
2012-11-24	8	2nd	15 20 32 35 42 43
2012-10-27	2	4th	1 15 16 20 33 34
2012-10-20	1	3rd	4 16 20 24 28 44
2012-10-17	31	3rd	5 7 20 29 40 41
2012-06-30	1	3rd	7 19 20 25 28 37
2012-06-27	3	5th	1 2 17 18 20 36
2012-06-16	4	3rd	11 16 20 22 24 44
2012-06-02	11	2nd	7 20 23 30 38 41
2012-04-25	3	5th	1 5 6 13 20 22
2012-04-14	19	3rd	13 16 20 22 28 40
2012-02-08	13	3rd	9 17 20 21 29 31
2011-12-24	10	1st	20 25 32 39 41 43
2011-11-19	12	5th	1 2 4 12 20 32
2011-10-08	8	3rd	4 19 20 24 30 43
2011-09-10	6	4th	14 16 17 20 33 44
2011-08-20	23	2nd	14 20 33 38 42 44
2011-06-01	10	2nd	18 20 28 37 40 44
2011-04-27	3	4th	7 9 18 20 24 35
2011-04-16	7	3rd	3 5 20 30 31 41
2011-03-23	7	4th	1 3 15 20 29 36
2011-02-26	11	2nd	12 20 23 31 40 43
2011-01-19	5	5th	7 14 15 17 20 33
2011-01-01	40	2nd	14 20 24 26 31 39
2010-08-14	1	3rd	10 15 20 25 35 37
2010-08-11	3	4th	3 4 11 20 25 36
2010-07-31	29	3rd	17 18 20 21 35 43
2010-04-21	—	4th	8 10 15 20 26 41