Number 20

In SuperLotto Plus under the 5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 5 from 1–47.

183times drawn · chance expected 186 −0.25σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 64% for any number

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

61longest completed wait · 19% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 183 times in 1,751 draws against 186.3 expected, −0.25σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 183 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 61 · waiting 5 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 smallest24 · chance 19.7
2nd smallest55 · chance 62.3
3rd smallest69 · chance 67.3
4th smallest29 · chance 29.3
5th smallest6 · chance 4.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 18 21 24 30 32

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
2026-09-23	14	2nd	13 20 29 30 45
2026-08-05	13	5th	2 4 9 13 20
2026-06-20	14	3rd	4 7 20 33 43
2026-05-02	9	2nd	14 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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-08-07	34	3rd	3 19 20 29 34
2024-04-10	12	3rd	4 16 20 30 33
2024-02-28	7	2nd	13 20 35 38 39
2024-02-03	24	4th	2 12 18 20 44
2023-11-11	11	2nd	7 20 24 34 35
2023-10-04	12	3rd	10 18 20 24 29
2023-08-23	9	2nd	18 20 30 37 44
2023-07-22	1	3rd	5 7 20 34 39
2023-07-19	5	3rd	5 10 20 22 32
2023-07-01	10	5th	2 9 10 16 20
2023-05-27	7	3rd	4 17 20 21 36
2023-05-03	6	2nd	17 20 21 24 44
2023-04-12	2	2nd	11 20 32 33 43
2023-04-05	4	1st	20 26 35 39 46
2023-03-22	2	2nd	15 20 27 37 41
2023-03-15	3	3rd	6 9 20 28 30
2023-03-04	6	3rd	4 9 20 27 34
2023-02-11	3	4th	2 12 19 20 34
2023-02-01	2	2nd	9 20 21 30 36
2023-01-25	7	3rd	2 17 20 37 41
2022-12-31	34	3rd	6 9 20 22 42
2022-09-03	15	1st	20 24 25 30 35
2022-07-13	19	3rd	12 19 20 36 42
2022-05-07	1	2nd	13 20 21 29 46
2022-05-04	8	3rd	5 9 20 27 42
2022-04-06	16	1st	20 24 40 42 44
2022-02-09	10	1st	20 35 37 39 44
2022-01-05	4	4th	2 9 17 20 25
2021-12-22	3	3rd	11 16 20 21 26
2021-12-11	5	4th	6 7 10 20 25
2021-11-24	5	4th	12 14 17 20 21
2021-11-06	4	3rd	11 17 20 27 34
2021-10-23	10	2nd	5 20 31 33 45
2021-09-18	12	3rd	3 5 20 36 45
2021-08-07	3	4th	2 9 12 20 39
2021-07-28	30	1st	20 24 32 35 39
2021-04-14	5	3rd	7 10 20 28 33
2021-03-27	5	3rd	11 12 20 27 45
2021-03-10	6	3rd	5 6 20 40 42
2021-02-17	20	1st	20 26 39 40 46
2020-12-09	9	4th	5 8 13 20 39
2020-11-07	4	1st	20 26 31 43 45
2020-10-24	18	2nd	8 20 22 34 35
2020-08-22	4	1st	20 24 28 35 37
2020-08-08	3	2nd	15 20 23 37 41
2020-07-29	7	3rd	2 16 20 21 34
2020-07-04	5	4th	4 6 10 20 41
2020-06-17	2	2nd	1 20 30 39 47
2020-06-10	8	3rd	3 11 20 25 46
2020-05-13	5	3rd	4 10 20 22 23
2020-04-25	2	2nd	15 20 27 38 40
2020-04-18	11	3rd	1 18 20 21 26
2020-03-11	1	3rd	5 10 20 43 44
2020-03-07	2	3rd	9 19 20 21 33
2020-02-29	5	2nd	5 20 22 24 32
2020-02-12	7	3rd	11 13 20 24 35
2020-01-18	7	3rd	6 7 20 27 42
2019-12-25	31	1st	20 21 32 36 37
2019-09-07	6	3rd	8 18 20 23 43
2019-08-17	10	3rd	2 13 20 31 34
2019-07-13	5	4th	1 13 18 20 30
2019-06-26	1	3rd	6 17 20 27 37
2019-06-22	29	3rd	6 8 20 40 42
2019-03-13	12	1st	20 29 31 37 44
2019-01-30	3	4th	3 14 16 20 46
2019-01-19	18	3rd	2 10 20 23 32
2018-11-17	2	1st	20 23 34 45 46
2018-11-10	11	3rd	1 3 20 36 37
2018-10-03	5	4th	9 16 18 20 32
2018-09-15	19	2nd	17 20 28 34 39
2018-07-11	17	4th	15 16 18 20 39
2018-05-12	5	4th	1 9 17 20 25
2018-04-25	10	3rd	8 18 20 36 45
2018-03-21	12	3rd	6 14 20 25 42
2018-02-07	24	4th	7 15 18 20 24
2017-11-15	9	2nd	18 20 21 38 45
2017-10-14	15	3rd	3 6 20 40 41
2017-08-23	4	3rd	7 8 20 27 35
2017-08-09	14	1st	20 28 29 30 31
2017-06-21	3	2nd	5 20 25 32 46
2017-06-10	3	5th	3 4 5 16 20
2017-05-31	4	3rd	7 8 20 23 36
2017-05-17	12	2nd	8 20 24 27 34
2017-04-05	3	1st	20 33 35 40 41
2017-03-25	7	5th	10 13 17 18 20
2017-03-01	11	2nd	8 20 29 33 42
2017-01-21	3	3rd	7 14 20 22 46
2017-01-11	2	3rd	8 15 20 43 44
2017-01-04	9	3rd	11 15 20 38 47
2016-12-03	8	3rd	3 13 20 44 47
2016-11-05	10	2nd	1 20 29 31 37
2016-10-01	4	3rd	1 3 20 30 39
2016-09-17	3	2nd	16 20 22 34 41
2016-09-07	3	2nd	14 20 23 32 39
2016-08-27	11	1st	20 25 37 44 45
2016-07-20	21	4th	3 6 15 20 34
2016-05-07	26	4th	6 14 18 20 38
2016-02-06	20	2nd	4 20 29 37 45
2015-11-28	1	3rd	9 16 20 21 31
2015-11-25	8	2nd	12 20 24 25 39
2015-10-28	17	4th	7 9 12 20 34
2015-08-29	21	2nd	6 20 32 39 43
2015-06-17	20	2nd	7 20 32 33 37
2015-04-08	1	2nd	9 20 26 27 47
2015-04-04	16	3rd	1 4 20 27 36
2015-02-07	2	2nd	6 20 23 24 29
2015-01-31	16	3rd	3 19 20 32 36
2014-12-06	3	1st	20 30 38 44 45
2014-11-26	4	3rd	3 10 20 28 32
2014-11-12	6	2nd	10 20 34 36 47
2014-10-22	20	2nd	2 20 25 32 33
2014-08-13	10	3rd	14 18 20 27 46
2014-07-09	7	2nd	7 20 30 34 45
2014-06-14	8	3rd	5 16 20 29 42
2014-05-17	2	3rd	2 4 20 24 27
2014-05-10	8	2nd	14 20 21 25 31
2014-04-12	4	3rd	2 12 20 27 38
2014-03-29	3	2nd	12 20 24 30 42
2014-03-19	1	4th	3 9 13 20 28
2014-03-15	4	2nd	10 20 21 23 36
2014-03-01	1	3rd	4 10 20 30 35
2014-02-26	61	4th	5 7 17 20 23
2013-07-27	6	2nd	18 20 30 40 42
2013-07-06	3	3rd	2 18 20 21 45
2013-06-26	23	2nd	4 20 26 31 36
2013-04-06	15	1st	20 21 32 37 41
2013-02-13	13	3rd	16 17 20 32 36
2012-12-29	2	3rd	6 9 20 28 33
2012-12-22	14	3rd	7 12 20 32 39
2012-11-03	3	3rd	11 14 20 36 39
2012-10-24	1	1st	20 26 36 41 42
2012-10-20	13	1st	20 22 26 27 43
2012-09-05	12	4th	5 10 12 20 29
2012-07-25	15	4th	3 8 17 20 44
2012-06-02	10	3rd	1 15 20 30 40
2012-04-28	1	3rd	7 12 20 21 40
2012-04-25	1	4th	12 15 19 20 28
2012-04-21	10	2nd	9 20 30 37 41
2012-03-17	41	3rd	2 13 20 25 37
2011-10-26	13	2nd	15 20 25 40 41
2011-09-10	7	4th	7 11 15 20 34
2011-08-17	3	3rd	14 17 20 34 44
2011-08-06	14	2nd	12 20 30 38 40
2011-06-18	1	2nd	4 20 36 45 47
2011-06-15	3	3rd	6 19 20 21 27
2011-06-04	19	1st	20 28 33 41 43
2011-03-30	16	2nd	18 20 22 26 41
2011-02-02	1	2nd	4 20 21 24 47
2011-01-29	10	1st	20 25 41 43 45
2010-12-25	5	2nd	1 20 25 41 42
2010-12-08	19	4th	3 9 12 20 38
2010-10-02	10	1st	20 24 25 32 34
2010-08-28	5	2nd	11 20 36 39 41
2010-08-11	7	3rd	13 17 20 23 26
2010-07-17	15	4th	12 16 18 20 24
2010-05-26	18	5th	1 7 14 17 20
2010-03-24	3	2nd	13 20 25 29 39
2010-03-13	6	3rd	9 15 20 24 43
2010-02-20	—	2nd	19 20 21 24 45