Number 20

In Lotto under the 6/44 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–44.

224times drawn · chance expected 239 −1.03σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 75% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.3

37longest completed wait · 68% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 224 times in 1,751 draws against 238.8 expected, −1.03σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 224 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 3 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 smallest9 · chance 9.9
2nd smallest35 · chance 47.0
3rd smallest88 · chance 80.5
4th smallest73 · chance 62.2
5th smallest18 · chance 21.6
6th smallest1 · chance 2.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

37 33 16 17 2 4

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
2026-09-29	7	4th	2 12 16 20 21 38
2026-09-04	4	3rd	11 16 20 27 30 40
2026-08-21	2	3rd	5 12 20 24 27 39
2026-08-14	6	3rd	13

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.

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