Number 20

In Florida Lotto under the 6/53 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–53.

203times drawn · chance expected 198 +0.36σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 55% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.8

78longest completed wait · 2% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 203 times in 1,751 draws against 198.2 expected, +0.36σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 203 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 78 · 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 smallest22 · chance 18.5
2nd smallest50 · chance 60.7
3rd smallest70 · chance 72.9
4th smallest46 · chance 40.0
5th smallest14 · chance 10.0
6th smallest1 · chance 0.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 6 43 28 48 9

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 52 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 53. 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	6	3rd	6 15 20 28 31 32
2026-08-29	5	3rd	2 18 20 22 43 52
2026-08-12	1	4th	6 10 16 20 28 39
2026-08-08

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 6/53 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-04-24	2	1st	20 31 35 38 39 43
2024-04-17	3	3rd	3 19 20 41 47 50
2024-04-06	1	4th	4 14 18 20 23 48
2024-04-03	1	1st	20 21 25 30 34 37
2024-03-30	5	1st	20 26 30 42 45 46
2024-03-13	7	2nd	1 20 30 47 48 52
2024-02-17	16	3rd	14 16 20 22 43 51
2023-12-23	6	3rd	1 14 20 33 34 38
2023-12-02	13	2nd	1 20 41 42 45 49
2023-10-18	8	4th	4 8 13 20 22 27
2023-09-20	12	2nd	4 20 21 35 42 45
2023-08-09	38	4th	6 8 13 20 33 42
2023-03-29	7	3rd	10 19 20 22 39 51
2023-03-04	3	3rd	15 18 20 35 47 51
2023-02-22	7	2nd	17 20 22 40 43 51
2023-01-28	10	4th	7 9 18 20 28 36
2022-12-24	15	4th	5 13 17 20 27 53
2022-11-02	2	4th	9 11 16 20 33 37
2022-10-26	7	3rd	11 18 20 30 42 53
2022-10-01	3	1st	20 29 37 38 43 45
2022-09-21	10	5th	7 10 15 19 20 49
2022-08-17	1	3rd	5 11 20 24 29 35
2022-08-13	5	4th	6 15 17 20 47 49
2022-07-27	1	1st	20 23 25 26 36 50
2022-07-23	5	3rd	7 11 20 32 42 51
2022-07-06	1	3rd	7 18 20 40 43 45
2022-07-02	3	4th	3 5 9 20 34 47
2022-06-22	49	2nd	19 20 24 32 51 52
2022-01-01	8	3rd	2 8 20 31 39 51
2021-12-04	2	4th	9 15 19 20 24 47
2021-11-27	5	5th	2 3 6 12 20 51
2021-11-10	9	2nd	9 20 31 32 40 45
2021-10-09	28	2nd	19 20 30 36 44 51
2021-07-03	5	1st	20 25 35 37 39 48
2021-06-16	4	3rd	8 14 20 28 44 46
2021-06-02	7	2nd	15 20 23 37 43 52
2021-05-08	14	2nd	9 20 26 29 34 51
2021-03-20	2	1st	20 21 32 34 41 47
2021-03-13	17	4th	3 7 11 20 36 47
2021-01-13	10	4th	2 9 15 20 25 46
2020-12-09	4	5th	1 3 10 16 20 45
2020-11-25	8	2nd	16 20 29 42 43 48
2020-10-28	29	2nd	19 20 36 39 40 47
2020-07-18	2	5th	4 5 12 16 20 23
2020-07-11	2	2nd	2 20 24 26 38 48
2020-07-04	1	4th	6 15 18 20 40 41
2020-07-01	8	2nd	12 20 23 37 48 51
2020-06-03	12	4th	3 9 14 20 22 42
2020-04-22	5	3rd	10 19 20 25 29 38
2020-04-04	11	4th	10 17 18 20 30 41
2020-02-26	10	5th	3 10 15 19 20 28
2020-01-22	31	3rd	2 9 20 21 26 44
2019-10-05	4	3rd	14 17 20 21 43 52
2019-09-21	4	1st	20 30 36 45 49 51
2019-09-07	13	3rd	5 13 20 30 47 52
2019-07-24	5	3rd	5 19 20 28 43 47
2019-07-06	3	3rd	9 10 20 25 37 51
2019-06-26	34	2nd	14 20 33 40 42 48
2019-02-27	7	1st	20 25 34 35 46 53
2019-02-02	8	4th	2 6 15 20 24 47
2019-01-05	9	2nd	14 20 22 28 36 37
2018-12-05	4	3rd	1 5 20 24 28 52
2018-11-21	11	3rd	12 14 20 21 34 50
2018-10-13	10	3rd	12 14 20 26 32 52
2018-09-08	1	1st	20 21 22 35 45 53
2018-09-05	1	5th	8 9 13 18 20 46
2018-09-01	1	1st	20 23 24 41 47 51
2018-08-29	11	2nd	15 20 23 36 38 44
2018-07-21	1	3rd	6 12 20 26 27 34
2018-07-18	11	2nd	10 20 36 44 46 53
2018-06-09	2	2nd	17 20 26 44 47 50
2018-06-02	6	2nd	15 20 21 23 28 52
2018-05-12	5	3rd	10 16 20 28 40 42
2018-04-25	7	3rd	13 19 20 23 32 43
2018-03-31	19	3rd	5 12 20 22 39 46
2018-01-24	1	3rd	4 17 20 21 26 39
2018-01-20	3	3rd	10 12 20 29 38 49
2018-01-10	9	3rd	5 19 20 24 27 51
2017-12-09	6	4th	6 11 19 20 34 36
2017-11-18	4	2nd	19 20 28 37 47 48
2017-11-04	1	3rd	3 9 20 30 34 37
2017-11-01	1	2nd	17 20 22 28 31 34
2017-10-28	9	2nd	3 20 25 29 43 45
2017-09-27	8	2nd	16 20 26 31 49 53
2017-08-30	12	4th	1 6 16 20 31 43
2017-07-19	5	3rd	3 10 20 29 35 50
2017-07-01	5	2nd	9 20 27 37 42 47
2017-06-14	4	5th	3 6 7 10 20 29
2017-05-31	1	1st	20 31 37 46 47 49
2017-05-27	3	2nd	6 20 22 44 45 50
2017-05-17	1	3rd	3 7 20 34 38 43
2017-05-13	1	3rd	4 16 20 21 27 43
2017-05-10	5	1st	20 22 23 26 35 51
2017-04-22	4	2nd	16 20 28 33 47 48
2017-04-08	7	1st	20 35 36 46 48 53
2017-03-15	3	4th	9 14 16 20 28 45
2017-03-04	2	3rd	7 14 20 22 27 33
2017-02-25	3	1st	20 21 35 39 49 53
2017-02-15	14	3rd	6 17 20 21 40 43
2016-12-28	1	1st	20 25 37 42 44 48
2016-12-24	5	3rd	13 18 20 29 48 52
2016-12-07	33	3rd	1 13 20 26 29 31
2016-08-13	1	3rd	12 17 20 24 25 44
2016-08-10	16	3rd	6 8 20 44 45 48
2016-06-15	17	2nd	1 20 25 28 41 47
2016-04-16	2	3rd	8 17 20 23 26 47
2016-04-09	2	2nd	9 20 28 34 48 50
2016-04-02	9	4th	6 14 16 20 35 36
2016-03-02	8	3rd	18 19 20 21 24 38
2016-02-03	3	4th	7 11 16 20 35 46
2016-01-23	8	2nd	8 20 24 28 38 42
2015-12-26	2	4th	1 11 18 20 27 40
2015-12-19	29	3rd	3 14 20 22 32 50
2015-09-09	1	2nd	7 20 25 26 31 42
2015-09-05	1	2nd	4 20 36 41 44 46
2015-09-02	16	3rd	7 9 20 25 29 37
2015-07-08	2	3rd	16 19 20 23 38 39
2015-07-01	12	3rd	11 18 20 30 44 48
2015-05-20	14	3rd	5 19 20 27 29 53
2015-04-01	1	2nd	9 20 28 33 43 45
2015-03-28	19	2nd	8 20 27 29 34 52
2015-01-21	2	2nd	14 20 28 35 41 49
2015-01-14	27	5th	2 5 8 11 20 40
2014-10-11	5	3rd	7 15 20 32 41 51
2014-09-24	6	2nd	3 20 23 38 39 53
2014-09-03	16	4th	6 15 16 20 29 32
2014-07-09	24	5th	3 8 12 13 20 32
2014-04-16	10	2nd	7 20 41 43 48 51
2014-03-12	11	3rd	12 14 20 25 36 52
2014-02-01	1	3rd	11 12 20 23 33 44
2014-01-29	4	3rd	6 13 20 27 29 51
2014-01-15	14	3rd	13 18 20 28 42 53
2013-11-27	6	3rd	2 8 20 33 35 49
2013-11-06	1	1st	20 25 29 30 36 37
2013-11-02	6	4th	2 11 13 20 27 28
2013-10-12	18	4th	3 8 16 20 43 48
2013-08-10	3	1st	20 44 46 48 52 53
2013-07-31	6	4th	4 8 17 20 51 52
2013-07-10	7	3rd	13 17 20 23 24 30
2013-06-15	10	4th	3 16 19 20 32 52
2013-05-11	10	1st	20 23 26 32 41 46
2013-04-06	1	5th	2 13 16 17 20 40
2013-04-03	22	3rd	6 7 20 46 48 51
2013-01-16	2	2nd	12 20 41 43 49 53
2013-01-09	5	2nd	19 20 24 27 42 51
2012-12-22	5	2nd	18 20 35 36 37 39
2012-12-05	2	2nd	6 20 25 36 44 52
2012-11-28	46	4th	7 12 15 20 34 49
2012-06-20	6	3rd	4 8 20 24 35 43
2012-05-30	7	4th	4 6 19 20 38 48
2012-05-05	1	3rd	2 13 20 26 45 53
2012-05-02	1	2nd	12 20 22 32 34 41
2012-04-28	16	5th	4 11 13 17 20 28
2012-03-03	1	5th	5 8 9 16 20 45
2012-02-29	5	2nd	6 20 27 33 42 45
2012-02-11	1	4th	1 8 11 20 47 52
2012-02-08	3	3rd	3 12 20 22 31 52
2012-01-28	19	1st	20 32 34 41 42 45
2011-11-23	13	4th	3 10 11 20 42 43
2011-10-08	7	3rd	10 16 20 34 38 45
2011-09-14	40	4th	6 9 18 20 41 45
2011-04-27	2	2nd	16 20 26 27 37 53
2011-04-20	6	2nd	4 20 40 43 46 53
2011-03-30	15	4th	3 9 10 20 31 52
2011-02-05	2	3rd	4 5 20 23 38 48
2011-01-29	2	4th	12 17 19 20 33 37
2011-01-22	15	2nd	7 20 35 36 38 48
2010-12-01	5	2nd	16 20 32 43 48 52
2010-11-13	11	2nd	8 20 25 28 42 44
2010-10-06	7	1st	20 24 29 30 36 53
2010-09-11	4	4th	7 8 10 20 44 47
2010-08-28	15	1st	20 23 37 41 46 51
2010-07-07	1	4th	2 5 9 20 26 38
2010-07-03	22	3rd	12 14 20 22 33 42
2010-04-17	7	3rd	15 16 20 32 45 50
2010-03-24	4	3rd	9 10 20 25 27 39
2010-03-10	5	3rd	5 12 20 21 42 48
2010-02-20	11	3rd	5 8 20 25 29 43
2010-01-13	—	4th	3 4 12 20 40 43