Number 20

In Easy 5 under the 5/37 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,615 draws, 5 from 1–37.

215times drawn · chance expected 218 −0.24σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.4

39longest completed wait · 58% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 215 times in 1,615 draws against 218.2 expected, −0.24σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 215 times in 1,615 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 39 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest10 · chance 8.7
2nd smallest43 · chance 47.2
3rd smallest95 · chance 84.9
4th smallest48 · chance 60.1
5th smallest19 · chance 14.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 5 27 1 36 7

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 36 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 37. 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
2026-10-10	1	4th	11 15 17 20 34
2026-10-07	9	3rd	9 17 20 32 35
2026-09-05	9	4th	1 3 18 20 34
2026-08-05	2	3rd	18 19 20 33

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 5/37 tonight whatever it did last week.

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