Number 20

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,151 draws, 5 from 1–52.

92times drawn · chance expected 111 −1.87σ

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

12.3average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

51longest completed wait · 44% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 92 times in 1,151 draws against 110.7 expected, −1.87σ. 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 92 times in 1,151 draws · average wait 12.3 draws · longest completed wait 51 · 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 smallest16 · chance 13.2
2nd smallest32 · chance 34.7
3rd smallest32 · chance 31.2
4th smallest10 · chance 11.4
5th smallest2 · chance 1.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

35 13 42 1 22 24

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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	14	4th	7 10 19 20 43
2026-09-05	6	1st	20 21 27 32 44
2026-08-22	7	1st	20 23 36 42 50
2026-08-05	3	3rd	1 19 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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-12	3	4th	2 8 9 20 42
2025-05-05	21	3rd	5 13 20 22 28
2025-03-17	12	3rd	11 12 20 29 33
2025-02-17	8	1st	20 22 24 37 48
2025-01-29	25	2nd	9 20 23 42 45
2024-12-02	2	2nd	1 20 37 39 47
2024-11-27	4	2nd	2 20 23 24 29
2024-11-18	12	1st	20 36 37 42 43
2024-10-21	8	3rd	1 4 20 24 26
2024-10-02	10	4th	8 10 17 20 28
2024-09-09	25	3rd	1 10 20 24 40
2024-07-13	37	2nd	8 20 27 34 49
2024-04-17	6	2nd	10 20 24 29 38
2024-04-03	12	3rd	11 16 20 27 47
2024-03-06	12	1st	20 21 24 40 42
2024-02-07	37	4th	2 5 17 20 25
2023-11-13	48	3rd	17 18 20 44 51
2023-07-24	1	3rd	6 13 20 29 51
2023-07-22	3	2nd	1 20 23 36 41
2023-07-15	10	3rd	5 6 20 42 48
2023-06-21	1	3rd	2 13 20 35 48
2023-06-19	19	3rd	1 14 20 30 33
2023-05-06	2	2nd	13 20 42 43 46
2023-05-01	15	3rd	2 17 20 31 45
2023-03-27	6	1st	20 37 46 49 52
2023-03-13	15	1st	20 23 28 33 51
2023-02-06	9	3rd	3 4 20 32 35
2023-01-16	28	2nd	7 20 21 27 52
2022-11-12	2	2nd	8 20 21 26 38
2022-11-07	1	5th	5 13 15 17 20
2022-11-05	8	2nd	5 20 25 40 46
2022-10-17	2	2nd	19 20 24 30 39
2022-10-12	8	3rd	2 14 20 40 48
2022-09-24	5	2nd	3 20 33 34 42
2022-09-12	8	5th	1 6 9 11 20
2022-08-24	2	1st	20 22 26 27 49
2022-08-20	7	1st	20 27 35 37 52
2022-08-03	22	2nd	13 20 35 42 43
2022-05-28	14	2nd	7 20 40 42 52
2022-04-09	4	3rd	7 10 20 36 37
2022-03-26	13	2nd	6 20 22 29 40
2022-02-09	12	3rd	2 18 20 32 36
2021-12-29	2	4th	11 13 15 20 46
2021-12-22	12	2nd	5 20 21 33 41
2021-11-10	6	2nd	12 20 32 39 49
2021-10-20	51	3rd	8 17 20 41 51
2021-04-24	21	2nd	5 20 21 26 27
2021-02-10	5	3rd	7 13 20 22 31
2021-01-23	13	3rd	10 15 20 34 42
2020-12-09	33	3rd	4 8 20 23 50
2020-08-15	23	2nd	1 20 24 27 34
2020-05-27	4	2nd	16 20 35 36 48
2020-05-13	31	3rd	6 19 20 35 50
2020-01-25	9	2nd	16 20 22 23 47
2019-12-25	21	3rd	4 11 20 35 45
2019-10-12	16	3rd	1 17 20 25 44
2019-08-17	12	2nd	14 20 22 39 52
2019-07-06	29	1st	20 22 43 47 52
2019-03-27	27	2nd	5 20 28 36 48
2018-12-22	31	3rd	1 16 20 41 44
2018-09-05	2	2nd	13 20 26 30 41
2018-08-29	2	3rd	10 17 20 26 52
2018-08-22	4	1st	20 22 25 26 51
2018-08-08	4	2nd	3 20 28 31 37
2018-07-25	7	4th	6 8 13 20 35
2018-06-30	23	1st	20 24 27 35 42
2018-04-11	10	2nd	7 20 29 33 52
2018-03-07	—	4th	1 2 13 20 36