Number 20

In Lucky for Life under the 5/48 + 1/18 · since Jan 2015 rules — 2,354 draws, 5 from 1–48.

222times drawn · chance expected 245 −1.57σ

30draws waiting · a wait this long: 4% for any number

10.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

54longest completed wait · 48% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 222 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, −1.57σ. Each draw is independent: after 30 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 222 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 10.5 draws · longest completed wait 54 · waiting 30 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 smallest33 · chance 25.5
2nd smallest76 · chance 77.5
3rd smallest79 · chance 80.5
4th smallest31 · chance 33.8
5th smallest3 · chance 4.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 18.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 21 28 30 39 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-01-22	20	2nd	8 20 30 42 46
2026-01-02	7	3rd	9 15 20 21 25
2025-12-26	9	4th	2 9 15 20 24
2025-12-17	5	3rd	11 13 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 5/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-24	23	3rd	13 15 20 31 38
2025-04-01	2	2nd	9 20 29 36 41
2025-03-30	3	2nd	19 20 27 36 39
2025-03-27	3	2nd	7 20 27 35 46
2025-03-24	6	2nd	14 20 30 31 39
2025-03-18	6	2nd	8 20 37 39 46
2025-03-12	4	4th	5 8 10 20 44
2025-03-08	2	2nd	9 20 31 40 44
2025-03-06	36	1st	20 28 30 31 38
2025-01-29	1	2nd	1 20 25 30 34
2025-01-28	12	2nd	7 20 24 39 43
2025-01-16	13	2nd	13 20 29 32 37
2025-01-03	11	3rd	14 15 20 23 28
2024-12-23	3	2nd	10 20 22 23 43
2024-12-20	27	2nd	9 20 21 35 36
2024-11-23	6	2nd	11 20 21 26 31
2024-11-17	1	2nd	10 20 26 28 42
2024-11-16	32	4th	6 11 18 20 29
2024-10-15	3	2nd	15 20 21 24 38
2024-10-12	14	3rd	6 17 20 22 46
2024-09-28	9	2nd	7 20 23 38 48
2024-09-19	12	2nd	11 20 28 35 43
2024-09-07	33	2nd	3 20 29 34 39
2024-08-05	5	1st	20 26 28 33 44
2024-07-31	9	3rd	10 16 20 31 44
2024-07-22	1	3rd	17 19 20 28 29
2024-07-21	1	3rd	2 5 20 36 39
2024-07-20	1	3rd	14 19 20 35 46
2024-07-19	2	3rd	4 7 20 26 34
2024-07-17	2	3rd	7 18 20 39 46
2024-07-15	1	4th	1 2 3 20 24
2024-07-14	19	4th	9 13 16 20 23
2024-06-25	1	2nd	15 20 23 33 45
2024-06-24	8	1st	20 26 27 29 33
2024-06-16	14	3rd	1 12 20 38 43
2024-06-02	13	4th	8 16 19 20 25
2024-05-20	7	4th	12 15 19 20 47
2024-05-13	2	3rd	13 16 20 39 43
2024-05-11	25	3rd	3 9 20 23 37
2024-04-16	2	1st	20 22 28 41 45
2024-04-14	1	2nd	6 20 30 37 44
2024-04-13	1	2nd	15 20 34 36 43
2024-04-12	25	3rd	1 19 20 34 44
2024-03-18	1	2nd	8 20 35 36 38
2024-03-17	14	3rd	1 15 20 43 44
2024-03-03	11	3rd	3 18 20 42 45
2024-02-21	34	1st	20 21 29 43 45
2024-01-18	4	1st	20 23 24 34 47
2024-01-14	8	1st	20 28 33 38 42
2024-01-06	16	3rd	8 15 20 38 39
2023-12-21	6	3rd	8 10 20 21 47
2023-12-15	5	3rd	5 16 20 23 30
2023-12-10	13	3rd	11 19 20 37 44
2023-11-27	12	2nd	6 20 22 26 38
2023-11-15	1	4th	5 6 15 20 48
2023-11-14	7	1st	20 35 36 44 48
2023-11-07	1	3rd	1 12 20 37 45
2023-11-06	2	4th	9 11 12 20 32
2023-11-04	36	3rd	10 12 20 28 48
2023-09-29	9	2nd	12 20 21 33 38
2023-09-20	4	3rd	8 9 20 31 47
2023-09-16	6	2nd	8 20 32 38 43
2023-09-10	54	4th	9 16 19 20 48
2023-07-18	3	2nd	4 20 21 47 48
2023-07-15	2	3rd	6 9 20 21 27
2023-07-13	1	2nd	19 20 21 22 25
2023-07-12	15	4th	15 16 18 20 45
2023-06-27	22	3rd	1 15 20 31 44
2023-06-05	1	2nd	15 20 23 33 46
2023-06-04	1	3rd	13 15 20 35 41
2023-06-03	9	3rd	16 19 20 42 46
2023-05-25	29	2nd	10 20 30 45 48
2023-04-26	18	1st	20 26 28 38 43
2023-04-08	4	4th	1 16 18 20 41
2023-04-04	9	3rd	10 13 20 22 25
2023-03-26	1	1st	20 30 33 40 47
2023-03-25	10	3rd	9 11 20 22 48
2023-03-15	2	2nd	16 20 21 39 40
2023-03-13	13	3rd	3 9 20 27 37
2023-02-28	5	2nd	1 20 32 41 44
2023-02-23	20	3rd	1 7 20 21 38
2023-02-03	47	2nd	2 20 31 34 48
2022-12-18	4	3rd	11 19 20 25 34
2022-12-14	1	5th	2 4 6 17 20
2022-12-13	8	4th	4 5 10 20 34
2022-12-05	3	3rd	15 19 20 38 48
2022-12-02	9	3rd	4 8 20 25 34
2022-11-23	1	1st	20 21 24 34 37
2022-11-22	4	4th	8 11 13 20 28
2022-11-18	5	1st	20 24 26 33 41
2022-11-13	8	1st	20 21 24 33 45
2022-11-05	15	3rd	8 18 20 45 47
2022-10-21	5	2nd	14 20 27 47 48
2022-10-16	5	4th	6 14 15 20 33
2022-10-11	1	3rd	11 14 20 23 26
2022-10-10	30	3rd	15 16 20 28 40
2022-09-10	39	1st	20 23 29 30 34
2022-08-02	5	2nd	5 20 24 26 33
2022-07-28	6	3rd	5 15 20 37 46
2022-07-22	11	2nd	3 20 33 37 39
2022-07-11	3	3rd	13 14 20 27 34
2022-07-08	5	2nd	2 20 25 34 43
2022-07-03	4	1st	20 23 29 41 48
2022-06-29	6	3rd	16 17 20 31 42
2022-06-23	1	3rd	10 12 20 22 47
2022-06-22	42	1st	20 24 31 34 47
2022-05-11	7	2nd	2 20 30 31 39
2022-05-04	5	2nd	14 20 21 34 44
2022-04-29	1	3rd	8 15 20 32 39
2022-04-28	6	3rd	17 19 20 26 45
2022-04-22	14	3rd	2 5 20 41 47
2022-04-08	5	3rd	6 16 20 36 39
2022-04-03	3	2nd	10 20 21 32 36
2022-03-31	28	2nd	8 20 36 41 45
2022-03-03	1	4th	5 14 18 20 29
2022-03-02	16	2nd	12 20 30 32 46
2022-02-14	10	3rd	3 10 20 27 41
2022-02-04	3	2nd	19 20 22 28 41
2022-02-01	9	3rd	4 10 20 25 36
2022-01-23	4	2nd	7 20 34 37 43
2022-01-19	27	2nd	17 20 24 40 42
2021-12-23	10	2nd	18 20 22 24 35
2021-12-13	5	3rd	3 9 20 24 43
2021-12-08	12	2nd	5 20 24 40 43
2021-11-26	5	3rd	1 13 20 34 48
2021-11-21	11	4th	3 11 17 20 28
2021-11-10	17	3rd	7 8 20 35 47
2021-10-24	4	2nd	3 20 21 32 38
2021-10-20	4	2nd	6 20 21 31 42
2021-10-16	2	1st	20 33 38 39 40
2021-10-14	3	1st	20 28 32 38 45
2021-10-11	6	3rd	4 17 20 22 40
2021-10-05	11	2nd	18 20 33 44 46
2021-09-24	20	3rd	7 18 20 31 40
2021-09-04	23	1st	20 22 23 33 40
2021-08-12	15	4th	1 9 19 20 31
2021-07-28	6	2nd	17 20 26 44 48
2021-07-22	7	1st	20 28 29 33 34
2021-07-05	21	4th	2 5 6 20 36
2021-04-22	28	1st	20 28 29 35 37
2021-01-14	1	3rd	3 16 20 21 47
2021-01-11	1	3rd	1 8 20 37 39
2021-01-07	6	2nd	3 20 25 28 30
2020-12-17	15	2nd	1 20 28 38 45
2020-10-26	24	3rd	9 12 20 30 38
2020-08-03	5	3rd	4 10 20 32 46
2020-07-16	18	3rd	5 7 20 43 48
2020-05-14	3	1st	20 26 29 34 41
2020-05-04	5	2nd	15 20 22 37 48
2020-04-16	14	3rd	6 8 20 28 43
2020-02-27	21	2nd	19 20 32 36 48
2019-12-16	7	2nd	11 20 21 38 45
2019-11-21	22	3rd	15 17 20 23 37
2019-09-05	9	2nd	5 20 32 38 47
2019-08-05	30	1st	20 30 37 42 47
2019-04-22	2	3rd	1 11 20 30 46
2019-04-15	36	3rd	4 10 20 24 30
2018-12-10	13	2nd	16 20 26 28 47
2018-10-25	16	2nd	12 20 22 27 30
2018-08-30	8	2nd	16 20 32 40 46
2018-08-02	2	4th	9 16 17 20 23
2018-07-26	4	4th	9 10 14 20 44
2018-07-12	11	4th	4 8 14 20 26
2018-06-04	11	3rd	1 5 20 33 36
2018-04-26	1	1st	20 21 27 29 30
2018-04-23	3	3rd	7 12 20 27 48
2018-04-12	1	2nd	5 20 33 39 48
2018-04-09	8	3rd	9 13 20 39 44
2018-03-12	1	3rd	1 8 20 44 45
2018-03-08	29	1st	20 24 26 34 39
2017-11-27	2	3rd	12 13 20 37 46
2017-11-20	1	3rd	7 16 20 24 28
2017-11-16	1	2nd	14 20 21 22 25
2017-11-13	21	1st	20 21 37 39 42
2017-08-31	25	2nd	19 20 36 42 47
2017-06-05	2	4th	13 15 17 20 32
2017-05-29	36	1st	20 25 29 30 37
2017-01-23	21	2nd	3 20 29 41 45
2016-11-10	11	4th	8 10 12 20 35
2016-10-03	12	3rd	2 16 20 35 43
2016-08-22	4	4th	4 17 18 20 28
2016-08-08	1	1st	20 29 31 33 40
2016-08-04	3	2nd	12 20 37 47 48
2016-07-25	11	2nd	15 20 32 36 47
2016-06-16	9	3rd	8 12 20 33 45
2016-05-16	10	1st	20 29 30 42 44
2016-04-11	5	4th	4 12 16 20 24
2016-03-24	4	4th	2 12 18 20 22
2016-03-10	25	4th	1 11 12 20 41
2015-12-14	10	3rd	1 9 20 22 33
2015-11-09	14	2nd	15 20 25 37 39
2015-09-21	3	5th	1 2 7 8 20
2015-09-10	11	3rd	7 18 20 21 47
2015-08-03	28	4th	4 5 17 20 23
2015-04-27	5	2nd	2 20 22 29 45
2015-04-09	1	2nd	5 20 42 44 47
2015-04-06	10	3rd	3 18 20 32 43
2015-03-02	—	3rd	2 16 20 25 39