Number 20

In Classic Lotto 47 under the 6/47 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,721 draws, 6 from 1–47.

201times drawn · chance expected 220 −1.35σ

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

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

51longest completed wait · 19% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 201 times in 1,721 draws against 219.7 expected, −1.35σ. 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 201 times in 1,721 draws · average wait 8.5 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 smallest11 · chance 11.8
2nd smallest46 · chance 48.9
3rd smallest83 · chance 73.3
4th smallest41 · chance 49.9
5th smallest20 · chance 15.3
6th smallest0 · chance 1.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 2 26 5 46 18

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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	8	2nd	16 20 21 23 26 40
2026-09-09	2	3rd	2 12 20 30 31 42
2026-09-02	11	4th	7 9 19 20 38 41
2026-07-25

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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-09	37	4th	1 6 9 20 22 45
2024-11-30	1	5th	2 8 13 18 20 23
2024-11-27	2	3rd	8 10 20 21 34 35
2024-11-20	4	4th	9 10 14 20 23 32
2024-11-06	5	1st	20 22 23 27 39 41
2024-10-19	4	3rd	11 15 20 32 35 39
2024-10-05	10	3rd	2 5 20 33 40 41
2024-08-31	9	2nd	5 20 21 22 25 46
2024-07-31	3	3rd	8 12 20 21 23 30
2024-07-20	3	3rd	5 14 20 31 33 41
2024-07-10	11	3rd	9 17 20 26 39 44
2024-06-01	1	4th	2 10 14 20 43 44
2024-05-29	11	3rd	4 18 20 30 36 42
2024-04-20	6	3rd	4 9 20 22 30 45
2024-03-30	24	4th	5 12 18 20 23 31
2024-01-06	2	2nd	5 20 33 35 45 47
2023-12-30	35	3rd	4 6 20 27 30 37
2023-08-30	9	1st	20 21 30 36 37 38
2023-07-29	5	4th	2 11 12 20 29 42
2023-07-12	12	2nd	14 20 28 29 34 44
2023-05-31	3	1st	20 24 34 36 39 45
2023-05-20	9	2nd	18 20 28 31 40 46
2023-04-19	2	3rd	3 13 20 30 41 47
2023-04-12	2	3rd	8 9 20 26 31 33
2023-04-05	6	5th	3 9 10 19 20 46
2023-03-15	2	5th	3 8 9 13 20 34
2023-03-08	5	5th	2 9 14 18 20 36
2023-02-18	12	5th	2 11 15 19 20 27
2023-01-07	9	3rd	2 9 20 22 24 39
2022-12-07	8	3rd	9 15 20 25 27 43
2022-11-09	2	2nd	5 20 21 25 36 43
2022-11-02	3	4th	1 9 12 20 26 47
2022-10-22	3	4th	8 9 17 20 39 46
2022-10-12	1	1st	20 29 42 43 45 46
2022-10-08	1	5th	3 4 11 18 20 44
2022-10-05	51	3rd	9 11 20 23 41 44
2022-04-09	13	4th	6 7 10 20 25 42
2022-02-23	15	3rd	6 10 20 26 28 45
2022-01-01	3	3rd	12 15 20 39 44 46
2021-12-22	2	4th	1 2 9 20 21 44
2021-12-15	39	5th	1 8 9 12 20 22
2021-07-31	4	4th	3 5 10 20 28 31
2021-07-17	7	4th	12 17 18 20 25 35
2021-06-23	1	4th	10 13 14 20 28 33
2021-06-19	13	2nd	19 20 24 32 41 45
2021-05-05	2	4th	2 6 19 20 24 30
2021-04-28	2	2nd	14 20 21 29 35 37
2021-04-21	9	1st	20 29 32 39 42 47
2021-03-20	15	2nd	17 20 31 32 34 43
2021-01-27	17	3rd	6 11 20 26 36 37
2020-11-28	9	3rd	9 13 20 25 40 43
2020-10-28	12	3rd	7 17 20 31 46 47
2020-09-16	23	2nd	3 20 21 26 38 46
2020-06-27	5	3rd	15 16 20 22 43 47
2020-06-10	7	4th	5 8 9 20 25 35
2020-05-16	18	1st	20 21 25 38 45 46
2020-03-14	1	2nd	19 20 21 28 29 39
2020-03-11	1	3rd	3 16 20 22 35 42
2020-03-07	2	3rd	10 18 20 28 29 31
2020-02-29	3	3rd	1 19 20 28 38 39
2020-02-19	23	4th	4 12 18 20 30 38
2019-11-30	7	3rd	4 5 20 22 25 28
2019-11-06	2	3rd	8 9 20 23 38 41
2019-10-30	21	4th	2 13 18 20 27 31
2019-08-17	2	4th	13 15 16 20 21 47
2019-08-10	12	2nd	8 20 35 36 40 41
2019-06-29	7	2nd	5 20 26 33 34 43
2019-06-05	4	3rd	5 16 20 34 39 45
2019-05-22	3	3rd	2 3 20 22 25 31
2019-05-11	38	2nd	9 20 21 37 42 46
2018-12-29	5	4th	9 12 18 20 32 42
2018-12-12	8	4th	3 6 15 20 21 46
2018-11-14	16	3rd	3 18 20 29 30 46
2018-09-19	8	3rd	4 19 20 25 32 46
2018-08-22	2	3rd	1 2 20 30 33 38
2018-08-15	20	2nd	16 20 29 35 40 44
2018-06-06	1	3rd	9 12 20 29 31 38
2018-06-02	2	3rd	2 6 20 35 43 45
2018-05-26	3	5th	2 3 9 18 20 23
2018-05-16	42	5th	4 6 9 10 20 40
2017-12-20	1	4th	5 9 11 20 28 36
2017-12-16	6	5th	1 3 10 12 20 35
2017-11-25	1	5th	2 9 13 17 20 47
2017-11-22	3	5th	1 10 13 19 20 26
2017-11-11	3	4th	2 16 17 20 26 43
2017-11-01	3	2nd	16 20 23 32 37 45
2017-10-21	1	4th	4 8 17 20 26 29
2017-10-18	1	3rd	2 18 20 23 30 35
2017-10-14	10	2nd	5 20 26 32 34 36
2017-09-09	22	4th	1 5 19 20 31 39
2017-06-24	3	3rd	9 17 20 27 32 45
2017-06-14	25	1st	20 22 23 33 42 43
2017-03-18	5	3rd	1 7 20 24 41 44
2017-03-01	8	2nd	1 20 28 33 34 41
2017-02-01	17	3rd	2 5 20 26 34 46
2016-12-03	2	3rd	11 18 20 25 27 30
2016-11-26	12	2nd	2 20 24 28 35 47
2016-10-15	7	5th	6 7 15 17 20 39
2016-09-21	20	3rd	10 11 20 27 28 29
2016-07-13	9	5th	3 6 8 15 20 30
2016-06-11	4	1st	20 22 32 41 42 47
2016-05-28	3	2nd	18 20 33 36 37 43
2016-05-18	24	4th	2 4 9 20 24 34
2016-02-24	4	3rd	4 10 20 25 26 33
2016-02-10	10	2nd	10 20 26 37 41 46
2016-01-06	19	3rd	9 11 20 26 33 47
2015-10-31	16	4th	1 9 14 20 35 36
2015-09-05	2	3rd	6 14 20 36 38 44
2015-08-29	6	3rd	5 9 20 29 39 46
2015-08-08	1	1st	20 23 26 29 43 46
2015-08-05	6	2nd	14 20 23 27 36 46
2015-07-15	17	2nd	18 20 29 32 41 47
2015-05-16	17	3rd	3 14 20 28 30 33
2015-03-18	2	4th	3 4 12 20 26 41
2015-03-11	16	3rd	11 14 20 27 34 41
2015-01-14	3	3rd	9 14 20 24 30 43
2015-01-03	2	3rd	2 6 20 37 40 43
2014-12-27	12	3rd	11 14 20 27 42 47
2014-11-15	1	2nd	2 20 25 28 37 45
2014-11-12	6	3rd	1 5 20 31 38 47
2014-10-15	6	4th	1 16 17 20 24 39
2014-09-24	5	3rd	12 16 20 32 39 44
2014-09-06	11	3rd	4 13 20 38 42 43
2014-07-30	14	2nd	16 20 27 28 29 34
2014-06-11	4	3rd	13 15 20 30 43 46
2014-05-28	24	4th	5 9 19 20 35 37
2014-03-05	31	2nd	4 20 27 28 38 47
2013-11-16	5	4th	6 9 15 20 31 38
2013-10-30	1	1st	20 21 40 44 46 47
2013-10-26	7	4th	2 15 19 20 30 37
2013-10-02	13	5th	1 4 11 13 20 26
2013-08-17	1	5th	6 7 9 13 20 23
2013-08-14	1	3rd	1 7 20 25 35 39
2013-08-10	2	2nd	18 20 32 39 40 43
2013-08-03	11	3rd	11 12 20 21 26 40
2013-06-26	9	3rd	13 15 20 32 36 39
2013-05-25	1	2nd	6 20 21 29 34 46
2013-05-22	12	3rd	4 6 20 40 41 47
2013-04-10	4	4th	5 8 12 20 40 45
2013-03-27	2	3rd	3 9 20 29 31 45
2013-03-20	1	2nd	4 20 28 30 35 43
2013-03-16	1	3rd	1 14 20 39 45 46
2013-03-13	47	3rd	6 7 20 25 40 44
2012-09-29	3	3rd	4 10 20 22 41 46
2012-09-19	5	2nd	3 20 24 34 36 39
2012-09-01	16	2nd	12 20 27 30 32 46
2012-07-07	1	2nd	19 20 38 39 43 47
2012-07-04	4	1st	20 23 26 34 41 42
2012-06-20	13	5th	5 13 16 18 20 40
2012-05-05	12	4th	1 10 18 20 25 37
2012-03-24	6	2nd	3 20 21 28 29 44
2012-03-03	4	2nd	3 20 29 33 35 41
2012-02-18	10	3rd	3 15 20 26 32 38
2012-01-14	1	3rd	4 10 20 38 45 47
2012-01-11	3	3rd	2 19 20 21 23 40
2011-12-31	7	3rd	2 18 20 21 30 46
2011-12-07	19	2nd	5 20 24 27 31 32
2011-10-01	3	3rd	1 10 20 22 31 38
2011-09-21	34	3rd	1 17 20 31 33 41
2011-05-25	10	3rd	7 13 20 26 28 33
2011-04-20	6	4th	5 9 11 20 44 46
2011-03-30	6	3rd	2 14 20 26 35 44
2011-03-09	1	3rd	8 18 20 27 34 36
2011-03-05	3	4th	2 15 17 20 36 38
2011-02-23	23	4th	2 12 18 20 23 26
2010-12-01	13	4th	5 8 16 20 33 34
2010-10-16	5	2nd	3 20 23 32 36 42
2010-09-29	2	3rd	5 9 20 32 36 43
2010-09-22	3	2nd	10 20 22 30 31 43
2010-09-11	4	2nd	16 20 26 38 42 46
2010-08-28	2	3rd	5 14 20 26 43 44
2010-08-21	10	4th	2 8 19 20 31 34
2010-07-17	2	2nd	5 20 26 30 41 42
2010-07-10	3	3rd	11 13 20 29 36 40
2010-06-30	3	2nd	5 20 37 40 42 44
2010-06-19	6	3rd	2 14 20 22 31 36
2010-05-29	—	3rd	6 11 20 27 36 40