Number 20

In Match 5 under the 5/35 · since Apr 2021 rules — 1,498 draws, 5 from 1–35.

208times drawn · chance expected 214 −0.44σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 46% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

43longest completed wait · 27% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 208 times in 1,498 draws against 214.0 expected, −0.44σ. 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 208 times in 1,498 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 43 · 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest10 · chance 6.1
2nd smallest40 · chance 38.8
3rd smallest78 · chance 80.5
4th smallest59 · chance 65.2
5th smallest21 · chance 17.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 9 8 25 26 28

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-10-06	4	4th	4 13 15 20 21
2026-10-02	16	5th	1 3 10 13 20
2026-09-16	7	4th	10 13 16 20 30
2026-09-09	3	4th	1 2 17 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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-24	6	3rd	8 17 20 25 33
2026-04-18	6	3rd	7 8 20 21 33
2026-04-12	5	4th	7 10 13 20 22
2026-04-07	4	3rd	2 6 20 25 28
2026-04-03	12	4th	4 9 14 20 28
2026-03-22	2	2nd	3 20 24 27 28
2026-03-20	2	4th	7 8 10 20 34
2026-03-18	7	2nd	13 20 21 31 34
2026-03-11	6	5th	6 9 10 15 20
2026-03-05	30	2nd	16 20 23 24 29
2026-02-03	10	5th	6 8 10 14 20
2026-01-24	3	4th	9 13 17 20 27
2026-01-21	19	4th	3 6 18 20 28
2026-01-02	10	4th	1 16 17 20 33
2025-12-23	1	4th	4 10 12 20 23
2025-12-22	8	1st	20 21 22 24 25
2025-12-14	3	4th	10 18 19 20 22
2025-12-11	1	4th	1 10 12 20 28
2025-12-10	5	4th	3 6 14 20 26
2025-12-05	4	3rd	2 18 20 25 28
2025-12-01	5	5th	2 9 11 12 20
2025-11-26	8	3rd	15 19 20 28 35
2025-11-18	13	5th	5 9 10 19 20
2025-11-05	3	2nd	19 20 27 29 31
2025-11-02	2	2nd	13 20 27 30 35
2025-10-31	4	3rd	1 18 20 25 33
2025-10-27	1	5th	6 13 14 16 20
2025-10-26	13	4th	3 14 16 20 31
2025-10-13	8	3rd	3 12 20 25 29
2025-10-05	25	3rd	7 16 20 25 27
2025-09-10	6	3rd	10 16 20 27 32
2025-09-04	13	4th	3 11 15 20 27
2025-08-22	3	5th	1 5 9 18 20
2025-08-19	4	3rd	1 6 20 21 29
2025-08-15	8	3rd	1 2 20 22 31
2025-08-07	2	4th	7 8 9 20 23
2025-08-05	4	3rd	16 18 20 21 25
2025-08-01	2	5th	1 5 9 16 20
2025-07-30	2	3rd	1 7 20 23 33
2025-07-28	9	3rd	3 7 20 23 25
2025-07-19	3	3rd	1 14 20 26 27
2025-07-16	3	2nd	15 20 26 27 35
2025-07-13	1	3rd	5 16 20 22 34
2025-07-12	1	4th	1 11 13 20 34
2025-07-11	1	3rd	7 9 20 22 32
2025-07-10	2	3rd	2 19 20 22 28
2025-07-08	22	5th	9 10 14 19 20
2025-06-16	3	1st	20 21 24 26 32
2025-06-13	6	5th	2 3 12 15 20
2025-06-07	4	3rd	2 7 20 26 30
2025-06-03	3	2nd	16 20 21 30 32
2025-05-31	1	4th	6 9 13 20 31
2025-05-30	4	3rd	7 19 20 28 33
2025-05-26	4	5th	3 9 10 18 20
2025-05-22	18	3rd	8 18 20 31 35
2025-05-04	5	4th	13 18 19 20 23
2025-04-29	8	3rd	6 15 20 34 35
2025-04-21	1	1st	20 26 27 29 33
2025-04-20	10	5th	4 5 7 14 20
2025-04-10	10	3rd	11 17 20 28 33
2025-03-31	7	3rd	7 9 20 26 29
2025-03-24	1	3rd	2 18 20 22 25
2025-03-23	3	3rd	2 12 20 23 24
2025-03-20	6	1st	20 21 22 25 33
2025-03-14	6	3rd	5 9 20 24 30
2025-03-08	1	2nd	2 20 21 32 35
2025-03-07	4	3rd	8 10 20 32 35
2025-03-03	6	5th	2 8 12 17 20
2025-02-25	1	3rd	9 16 20 27 34
2025-02-24	10	2nd	8 20 24 25 29
2025-02-14	4	3rd	8 14 20 25 26
2025-02-10	3	1st	20 27 29 31 35
2025-02-07	3	2nd	17 20 22 34 35
2025-02-04	4	2nd	7 20 22 24 34
2025-01-31	3	3rd	5 13 20 28 34
2025-01-28	5	2nd	4 20 27 30 32
2025-01-23	8	3rd	6 11 20 22 29
2025-01-15	3	3rd	3 17 20 27 35
2025-01-12	8	4th	4 11 13 20 26
2025-01-04	14	2nd	8 20 25 28 32
2024-12-21	2	3rd	8 11 20 21 25
2024-12-19	6	4th	8 15 17 20 32
2024-12-13	3	2nd	10 20 23 29 30
2024-12-10	1	4th	8 9 14 20 24
2024-12-09	2	3rd	2 8 20 29 35
2024-12-07	9	5th	2 3 11 16 20
2024-11-28	27	4th	3 5 8 20 34
2024-11-01	10	1st	20 24 28 34 35
2024-10-22	10	4th	2 4 19 20 33
2024-10-12	4	1st	20 25 30 33 34
2024-10-08	3	4th	6 7 15 20 27
2024-10-05	25	3rd	3 10 20 27 33
2024-09-10	3	3rd	2 17 20 23 33
2024-09-07	6	4th	8 12 18 20 33
2024-09-01	5	4th	3 8 15 20 29
2024-08-27	9	2nd	9 20 24 29 32
2024-08-18	4	4th	1 8 18 20 29
2024-08-14	2	4th	5 8 12 20 23
2024-08-12	14	2nd	15 20 22 25 26
2024-07-29	14	3rd	6 13 20 28 29
2024-07-15	1	3rd	4 17 20 25 30
2024-07-14	4	4th	8 12 13 20 21
2024-07-10	9	3rd	10 18 20 21 35
2024-07-01	2	4th	9 12 14 20 23
2024-06-29	10	4th	8 14 15 20 29
2024-06-19	1	4th	5 12 18 20 28
2024-06-18	1	5th	6 8 13 18 20
2024-06-17	4	3rd	17 18 20 26 32
2024-06-13	2	3rd	8 11 20 23 27
2024-06-11	2	5th	4 12 16 18 20
2024-06-09	2	2nd	1 20 27 30 34
2024-06-07	2	3rd	9 11 20 21 22
2024-06-05	7	3rd	1 9 20 30 35
2024-05-29	1	2nd	1 20 25 27 28
2024-05-28	2	4th	3 7 10 20 25
2024-05-26	14	2nd	10 20 23 25 34
2024-05-12	2	3rd	5 14 20 26 27
2024-05-10	12	4th	12 14 15 20 25
2024-04-28	1	4th	1 6 11 20 26
2024-04-27	12	4th	6 15 17 20 32
2024-04-15	1	4th	9 11 14 20 26
2024-04-14	3	3rd	2 14 20 21 33
2024-04-11	9	3rd	3 11 20 29 31
2024-04-02	14	4th	3 7 12 20 24
2024-03-19	17	4th	6 7 19 20 26
2024-03-02	7	3rd	1 17 20 26 29
2024-02-24	2	2nd	2 20 26 31 34
2024-02-22	4	3rd	11 14 20 26 32
2024-02-18	25	4th	2 5 6 20 28
2024-01-24	1	3rd	4 19 20 28 32
2024-01-23	5	2nd	1 20 24 30 31
2024-01-18	5	4th	2 6 9 20 34
2024-01-13	2	4th	1 9 13 20 34
2024-01-11	3	4th	9 16 19 20 33
2024-01-08	1	3rd	1 3 20 31 35
2024-01-07	3	3rd	7 16 20 23 35
2024-01-04	25	3rd	5 10 20 25 28
2023-12-10	2	3rd	3 13 20 23 27
2023-12-08	5	3rd	4 15 20 24 34
2023-12-03	3	4th	1 5 14 20 34
2023-11-30	7	5th	8 10 11 18 20
2023-11-23	5	4th	2 11 18 20 34
2023-11-18	3	4th	11 12 14 20 28
2023-11-15	7	5th	1 13 16 19 20
2023-11-08	2	4th	4 8 13 20 29
2023-11-06	22	5th	7 9 10 13 20
2023-10-15	8	3rd	8 12 20 29 31
2023-10-07	9	3rd	4 13 20 32 34
2023-09-28	13	3rd	6 18 20 26 27
2023-09-15	8	3rd	1 18 20 32 34
2023-09-05	4	3rd	6 11 20 25 26
2023-08-26	13	3rd	2 7 20 22 26
2023-07-27	21	1st	20 25 26 33 34
2023-06-08	4	4th	2 16 17 20 28
2023-05-30	14	2nd	12 20 25 26 28
2023-04-27	4	1st	20 26 29 33 34
2023-04-18	8	2nd	17 20 23 28 32
2023-03-30	8	4th	1 10 13 20 25
2023-03-11	19	2nd	12 20 26 33 34
2023-01-26	9	4th	1 9 19 20 35
2023-01-05	9	4th	6 11 15 20 29
2022-12-15	17	3rd	7 9 20 22 30
2022-11-05	16	1st	20 25 27 33 34
2022-09-29	6	3rd	13 16 20 29 31
2022-09-15	6	2nd	7 20 26 27 35
2022-09-01	13	3rd	1 15 20 24 27
2022-08-02	9	3rd	10 16 20 31 32
2022-07-12	1	3rd	2 9 20 21 30
2022-07-09	6	4th	1 8 19 20 26
2022-06-25	1	3rd	5 19 20 29 30
2022-06-23	12	2nd	2 20 30 31 34
2022-05-26	24	2nd	9 20 28 29 30
2022-03-31	11	2nd	13 20 28 33 34
2022-03-05	5	3rd	1 8 20 22 26
2022-02-22	2	3rd	1 3 20 24 32
2022-02-17	6	2nd	9 20 25 31 35
2022-02-03	13	3rd	5 9 20 25 26
2022-01-04	21	2nd	10 20 23 32 35
2021-11-16	4	4th	1 7 14 20 26
2021-11-06	5	2nd	18 20 22 28 30
2021-10-26	43	2nd	14 20 22 23 34
2021-07-17	11	3rd	7 8 20 23 24
2021-06-22	5	3rd	1 16 20 21 24
2021-06-10	—	2nd	13 20 21 31 35