Number 20

In Pick 6 under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,816 draws, 6 from 1–49.

232times drawn · chance expected 222 +0.69σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 68% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

48longest completed wait · 39% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 232 times in 1,816 draws against 222.4 expected, +0.69σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 232 times in 1,816 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 4 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 16.1
2nd smallest62 · chance 61.1
3rd smallest87 · chance 84.7
4th smallest57 · chance 53.3
5th smallest11 · chance 15.2
6th smallest4 · chance 1.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

28 2 27 12 1 9

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-10-01	18	2nd	17 20 28 32 33 36
2026-08-20	2	4th	1 10 12 20 39 46
2026-08-15	1	2nd	19 20 21 23 25 28
2026-08-13	10	4th	6

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-04	6	2nd	1 20 26 39 41 42
2025-07-21	12	4th	2 7 8 20 22 31
2025-06-16	7	3rd	6 8 20 22 27 38
2025-05-22	3	1st	20 21 30 31 42 44
2025-05-12	10	2nd	2 20 25 27 28 33
2025-04-07	10	2nd	2 20 22 36 39 40
2025-03-03	4	2nd	14 20 28 31 36 46
2025-02-17	3	3rd	2 16 20 21 40 41
2025-02-06	2	3rd	12 19 20 29 32 40
2025-01-30	2	3rd	6 13 20 31 41 43
2025-01-23	17	3rd	6 12 20 39 42 46
2024-11-25	9	1st	20 25 31 38 44 46
2024-10-24	7	3rd	2 4 20 31 42 43
2024-09-30	3	3rd	4 14 20 31 36 40
2024-09-19	9	2nd	17 20 27 35 41 43
2024-08-19	9	4th	1 6 12 20 27 33
2024-07-18	3	2nd	3 20 27 34 40 41
2024-07-08	1	4th	5 7 10 20 44 46
2024-07-04	12	4th	5 8 9 20 28 34
2024-05-23	2	2nd	3 20 27 28 39 46
2024-05-16	1	4th	8 10 15 20 23 29
2024-05-13	2	5th	2 3 4 12 20 26
2024-05-06	5	1st	20 24 28 29 34 41
2024-04-18	18	3rd	9 14 20 27 31 42
2024-02-15	2	3rd	3 19 20 27 32 39
2024-02-08	4	2nd	16 20 23 28 30 37
2024-01-25	1	2nd	2 20 29 34 37 42
2024-01-22	5	4th	1 9 14 20 28 29
2024-01-04	26	4th	3 8 11 20 28 36
2023-10-05	2	3rd	15 16 20 30 39 44
2023-09-28	4	2nd	2 20 21 27 29 40
2023-09-14	2	6th	1 6 10 16 19 20
2023-09-07	12	3rd	5 8 20 21 23 33
2023-07-27	6	2nd	14 20 29 33 39 43
2023-07-06	1	4th	9 15 19 20 25 30
2023-07-03	1	4th	1 3 14 20 33 38
2023-06-29	9	3rd	1 2 20 23 25 38
2023-05-29	3	3rd	8 18 20 23 24 41
2023-05-18	2	2nd	9 20 28 41 43 45
2023-05-11	12	4th	4 5 19 20 33 46
2023-03-30	16	3rd	2 18 20 23 31 37
2023-02-02	1	3rd	5 16 20 31 36 41
2023-01-30	3	2nd	7 20 30 35 43 44
2023-01-19	22	3rd	3 16 20 23 25 40
2022-11-03	1	3rd	7 18 20 21 37 41
2022-10-31	21	4th	6 12 13 20 34 35
2022-08-18	2	2nd	6 20 23 35 45 46
2022-08-11	3	3rd	7 15 20 27 37 45
2022-08-01	19	4th	2 8 15 20 29 34
2022-05-26	5	4th	10 13 16 20 33 34
2022-05-09	1	2nd	8 20 28 29 30 35
2022-05-05	5	4th	7 12 15 20 28 34
2022-04-18	1	4th	11 13 17 20 35 43
2022-04-14	5	2nd	6 20 21 22 32 42
2022-03-28	5	4th	11 13 14 20 27 40
2022-03-10	6	3rd	2 11 20 21 22 48
2022-02-17	3	4th	7 9 15 20 22 46
2022-02-07	11	2nd	12 20 23 27 37 38
2021-12-30	4	2nd	17 20 22 28 29 41
2021-12-16	2	4th	2 12 13 20 38 47
2021-12-09	3	2nd	18 20 32 39 43 47
2021-11-29	1	2nd	4 20 26 28 31 34
2021-11-25	4	2nd	16 20 28 30 36 46
2021-11-11	5	2nd	4 20 23 27 39 48
2021-10-25	8	3rd	2 18 20 29 31 36
2021-09-27	9	4th	9 10 13 20 30 45
2021-08-26	14	2nd	17 20 22 32 37 46
2021-07-08	13	3rd	1 11 20 36 38 49
2021-05-24	1	2nd	3 20 26 34 43 49
2021-05-20	20	3rd	10 16 20 25 26 32
2021-03-11	3	3rd	7 18 20 36 40 41
2021-03-01	1	3rd	5 6 20 22 30 35
2021-02-25	11	3rd	15 19 20 21 44 47
2021-01-18	6	4th	10 13 15 20 38 49
2020-12-28	22	3rd	3 6 20 40 48 49
2020-10-12	9	3rd	1 6 20 28 33 49
2020-09-10	10	3rd	1 10 20 38 39 48
2020-08-06	2	2nd	12 20 28 32 33 41
2020-07-30	8	5th	2 7 11 18 20 29
2020-07-02	9	3rd	9 12 20 24 36 44
2020-06-01	1	2nd	17 20 31 32 35 48
2020-05-28	4	3rd	16 17 20 34 42 45
2020-05-14	4	2nd	1 20 27 30 31 35
2020-04-30	21	4th	7 9 13 20 27 32
2020-02-17	1	2nd	12 20 26 27 47 49
2020-02-13	30	2nd	14 20 23 34 38 42
2019-10-31	2	3rd	7 19 20 22 37 48
2019-10-24	22	2nd	7 20 26 27 41 47
2019-08-08	3	2nd	2 20 26 32 34 45
2019-07-29	29	1st	20 21 26 28 40 41
2019-04-18	12	3rd	12 14 20 31 44 48
2019-03-07	13	2nd	3 20 27 36 40 44
2019-01-21	4	4th	2 4 9 20 26 30
2019-01-07	15	3rd	15 16 20 27 39 46
2018-11-15	7	4th	2 11 15 20 45 47
2018-10-22	4	4th	7 9 11 20 31 39
2018-10-08	5	3rd	2 16 20 25 35 40
2018-09-20	4	3rd	8 12 20 37 44 47
2018-09-06	1	4th	1 2 4 20 35 42
2018-09-03	12	3rd	9 19 20 24 29 49
2018-07-23	12	3rd	8 9 20 30 41 42
2018-06-11	1	5th	7 9 14 15 20 44
2018-06-07	7	2nd	9 20 23 25 38 48
2018-05-14	7	3rd	4 9 20 22 32 42
2018-04-19	7	3rd	2 10 20 33 39 49
2018-03-26	11	5th	1 8 14 15 20 33
2018-02-15	17	3rd	12 13 20 27 28 29
2017-12-18	1	3rd	3 5 20 34 35 49
2017-12-14	17	3rd	10 17 20 40 43 45
2017-10-16	15	2nd	9 20 26 27 43 44
2017-08-24	21	1st	20 24 25 33 46 47
2017-06-12	2	4th	4 11 16 20 30 31
2017-06-05	1	4th	5 8 16 20 31 33
2017-06-01	9	3rd	7 18 20 37 44 47
2017-05-01	4	3rd	8 10 20 28 37 40
2017-04-17	8	2nd	1 20 28 44 48 49
2017-03-20	1	4th	1 7 15 20 31 34
2017-03-16	14	4th	2 9 11 20 33 38
2017-01-26	4	6th	3 5 6 9 13 20
2017-01-12	9	4th	2 8 18 20 40 49
2016-12-12	7	4th	3 10 17 20 23 30
2016-11-17	2	2nd	11 20 25 28 35 42
2016-11-10	3	4th	1 12 16 20 41 42
2016-10-31	2	3rd	3 18 20 24 26 46
2016-10-24	15	3rd	3 11 20 30 33 41
2016-09-01	9	3rd	16 18 20 25 29 37
2016-08-01	16	1st	20 21 23 28 33 47
2016-06-06	7	3rd	12 15 20 21 36 43
2016-05-12	1	3rd	12 17 20 25 39 42
2016-05-09	9	3rd	2 11 20 25 27 47
2016-04-07	5	3rd	8 11 20 22 37 49
2016-03-21	10	3rd	11 15 20 21 22 47
2016-02-15	16	3rd	4 9 20 23 32 36
2015-12-21	4	3rd	4 5 20 27 30 31
2015-12-07	7	3rd	14 19 20 25 37 38
2015-11-12	3	2nd	1 20 36 38 43 44
2015-11-02	21	3rd	3 12 20 37 38 43
2015-08-20	2	4th	2 5 17 20 25 45
2015-08-13	48	6th	1 6 11 16 18 20
2015-02-26	1	4th	6 11 18 20 21 32
2015-02-23	2	4th	3 8 17 20 22 37
2015-02-16	2	3rd	15 19 20 27 35 48
2015-02-09	4	4th	9 11 14 20 35 47
2015-01-26	19	1st	20 25 28 39 43 44
2014-11-20	14	3rd	1 11 20 23 25 29
2014-10-02	5	3rd	12 17 20 23 41 46
2014-09-15	2	3rd	9 13 20 25 29 36
2014-09-08	11	3rd	5 19 20 30 45 49
2014-07-31	5	2nd	8 20 22 29 31 42
2014-07-14	13	3rd	4 6 20 24 32 34
2014-05-29	6	4th	6 12 13 20 38 43
2014-05-08	5	5th	3 9 15 18 20 48
2014-04-21	8	2nd	6 20 36 41 43 47
2014-03-24	7	2nd	14 20 24 29 30 32
2014-02-27	4	2nd	13 20 31 38 43 44
2014-02-13	23	5th	1 2 3 8 20 36
2013-11-25	15	1st	20 28 35 36 40 42
2013-10-03	2	2nd	8 20 23 30 39 49
2013-09-26	8	3rd	7 8 20 29 30 43
2013-08-29	14	1st	20 25 37 38 39 47
2013-07-11	13	3rd	6 17 20 25 40 49
2013-05-27	39	3rd	2 14 20 27 47 49
2013-01-10	9	3rd	3 18 20 28 32 45
2012-12-10	3	3rd	11 14 20 34 36 45
2012-11-29	3	4th	2 3 16 20 35 42
2012-11-19	1	2nd	4 20 23 24 28 44
2012-11-15	4	3rd	13 14 20 24 26 40
2012-11-01	4	2nd	3 20 28 36 37 39
2012-10-18	28	2nd	14 20 27 39 44 49
2012-07-12	12	2nd	18 20 26 31 33 38
2012-05-31	1	5th	2 10 13 16 20 23
2012-05-28	6	1st	20 27 28 33 39 43
2012-05-07	1	3rd	1 6 20 28 33 47
2012-05-03	7	3rd	12 18 20 22 23 48
2012-04-09	10	2nd	16 20 28 30 43 46
2012-03-05	3	4th	1 18 19 20 27 36
2012-02-23	8	6th	3 6 9 10 14 20
2012-01-26	7	2nd	2 20 27 30 39 41
2012-01-02	4	2nd	13 20 22 24 44 48
2011-12-19	6	2nd	4 20 27 28 32 42
2011-11-28	4	5th	1 2 3 7 20 24
2011-11-14	9	2nd	1 20 27 28 44 45
2011-10-13	18	4th	1 2 12 20 27 45
2011-08-11	5	3rd	2 11 20 21 23 29
2011-07-25	36	3rd	1 7 20 22 41 42
2011-03-21	5	2nd	10 20 25 26 40 47
2011-03-03	7	4th	1 14 17 20 26 43
2011-02-07	3	3rd	4 17 20 37 39 46
2011-01-27	3	5th	1 6 7 15 20 38
2011-01-17	1	3rd	1 2 20 30 36 45
2011-01-13	4	3rd	4 7 20 25 39 48
2010-12-30	8	2nd	12 20 24 36 39 45
2010-12-02	2	4th	5 16 17 20 28 37
2010-11-25	6	1st	20 25 29 31 44 46
2010-11-04	1	4th	5 7 12 20 33 43
2010-11-01	4	2nd	4 20 30 35 36 38
2010-10-18	8	3rd	13 15 20 33 46 48
2010-09-20	2	3rd	6 11 20 35 46 48
2010-09-13	2	3rd	15 17 20 23 38 46
2010-09-06	19	4th	7 12 17 20 28 33
2010-07-01	2	4th	1 2 5 20 33 46
2010-06-24	3	4th	3 15 18 20 31 37
2010-06-14	1	4th	9 12 16 20 32 34
2010-06-10	8	3rd	9 10 20 28 33 47
2010-05-13	2	3rd	14 17 20 24 30 39
2010-05-06	3	4th	8 9 12 20 34 40
2010-04-26	24	4th	2 3 12 20 28 45
2010-02-01	—	4th	2 5 8 20 31 32