Number 20

In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010 rules — 1,668 draws, 6 from 1–59.

163times drawn · chance expected 170 −0.54σ

25draws waiting · a wait this long: 8% for any number

10.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

79longest completed wait · 4% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 163 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, −0.54σ. Each draw is independent: after 25 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 31 times, counted separately.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 163 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 10.0 draws · longest completed wait 79 · waiting 25 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 smallest19 · chance 20.5
2nd smallest52 · chance 55.6
3rd smallest57 · chance 55.6
4th smallest29 · chance 25.5
5th smallest5 · chance 5.4
6th smallest1 · chance 0.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 54 19 2 15 17

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-07-15	16	2nd	17 20 21 35 37 53
2026-05-20	2	3rd	5 15 20 27 46 53
2026-05-13	26	2nd	10 20 38 40 44 56
2026-02-11

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-01-20	2	5th	3 4 7 19 20 52
2024-01-13	4	3rd	13 15 20 38 45 46
2023-12-30	2	4th	7 13 17 20 51 59
2023-12-23	7	3rd	3 8 20 21 55 59
2023-11-29	2	1st	20 21 36 41 54 59
2023-11-22	6	3rd	8 15 20 28 38 59
2023-11-01	12	2nd	2 20 35 38 39 47
2023-09-20	1	3rd	1 16 20 23 34 45
2023-09-16	39	2nd	16 20 37 40 48 49
2023-05-03	37	2nd	11 20 32 43 53 59
2022-12-24	3	2nd	19 20 21 23 27 37
2022-12-14	1	3rd	7 10 20 23 39 52
2022-12-10	42	4th	5 18 19 20 30 45
2022-07-16	4	1st	20 22 27 37 42 56
2022-07-02	4	3rd	8 15 20 27 38 53
2022-06-18	1	3rd	7 19 20 27 31 59
2022-06-15	9	2nd	13 20 23 40 41 48
2022-05-14	21	1st	20 22 24 25 29 51
2022-03-02	17	2nd	19 20 37 41 47 55
2022-01-01	3	2nd	3 20 23 36 45 57
2021-12-22	7	2nd	14 20 21 41 43 58
2021-11-27	1	2nd	16 20 27 44 49 55
2021-11-24	1	4th	5 10 14 20 23 28
2021-11-20	3	1st	20 23 25 39 40 46
2021-11-10	4	3rd	10 15 20 29 31 49
2021-10-27	7	1st	20 25 26 29 38 39
2021-10-02	18	4th	2 7 8 20 23 57
2021-07-31	5	4th	4 10 11 20 41 49
2021-07-14	5	2nd	2 20 33 50 56 58
2021-06-26	10	4th	2 11 14 20 23 29
2021-05-22	5	4th	8 10 17 20 31 52
2021-05-05	2	1st	20 22 28 30 51 54
2021-04-28	6	3rd	15 17 20 29 38 42
2021-04-07	4	4th	2 6 7 20 24 43
2021-03-24	1	3rd	1 10 20 29 48 57
2021-03-20	7	3rd	13 17 20 26 32 33
2021-02-24	17	3rd	11 19 20 23 53 54
2020-12-26	5	3rd	9 13 20 36 58 59
2020-12-09	19	2nd	19 20 34 40 46 49
2020-10-03	2	2nd	19 20 24 42 44 56
2020-09-26	2	3rd	14 19 20 23 55 57
2020-09-19	13	4th	3 4 10 20 34 46
2020-08-05	21	3rd	7 9 20 29 36 56
2020-05-23	11	3rd	10 17 20 26 33 53
2020-04-15	13	1st	20 33 34 39 40 53
2020-02-29	24	3rd	3 4 20 28 31 49
2019-12-07	7	4th	1 14 19 20 29 38
2019-11-13	20	3rd	4 19 20 28 56 58
2019-09-04	10	2nd	8 20 37 51 53 59
2019-07-31	9	3rd	2 7 20 23 26 47
2019-06-29	4	4th	2 3 14 20 29 37
2019-06-15	18	3rd	3 14 20 21 24 34
2019-04-13	2	2nd	12 20 35 39 50 53
2019-04-06	8	4th	6 9 16 20 26 41
2019-03-09	4	2nd	17 20 21 43 46 52
2019-02-23	6	2nd	10 20 33 40 54 56
2019-02-02	2	1st	20 30 39 45 46 53
2019-01-26	11	1st	20 24 27 34 35 59
2018-12-19	5	2nd	1 20 22 24 34 39
2018-12-01	14	4th	5 6 12 20 50 54
2018-10-13	9	3rd	12 15 20 26 39 58
2018-09-12	11	2nd	11 20 28 43 57 59
2018-08-04	8	2nd	9 20 24 31 32 53
2018-07-07	4	3rd	2 15 20 53 54 58
2018-06-23	2	4th	3 4 16 20 25 49
2018-06-16	2	2nd	11 20 21 30 44 55
2018-06-09	14	3rd	9 10 20 28 32 37
2018-04-21	23	3rd	9 19 20 21 45 47
2018-01-31	9	2nd	7 20 22 24 46 54
2017-12-30	15	2nd	8 20 29 30 31 47
2017-11-08	15	3rd	2 15 20 26 43 44
2017-09-16	15	4th	6 11 15 20 25 27
2017-07-26	3	3rd	7 15 20 25 34 59
2017-07-15	4	4th	4 6 17 20 34 43
2017-07-01	13	1st	20 32 40 46 52 54
2017-05-17	14	2nd	12 20 22 26 37 59
2017-03-29	2	2nd	5 20 25 44 50 53
2017-03-22	1	2nd	8 20 27 32 36 54
2017-03-18	3	3rd	1 3 20 27 30 49
2017-03-08	10	3rd	3 13 20 25 31 39
2017-02-01	79	4th	1 13 14 20 41 45
2016-04-30	1	2nd	1 20 25 30 31 57
2016-04-27	12	1st	20 31 41 43 48 59
2016-03-16	12	4th	4 7 9 20 52 57
2016-02-03	6	3rd	13 14 20 34 41 49
2016-01-13	17	1st	20 31 34 40 42 54
2015-11-14	16	5th	3 9 11 16 20 38
2015-09-19	15	3rd	1 4 20 32 41 58
2015-07-29	2	4th	2 15 18 20 47 58
2015-07-22	3	3rd	8 13 20 44 50 55
2015-07-11	16	3rd	17 18 20 26 39 41
2015-05-16	2	2nd	1 20 28 30 34 49
2015-05-09	3	2nd	2 20 35 37 41 52
2015-04-29	2	2nd	13 20 33 52 54 56
2015-04-22	13	4th	2 4 14 20 33 49
2015-03-07	6	2nd	11 20 23 29 53 58
2015-02-14	3	3rd	13 16 20 22 47 57
2015-02-04	13	3rd	11 17 20 27 45 54
2014-12-20	11	3rd	9 17 20 27 32 42
2014-11-12	7	2nd	7 20 26 27 40 52
2014-10-18	27	2nd	11 20 21 31 37 41
2014-07-16	20	2nd	19 20 25 29 30 55
2014-05-07	18	1st	20 21 29 32 45 48
2014-03-05	7	3rd	17 18 20 21 32 42
2014-02-08	12	3rd	1 5 20 35 36 40
2013-12-28	4	1st	20 26 36 43 45 58
2013-12-14	11	4th	4 15 19 20 21 28
2013-11-06	5	4th	4 11 14 20 34 44
2013-10-19	9	3rd	2 9 20 22 55 57
2013-09-18	14	4th	4 11 12 20 22 49
2013-07-31	1	3rd	9 19 20 42 46 55
2013-07-27	8	3rd	12 17 20 23 40 58
2013-06-29	3	6th	3 7 12 13 18 20
2013-06-19	22	4th	2 11 19 20 26 52
2013-04-03	4	3rd	1 18 20 33 35 46
2013-03-20	11	2nd	11 20 21 26 43 58
2013-02-09	2	3rd	9 18 20 40 46 55
2013-02-02	12	2nd	9 20 35 51 55 59
2012-12-22	8	3rd	16 19 20 22 25 55
2012-11-24	17	1st	20 31 33 41 48 56
2012-09-26	4	2nd	17 20 33 35 37 49
2012-09-12	4	2nd	11 20 30 36 53 54
2012-08-29	13	3rd	2 11 20 31 48 54
2012-07-14	8	3rd	11 18 20 31 44 46
2012-06-16	22	1st	20 34 36 40 41 51
2012-03-31	4	3rd	1 14 20 28 35 40
2012-03-17	13	4th	2 6 10 20 43 58
2012-02-01	6	3rd	4 6 20 31 39 54
2012-01-11	2	1st	20 33 49 51 52 56
2012-01-04	8	2nd	1 20 21 27 37 38
2011-12-07	1	2nd	10 20 28 29 51 52
2011-12-03	8	2nd	12 20 30 50 54 55
2011-11-05	23	5th	1 13 15 19 20 33
2011-08-17	29	2nd	18 20 34 37 42 56
2011-05-07	6	3rd	13 15 20 28 36 56
2011-04-16	2	3rd	2 8 20 42 54 59
2011-04-09	13	3rd	11 19 20 23 26 38
2011-02-23	14	3rd	8 15 20 41 43 48
2011-01-05	—	5th	4 6 11 18 20 33