Number 20

In Classic Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,627 draws, 6 from 1–49.

337times drawn · chance expected 322 +0.91σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 59% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

37longest completed wait · 95% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 337 times in 2,627 draws against 321.7 expected, +0.91σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 337 times in 2,627 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 5 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 smallest24 · chance 23.4
2nd smallest110 · chance 88.8
3rd smallest122 · chance 123.0
4th smallest64 · chance 77.4
5th smallest17 · chance 22.1
6th smallest0 · chance 2.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 35.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 37 26 28 9 45

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
2026-09-30	4	1st	20 24 28 39 43 48
2026-09-21	8	2nd	17 20 32 33 36 39
2026-09-02	11	3rd	9 12 20 32 38 39
2026-08-08

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.

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