Number 20

In Megabucks under the 6/48 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,585 draws, 6 from 1–48.

309times drawn · chance expected 323 −0.84σ

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

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

57longest completed wait · 16% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 309 times in 2,585 draws against 323.1 expected, −0.84σ. 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 309 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 57 · 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 smallest23 · chance 19.8
2nd smallest77 · chance 78.4
3rd smallest110 · chance 112.8
4th smallest78 · chance 73.8
5th smallest20 · chance 21.9
6th smallest1 · chance 2.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 32.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 3 14 28 41 43

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-10-10	2	3rd	2 10 20 34 41 43
2026-10-05	4	2nd	3 20 28 34 38 39
2026-09-26	1	2nd	19 20 31 40 41 46
2026-09-23	2	4th

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 6/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-09	15	2nd	16 20 25 35 36 38
2025-07-05	1	1st	20 22 32 33 37 48
2025-07-02	15	4th	4 11 18 20 41 48
2025-05-28	10	2nd	19 20 22 33 45 48
2025-05-05	54	3rd	5 10 20 24 36 43
2024-12-30	7	4th	1 7 18 20 22 27
2024-12-14	4	3rd	1 13 20 22 28 36
2024-12-04	2	2nd	16 20 29 31 33 38
2024-11-30	8	3rd	11 16 20 25 26 36
2024-11-11	6	4th	2 4 8 20 31 48
2024-10-28	3	3rd	15 19 20 35 45 48
2024-10-21	8	2nd	4 20 21 44 46 48
2024-10-02	5	4th	6 11 16 20 43 45
2024-09-21	12	2nd	15 20 23 27 45 48
2024-08-24	4	4th	8 12 16 20 30 38
2024-08-14	16	3rd	15 18 20 23 29 34
2024-07-08	10	1st	20 23 26 29 40 42
2024-06-15	5	2nd	18 20 25 26 29 40
2024-06-03	7	3rd	14 19 20 26 28 48
2024-05-18	13	4th	14 17 19 20 24 44
2024-04-17	1	3rd	10 15 20 27 33 35
2024-04-15	3	3rd	14 18 20 30 32 45
2024-04-08	1	2nd	10 20 22 25 26 45
2024-04-06	16	4th	5 9 13 20 26 31
2024-02-28	2	5th	4 5 15 16 20 28
2024-02-24	1	3rd	13 15 20 28 42 43
2024-02-21	8	4th	2 8 18 20 38 47
2024-02-03	6	2nd	9 20 23 28 32 42
2024-01-20	11	3rd	7 15 20 21 24 46
2023-12-25	6	3rd	8 13 20 23 29 43
2023-12-11	10	4th	8 10 15 20 33 40
2023-11-18	5	3rd	12 16 20 29 31 34
2023-11-06	4	4th	6 11 14 20 30 44
2023-10-28	7	2nd	2 20 28 30 42 43
2023-10-11	5	3rd	10 12 20 23 34 35
2023-09-30	3	3rd	1 11 20 22 23 43
2023-09-23	12	5th	4 5 11 16 20 42
2023-08-26	4	4th	1 4 17 20 30 38
2023-08-16	13	2nd	17 20 22 23 29 45
2023-07-17	1	3rd	9 10 20 22 27 32
2023-07-15	11	3rd	6 15 20 27 40 47
2023-06-19	6	4th	1 5 8 20 38 43
2023-06-05	2	3rd	11 14 20 29 41 42
2023-05-31	5	3rd	7 12 20 27 37 38
2023-05-20	2	3rd	3 6 20 33 46 47
2023-05-15	19	3rd	5 17 20 27 33 45
2023-04-01	1	3rd	2 13 20 21 35 40
2023-03-29	1	4th	2 11 15 20 35 41
2023-03-27	3	3rd	5 18 20 28 29 45
2023-03-20	1	4th	6 9 18 20 40 44
2023-03-18	4	3rd	1 18 20 37 40 47
2023-03-08	14	3rd	1 14 20 27 37 45
2023-02-04	8	2nd	1 20 25 36 40 45
2023-01-16	5	4th	9 10 14 20 33 38
2023-01-04	2	4th	1 3 12 20 41 46
2022-12-31	6	2nd	14 20 27 34 38 41
2022-12-17	11	2nd	3 20 27 33 44 46
2022-11-21	3	3rd	7 9 20 32 40 47
2022-11-14	6	4th	3 7 10 20 38 45
2022-10-31	14	3rd	4 8 20 22 26 34
2022-09-28	5	2nd	4 20 29 40 41 44
2022-09-17	13	3rd	3 14 20 22 33 44
2022-08-17	9	3rd	12 18 20 25 37 47
2022-07-27	4	3rd	2 7 20 27 28 33
2022-07-18	20	3rd	10 14 20 24 32 35
2022-06-01	4	4th	8 13 18 20 21 33
2022-05-23	2	4th	2 3 4 20 33 38
2022-05-18	6	4th	1 3 18 20 31 34
2022-05-04	6	3rd	13 19 20 24 39 48
2022-04-20	5	2nd	19 20 26 33 42 47
2022-04-09	5	2nd	6 20 27 30 43 44
2022-03-28	13	4th	3 12 17 20 36 37
2022-02-26	9	1st	20 29 34 40 44 46
2022-02-05	2	2nd	5 20 27 31 34 43
2022-01-31	6	4th	11 12 15 20 25 30
2022-01-17	2	1st	20 25 28 31 32 35
2022-01-12	5	2nd	7 20 32 33 41 46
2022-01-01	6	3rd	1 4 20 23 40 46
2021-12-18	3	4th	8 12 17 20 22 30
2021-12-11	7	5th	9 12 14 18 20 34
2021-11-24	2	1st	20 29 37 39 40 46
2021-11-20	5	3rd	3 8 20 23 32 36
2021-11-08	7	5th	3 5 7 11 20 26
2021-10-23	3	2nd	7 20 29 32 33 34
2021-10-16	1	5th	2 8 12 18 20 26
2021-10-13	2	2nd	3 20 27 31 33 47
2021-10-09	1	2nd	12 20 31 33 35 45
2021-10-06	6	3rd	2 10 20 39 45 47
2021-09-22	7	3rd	6 16 20 25 28 46
2021-09-06	3	4th	15 17 19 20 28 37
2021-08-30	10	5th	2 7 8 18 20 26
2021-08-07	17	1st	20 28 30 34 35 41
2021-06-28	15	5th	6 15 16 18 20 44
2021-05-24	13	5th	6 13 15 19 20 33
2021-04-24	28	3rd	12 14 20 33 36 39
2021-02-17	7	4th	5 8 15 20 30 39
2021-02-01	8	2nd	8 20 21 31 41 47
2021-01-13	29	2nd	6 20 22 29 31 43
2020-11-07	20	2nd	12 20 35 38 39 41
2020-09-21	2	3rd	11 16 20 34 35 46
2020-09-16	4	2nd	18 20 31 33 36 46
2020-09-07	9	5th	1 6 13 19 20 45
2020-08-17	9	3rd	3 9 20 21 43 48
2020-07-27	9	3rd	3 8 20 25 36 42
2020-07-06	17	5th	3 4 7 13 20 22
2020-05-27	1	4th	1 3 12 20 21 42
2020-05-25	4	4th	1 2 11 20 30 35
2020-05-16	3	3rd	9 14 20 41 42 48
2020-05-09	1	5th	7 12 16 19 20 41
2020-05-06	2	4th	13 17 19 20 21 44
2020-05-02	3	1st	20 23 30 42 44 46
2020-04-25	15	3rd	6 11 20 24 41 45
2020-03-21	26	2nd	18 20 22 33 38 44
2020-01-20	13	3rd	1 13 20 22 29 32
2019-12-21	4	5th	8 11 12 15 20 23
2019-12-11	1	1st	20 21 27 28 34 48
2019-12-09	3	3rd	6 12 20 31 38 44
2019-12-02	6	2nd	15 20 23 27 33 38
2019-11-18	9	3rd	3 17 20 25 30 46
2019-10-28	1	3rd	1 10 20 21 34 39
2019-10-26	5	2nd	14 20 25 30 32 48
2019-10-14	2	4th	3 10 18 20 41 47
2019-10-09	1	4th	2 12 13 20 22 30
2019-10-07	10	2nd	5 20 25 27 36 37
2019-09-14	5	3rd	3 14 20 26 28 33
2019-09-02	12	4th	2 3 4 20 42 44
2019-08-05	4	3rd	1 8 20 29 32 34
2019-07-27	17	4th	2 10 14 20 24 35
2019-06-17	6	2nd	15 20 37 45 47 48
2019-06-03	9	3rd	5 19 20 21 30 35
2019-05-13	7	3rd	13 18 20 25 41 46
2019-04-27	1	3rd	3 18 20 24 34 36
2019-04-24	14	3rd	11 14 20 26 31 35
2019-03-23	9	3rd	14 17 20 28 37 43
2019-03-02	29	3rd	3 10 20 29 38 43
2018-12-24	3	4th	9 10 12 20 26 37
2018-12-17	1	1st	20 28 32 33 45 46
2018-12-15	6	2nd	14 20 23 26 27 42
2018-12-01	1	1st	20 26 30 36 39 44
2018-11-28	8	4th	2 6 18 20 25 41
2018-11-10	10	1st	20 33 36 40 42 44
2018-10-17	3	3rd	3 7 20 29 42 46
2018-10-10	8	1st	20 25 34 35 36 41
2018-09-22	3	3rd	2 9 20 21 33 35
2018-09-15	3	4th	6 11 18 20 30 31
2018-09-08	12	3rd	12 14 20 30 41 43
2018-08-11	2	5th	4 8 9 15 20 43
2018-08-06	1	1st	20 25 27 31 43 44
2018-08-04	4	2nd	5 20 21 24 25 46
2018-07-25	3	2nd	4 20 22 31 34 43
2018-07-18	3	2nd	4 20 23 24 28 42
2018-07-11	15	3rd	4 10 20 28 32 48
2018-06-06	7	3rd	7 8 20 32 36 48
2018-05-21	4	3rd	10 12 20 21 27 28
2018-05-12	20	5th	5 7 11 12 20 24
2018-03-26	7	4th	3 4 13 20 38 47
2018-03-10	8	2nd	9 20 22 25 27 48
2018-02-19	5	3rd	1 7 20 21 26 45
2018-02-07	2	2nd	11 20 21 40 44 46
2018-02-03	4	4th	5 10 11 20 33 43
2018-01-24	2	4th	1 7 19 20 30 46
2018-01-20	1	3rd	4 11 20 28 31 36
2018-01-17	3	2nd	14 20 21 25 34 35
2018-01-10	2	4th	3 4 7 20 28 39
2018-01-06	18	3rd	6 10 20 38 43 45
2017-11-25	2	2nd	3 20 32 39 41 43
2017-11-20	1	4th	6 12 17 20 39 46
2017-11-18	1	2nd	11 20 26 41 42 47
2017-11-15	13	2nd	13 20 22 27 38 48
2017-10-16	10	4th	6 16 19 20 21 30
2017-09-23	11	2nd	5 20 23 29 35 44
2017-08-28	3	3rd	8 14 20 23 34 44
2017-08-21	2	4th	7 15 18 20 29 42
2017-08-16	26	3rd	5 14 20 22 23 31
2017-06-17	2	2nd	14 20 22 27 28 42
2017-06-12	13	2nd	11 20 25 27 30 36
2017-05-13	17	1st	20 25 32 35 40 43
2017-04-03	15	3rd	8 15 20 21 31 41
2017-02-27	18	3rd	10 14 20 21 22 32
2017-01-16	3	4th	1 10 14 20 22 28
2017-01-09	1	5th	1 4 6 15 20 36
2017-01-07	5	2nd	13 20 26 34 35 47
2016-12-26	12	3rd	7 10 20 27 30 38
2016-11-28	8	1st	20 21 28 37 45 46
2016-11-09	20	3rd	1 7 20 24 32 48
2016-09-24	20	4th	10 15 19 20 36 46
2016-08-08	3	2nd	14 20 21 25 29 48
2016-08-01	2	4th	9 14 17 20 31 39
2016-07-27	13	1st	20 27 32 34 42 48
2016-06-27	11	4th	4 6 19 20 37 47
2016-06-01	4	4th	4 16 18 20 39 46
2016-05-23	4	2nd	13 20 24 35 38 47
2016-05-14	6	3rd	3 10 20 27 31 48
2016-04-30	11	2nd	1 20 21 27 44 48
2016-04-04	3	3rd	6 17 20 21 25 37
2016-03-28	13	4th	3 7 8 20 21 46
2016-02-27	57	2nd	3 20 29 34 42 48
2015-10-17	21	4th	11 17 18 20 26 28
2015-08-29	1	4th	3 4 6 20 35 46
2015-08-26	6	4th	6 7 19 20 23 37
2015-08-12	4	3rd	13 15 20 24 31 36
2015-08-03	11	3rd	2 8 20 25 39 45
2015-07-08	1	1st	20 22 24 32 39 41
2015-07-06	2	2nd	18 20 23 33 34 45
2015-07-01	8	3rd	9 12 20 36 39 42
2015-06-13	6	3rd	5 13 20 40 41 42
2015-05-30	2	4th	5 9 14 20 23 25
2015-05-25	7	4th	12 17 18 20 29 35
2015-05-09	9	2nd	15 20 21 24 28 32
2015-04-18	48	4th	8 10 14 20 38 46
2014-12-27	18	2nd	7 20 22 33 35 43
2014-11-15	2	1st	20 22 25 38 42 47
2014-11-10	2	5th	2 11 17 19 20 42
2014-11-05	5	3rd	6 10 20 31 35 40
2014-10-25	5	2nd	2 20 22 37 40 45
2014-10-13	15	3rd	3 8 20 28 35 47
2014-09-08	36	4th	2 11 14 20 32 33
2014-06-16	1	2nd	8 20 23 28 37 39
2014-06-14	18	4th	3 5 7 20 27 34
2014-05-03	2	2nd	9 20 27 36 40 45
2014-04-28	6	2nd	15 20 22 35 41 46
2014-04-14	1	3rd	4 9 20 25 30 44
2014-04-12	11	5th	4 5 7 19 20 21
2014-03-17	8	4th	5 9 10 20 40 48
2014-02-26	2	3rd	12 13 20 22 25 33
2014-02-22	1	5th	4 7 11 17 20 43
2014-02-19	13	3rd	15 16 20 22 23 44
2014-01-20	2	3rd	4 13 20 24 29 41
2014-01-15	2	2nd	3 20 23 29 33 35
2014-01-11	7	3rd	6 15 20 46 47 48
2013-12-25	1	4th	5 11 15 20 21 30
2013-12-23	11	3rd	5 11 20 32 39 42
2013-11-27	19	3rd	14 15 20 22 24 33
2013-10-14	40	1st	20 27 41 43 44 47
2013-07-13	12	4th	6 8 18 20 35 41
2013-06-15	1	3rd	2 3 20 23 33 47
2013-06-12	8	3rd	4 18 20 24 41 42
2013-05-25	13	1st	20 21 31 43 44 48
2013-04-24	21	2nd	14 20 26 29 31 41
2013-03-06	1	3rd	14 18 20 22 35 36
2013-03-04	9	3rd	7 16 20 30 34 47
2013-02-11	28	4th	5 9 10 20 32 33
2012-12-08	1	4th	7 8 16 20 33 42
2012-12-05	3	2nd	6 20 22 25 33 41
2012-11-28	3	2nd	9 20 21 38 39 40
2012-11-21	28	3rd	6 19 20 26 32 45
2012-09-17	1	2nd	9 20 27 30 46 47
2012-09-15	18	3rd	5 19 20 26 33 36
2012-08-04	11	4th	4 5 18 20 32 47
2012-07-09	22	3rd	8 10 20 25 26 29
2012-05-19	8	4th	4 6 17 20 34 38
2012-04-28	20	2nd	3 20 21 31 44 45
2012-03-12	27	4th	10 16 19 20 28 38
2012-01-09	9	3rd	4 18 20 24 41 45
2011-12-19	22	2nd	4 20 30 32 37 46
2011-10-29	2	4th	4 12 19 20 37 43
2011-10-24	2	2nd	7 20 21 33 36 39
2011-10-19	7	1st	20 22 39 41 43 47
2011-10-03	4	4th	3 11 17 20 30 31
2011-09-24	2	3rd	9 11 20 23 32 37
2011-09-19	12	4th	2 5 13 20 30 41
2011-08-22	6	3rd	11 13 20 22 28 33
2011-08-08	14	6th	4 9 10 11 13 20
2011-07-06	5	4th	3 11 18 20 27 43
2011-06-25	1	2nd	1 20 28 43 46 47
2011-06-22	5	3rd	9 15 20 26 30 46
2011-06-11	3	4th	1 13 14 20 23 39
2011-06-04	9	2nd	5 20 28 38 45 47
2011-05-14	16	3rd	5 19 20 30 40 45
2011-04-06	3	4th	3 5 12 20 36 38
2011-03-30	5	4th	4 7 12 20 24 42
2011-03-19	12	4th	2 3 11 20 25 44
2011-02-19	20	4th	4 12 17 20 28 45
2011-01-03	33	2nd	8 20 32 36 37 42
2010-10-18	7	2nd	15 20 24 33 35 45
2010-10-02	5	3rd	1 5 20 31 32 37
2010-09-20	20	2nd	17 20 31 38 41 47
2010-08-04	3	5th	2 15 16 19 20 21
2010-07-28	19	3rd	15 19 20 25 36 45
2010-06-14	4	2nd	13 20 28 37 41 42
2010-06-05	11	3rd	1 5 20 40 43 46
2010-05-10	4	4th	10 16 17 20 23 26
2010-05-01	3	2nd	9 20 27 31 40 41
2010-04-24	4	5th	3 5 7 17 20 43
2010-04-14	—	3rd	15 18 20 28 34 43