Number 20

In Win For Life under the 4/77 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,585 draws, 4 from 1–77.

143times drawn · chance expected 134 +0.77σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 69% for any number

18.1average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

77longest completed wait · 92% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 143 times in 2,585 draws against 134.3 expected, +0.77σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 143 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 18.1 draws · longest completed wait 77 · waiting 8 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 smallest65 · chance 59.5
2nd smallest60 · chance 61.7
3rd smallest17 · chance 19.8
4th smallest1 · chance 2.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

43 37 76 1 5 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 76 numbers; chance expected about 0.3 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 77. 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
2026-09-23	32	1st	20 39 55 61
2026-07-11	27	3rd	11 12 20 75
2026-05-09	26	2nd	10 20 31 61
2026-03-09	7	2nd	5 20 51 64
2026-02-21	44	2nd

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 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-02-05	1	1st	20 25 73 76
2024-02-03	11	2nd	13 20 50 77
2024-01-08	56	1st	20 30 59 65
2023-08-30	25	2nd	1 20 49 55
2023-07-03	6	3rd	4 5 20 67
2023-06-19	4	1st	20 27 49 69
2023-06-10	9	1st	20 30 45 69
2023-05-20	1	2nd	19 20 29 63
2023-05-17	3	1st	20 32 43 63
2023-05-10	60	2nd	3 20 59 76
2022-12-21	40	1st	20 46 62 69
2022-09-19	47	1st	20 33 62 76
2022-06-01	4	1st	20 24 27 44
2022-05-23	16	1st	20 29 42 55
2022-04-16	1	2nd	2 20 53 57
2022-04-13	8	4th	3 5 15 20
2022-03-26	13	1st	20 29 34 62
2022-02-23	1	1st	20 27 52 62
2022-02-21	40	1st	20 24 48 61
2021-11-20	3	2nd	16 20 21 70
2021-11-13	67	3rd	10 18 20 75
2021-06-09	10	1st	20 42 45 47
2021-05-17	9	2nd	5 20 43 58
2021-04-26	11	1st	20 59 71 76
2021-03-31	44	2nd	18 20 48 50
2020-12-19	20	3rd	5 9 20 22
2020-11-02	1	2nd	17 20 32 67
2020-10-31	8	2nd	12 20 24 32
2020-10-12	29	2nd	16 20 37 52
2020-08-05	30	1st	20 36 43 77
2020-05-27	15	2nd	12 20 38 73
2020-04-22	19	3rd	1 9 20 40
2020-03-09	11	2nd	4 20 53 66
2020-02-12	1	1st	20 22 40 43
2020-02-10	7	1st	20 34 35 73
2020-01-25	8	1st	20 28 44 68
2020-01-06	18	1st	20 21 52 55
2019-11-25	44	1st	20 30 60 73
2019-08-14	49	1st	20 37 40 75
2019-04-22	11	1st	20 36 43 65
2019-03-27	17	1st	20 27 38 69
2019-02-16	17	1st	20 37 52 56
2019-01-07	13	2nd	7 20 30 43
2018-12-08	40	1st	20 28 51 56
2018-09-05	38	2nd	13 20 37 53
2018-06-09	5	2nd	2 20 28 33
2018-05-28	37	3rd	12 13 20 40
2018-03-03	4	2nd	1 20 40 60
2018-02-21	14	2nd	9 20 34 35
2018-01-20	3	1st	20 51 56 67
2018-01-13	23	1st	20 38 49 75
2017-11-20	14	2nd	2 20 29 64
2017-10-18	4	2nd	13 20 49 76
2017-10-09	4	2nd	14 20 31 37
2017-09-30	18	2nd	12 20 26 77
2017-08-19	8	1st	20 26 68 76
2017-07-31	10	1st	20 23 42 67
2017-07-08	19	1st	20 39 43 47
2017-05-24	38	1st	20 30 33 56
2017-02-25	31	1st	20 45 48 73
2016-12-14	2	3rd	10 11 20 70
2016-12-10	12	3rd	1 5 20 67
2016-11-12	17	1st	20 21 24 44
2016-10-03	24	2nd	4 20 46 50
2016-08-08	3	2nd	14 20 45 68
2016-08-01	5	3rd	16 18 20 40
2016-07-20	23	2nd	5 20 58 64
2016-05-28	11	3rd	8 9 20 34
2016-05-02	17	2nd	15 20 38 66
2016-03-23	1	1st	20 21 23 43
2016-03-21	43	1st	20 23 71 76
2015-12-12	5	1st	20 59 62 71
2015-11-30	1	1st	20 45 60 76
2015-11-28	31	2nd	13 20 45 69
2015-09-16	8	1st	20 47 70 74
2015-08-29	23	1st	20 27 51 69
2015-07-06	20	1st	20 26 30 72
2015-05-20	6	1st	20 54 60 65
2015-05-06	19	1st	20 25 36 58
2015-03-23	6	1st	20 39 58 63
2015-03-09	11	1st	20 23 60 73
2015-02-11	18	1st	20 48 58 64
2014-12-31	3	2nd	7 20 25 75
2014-12-24	21	3rd	10 13 20 61
2014-11-05	31	1st	20 29 54 56
2014-08-25	24	1st	20 37 67 76
2014-06-30	1	3rd	9 15 20 61
2014-06-28	18	2nd	14 20 53 64
2014-05-17	7	1st	20 24 51 52
2014-04-30	27	1st	20 50 52 74
2014-02-26	19	2nd	1 20 37 66
2014-01-13	5	3rd	8 13 20 36
2014-01-01	8	1st	20 26 33 36
2013-12-14	3	2nd	9 20 58 61
2013-12-07	38	2nd	13 20 28 60
2013-09-09	77	1st	20 31 47 70
2013-03-13	11	2nd	16 20 44 75
2013-02-16	61	1st	20 46 58 60
2012-09-26	25	2nd	15 20 50 66
2012-07-30	7	1st	20 21 26 70
2012-07-14	34	2nd	17 20 44 74
2012-04-23	14	1st	20 27 48 65
2012-03-21	42	1st	20 56 65 68
2011-12-14	9	2nd	6 20 41 55
2011-11-23	53	2nd	10 20 33 71
2011-07-23	8	2nd	13 20 55 63
2011-07-04	1	2nd	14 20 34 48
2011-07-02	3	2nd	9 20 35 37
2011-06-25	2	1st	20 33 50 52
2011-06-20	7	2nd	7 20 49 54
2011-06-04	12	2nd	1 20 28 31
2011-05-07	10	2nd	5 20 49 54
2011-04-13	29	2nd	19 20 60 74
2011-02-05	27	1st	20 30 39 55
2010-12-04	14	1st	20 43 55 69
2010-11-01	10	1st	20 45 51 71
2010-10-09	20	3rd	9 15 20 37
2010-08-23	51	2nd	3 20 41 47
2010-04-26	—	1st	20 25 49 54