Number 20

In Wild Money under the 5/38 + 1/35 · Nov 2016 – Apr 2025 rules — 2,314 draws, 5 from 1–38 (an earlier era).

286times drawn · chance expected 304 −1.14σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 37% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

43longest completed wait · 53% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 286 times in 2,314 draws against 304.5 expected, −1.14σ. 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 286 times in 2,314 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 43 · 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest10 · chance 13.3
2nd smallest67 · chance 67.1
3rd smallest116 · chance 113.3
4th smallest75 · chance 75.5
5th smallest18 · chance 16.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 30.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

18 24 2 31 17 12

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 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 38. 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
2025-04-12	4	2nd	15 20 24 27 34
2025-04-08	7	2nd	16 20 27 34 36
2025-04-01	3	4th	5 14 18 20 29
2025-03-29	26	2nd	7 20

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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-07-11	3	3rd	10 18 20 34 36
2024-07-08	19	3rd	1 18 20 21 35
2024-06-19	5	4th	11 12 19 20 21
2024-06-14	4	2nd	17 20 25 28 33
2024-06-10	16	3rd	18 19 20 29 36
2024-05-25	5	3rd	9 16 20 22 33
2024-05-20	1	4th	1 8 18 20 28
2024-05-19	4	2nd	19 20 34 35 38
2024-05-15	6	3rd	8 13 20 22 25
2024-05-09	2	2nd	18 20 21 31 32
2024-05-07	6	3rd	2 11 20 37 38
2024-05-01	2	4th	12 15 17 20 24
2024-04-29	2	2nd	8 20 26 36 37
2024-04-27	13	2nd	14 20 22 31 38
2024-04-14	2	3rd	12 13 20 24 32
2024-04-12	8	2nd	17 20 25 35 38
2024-04-04	4	2nd	3 20 26 31 33
2024-03-31	9	2nd	9 20 25 28 37
2024-03-22	4	3rd	6 14 20 32 33
2024-03-18	25	3rd	9 12 20 24 28
2024-02-22	9	2nd	6 20 21 27 38
2024-02-13	9	3rd	11 16 20 26 36
2024-02-04	6	2nd	18 20 28 29 32
2024-01-29	20	4th	3 16 17 20 21
2024-01-09	24	5th	5 6 13 15 20
2023-12-16	5	2nd	3 20 33 36 38
2023-12-11	1	3rd	11 17 20 21 36
2023-12-10	2	4th	3 9 19 20 22
2023-12-08	1	3rd	16 17 20 21 32
2023-12-07	1	3rd	10 18 20 26 33
2023-12-06	7	2nd	16 20 24 33 36
2023-11-29	7	5th	2 11 12 15 20
2023-11-22	15	4th	2 5 15 20 26
2023-11-07	1	3rd	2 15 20 27 34
2023-11-06	7	4th	2 4 19 20 28
2023-10-30	11	4th	2 4 13 20 37
2023-10-19	2	3rd	7 10 20 25 31
2023-10-17	7	4th	6 7 16 20 38
2023-10-10	2	4th	7 10 18 20 21
2023-10-08	3	4th	7 9 12 20 38
2023-10-05	5	4th	4 18 19 20 24
2023-09-30	3	3rd	14 17 20 32 35
2023-09-27	2	3rd	4 15 20 31 32
2023-09-25	2	2nd	16 20 24 31 37
2023-09-23	4	3rd	14 16 20 29 38
2023-09-19	3	4th	1 9 13 20 38
2023-09-16	2	2nd	6 20 25 27 38
2023-09-14	22	5th	8 10 17 18 20
2023-08-23	27	3rd	1 6 20 29 35
2023-07-27	5	4th	4 10 11 20 37
2023-07-22	6	3rd	14 16 20 21 32
2023-07-16	8	2nd	6 20 29 32 37
2023-07-08	16	3rd	1 4 20 37 38
2023-06-22	23	3rd	6 13 20 24 32
2023-05-30	5	2nd	15 20 26 27 36
2023-05-25	13	4th	3 6 16 20 26
2023-05-12	1	2nd	10 20 24 25 28
2023-05-11	4	4th	7 12 18 20 31
2023-05-07	4	4th	6 8 18 20 29
2023-05-03	16	2nd	2 20 30 31 33
2023-04-17	4	3rd	9 12 20 24 35
2023-04-13	6	3rd	8 12 20 29 35
2023-04-07	4	2nd	15 20 30 35 37
2023-04-03	15	1st	20 21 22 32 37
2023-03-19	11	4th	2 7 19 20 22
2023-03-08	2	3rd	15 16 20 36 38
2023-03-06	7	3rd	2 17 20 34 38
2023-02-27	2	2nd	2 20 21 26 38
2023-02-25	5	4th	8 9 14 20 24
2023-02-20	4	3rd	3 18 20 22 27
2023-02-16	4	3rd	9 12 20 31 32
2023-02-12	8	3rd	10 18 20 23 29
2023-02-04	9	3rd	11 15 20 27 28
2023-01-26	32	2nd	5 20 23 26 33
2022-12-25	3	4th	1 3 7 20 25
2022-12-22	5	3rd	7 15 20 24 32
2022-12-17	22	3rd	10 17 20 25 32
2022-11-25	1	3rd	3 4 20 22 35
2022-11-24	8	4th	2 6 8 20 32
2022-11-16	18	2nd	1 20 28 31 33
2022-10-29	6	3rd	5 17 20 32 34
2022-10-23	1	4th	5 17 19 20 35
2022-10-22	9	4th	2 4 18 20 31
2022-10-13	2	3rd	2 13 20 23 27
2022-10-11	13	4th	1 3 10 20 32
2022-09-28	7	4th	4 9 15 20 35
2022-09-21	11	4th	1 5 17 20 38
2022-09-10	22	3rd	3 6 20 22 27
2022-08-19	16	3rd	2 16 20 21 29
2022-08-03	3	3rd	10 15 20 34 36
2022-07-31	5	3rd	8 13 20 24 30
2022-07-26	7	1st	20 23 24 28 29
2022-07-19	2	2nd	7 20 24 34 37
2022-07-17	25	3rd	4 5 20 26 34
2022-06-22	14	3rd	16 19 20 30 32
2022-06-08	4	1st	20 25 27 32 33
2022-06-04	8	2nd	12 20 32 34 35
2022-05-27	2	3rd	18 19 20 22 25
2022-05-25	17	2nd	12 20 26 28 30
2022-05-08	2	3rd	17 19 20 30 31
2022-05-06	3	3rd	8 17 20 24 38
2022-05-03	8	3rd	11 14 20 27 37
2022-04-25	11	2nd	15 20 21 31 35
2022-04-14	2	3rd	7 11 20 24 38
2022-04-12	10	4th	1 4 10 20 32
2022-04-02	2	3rd	13 19 20 27 33
2022-03-31	15	3rd	2 18 20 24 36
2022-03-16	3	3rd	1 16 20 21 31
2022-03-13	1	2nd	7 20 22 24 25
2022-03-12	1	2nd	5 20 21 22 36
2022-03-11	6	3rd	2 17 20 23 30
2022-03-05	6	3rd	1 5 20 27 38
2022-02-27	13	3rd	6 9 20 36 37
2022-02-14	13	3rd	1 8 20 30 38
2022-02-01	8	4th	1 6 16 20 33
2022-01-24	24	2nd	5 20 26 28 31
2021-12-31	7	3rd	11 14 20 26 28
2021-12-24	1	3rd	3 18 20 24 28
2021-12-23	4	3rd	3 12 20 33 35
2021-12-19	1	5th	1 12 16 19 20
2021-12-18	2	3rd	12 18 20 21 32
2021-12-16	5	5th	2 9 12 19 20
2021-12-11	3	4th	6 10 18 20 25
2021-12-08	9	2nd	12 20 28 34 38
2021-11-29	11	2nd	1 20 24 26 36
2021-11-18	13	4th	4 5 19 20 29
2021-11-05	6	4th	4 9 11 20 36
2021-10-30	3	3rd	6 19 20 24 27
2021-10-27	7	3rd	16 17 20 25 26
2021-10-20	6	3rd	4 15 20 29 34
2021-10-14	6	3rd	2 11 20 25 37
2021-10-08	3	2nd	16 20 24 27 34
2021-10-05	2	4th	4 6 12 20 30
2021-10-03	15	2nd	7 20 24 29 31
2021-09-18	10	4th	3 13 14 20 30
2021-09-08	13	1st	20 26 28 31 35
2021-08-26	4	5th	10 15 16 18 20
2021-08-22	30	3rd	12 16 20 26 31
2021-07-23	8	3rd	6 10 20 25 31
2021-07-15	5	3rd	1 7 20 25 26
2021-07-10	2	3rd	9 19 20 30 32
2021-07-08	3	5th	1 2 11 18 20
2021-07-05	9	3rd	4 16 20 35 37
2021-06-26	14	3rd	9 12 20 23 33
2021-06-12	14	5th	5 8 12 17 20
2021-05-29	1	4th	3 12 18 20 31
2021-05-28	35	1st	20 21 30 34 36
2021-04-23	8	4th	3 4 13 20 28
2021-04-15	6	3rd	7 19 20 35 36
2021-04-09	2	2nd	12 20 24 31 34
2021-04-07	4	5th	2 10 15 17 20
2021-04-03	1	3rd	16 17 20 25 35
2021-04-02	3	4th	2 8 10 20 37
2021-03-30	3	4th	9 11 17 20 36
2021-03-27	5	4th	8 15 19 20 34
2021-03-22	3	2nd	12 20 24 30 38
2021-03-19	1	4th	11 12 15 20 28
2021-03-18	7	3rd	6 8 20 23 34
2021-03-11	1	3rd	12 17 20 33 35
2021-03-10	25	2nd	13 20 22 23 37
2021-02-13	10	5th	2 3 12 14 20
2021-02-03	1	2nd	7 20 24 27 32
2021-02-02	4	2nd	1 20 21 24 27
2021-01-29	4	2nd	2 20 23 24 35
2021-01-25	16	4th	7 13 16 20 28
2021-01-09	6	5th	4 10 12 16 20
2021-01-03	4	2nd	1 20 24 31 38
2020-12-30	16	3rd	13 18 20 26 33
2020-12-14	10	2nd	9 20 22 27 37
2020-12-04	1	4th	4 9 19 20 34
2020-12-03	9	3rd	6 7 20 23 30
2020-11-24	5	2nd	19 20 36 37 38
2020-11-19	8	3rd	3 5 20 32 38
2020-11-11	12	3rd	4 15 20 23 35
2020-10-30	1	2nd	19 20 21 24 26
2020-10-29	2	4th	1 5 18 20 38
2020-10-27	10	3rd	3 17 20 32 36
2020-10-17	3	2nd	6 20 24 30 35
2020-10-14	11	3rd	6 11 20 27 31
2020-10-03	5	4th	5 11 16 20 35
2020-09-28	9	2nd	11 20 22 23 29
2020-09-19	3	4th	2 13 17 20 37
2020-09-16	12	4th	2 10 12 20 21
2020-09-04	3	2nd	9 20 22 23 25
2020-09-01	3	2nd	13 20 23 34 38
2020-08-29	1	5th	7 9 10 17 20
2020-08-28	17	3rd	4 5 20 26 28
2020-08-11	5	3rd	9 15 20 34 36
2020-08-06	1	2nd	2 20 22 33 38
2020-08-05	2	3rd	14 18 20 23 36
2020-08-03	12	2nd	19 20 29 30 35
2020-07-22	5	4th	5 10 17 20 30
2020-07-17	12	4th	8 15 18 20 21
2020-06-23	12	3rd	7 15 20 29 32
2020-05-26	9	4th	6 17 18 20 30
2020-05-05	5	4th	3 9 19 20 23
2020-04-23	9	3rd	6 19 20 25 27
2020-04-02	1	3rd	6 16 20 21 25
2020-03-31	27	3rd	4 5 20 27 32
2020-01-28	4	4th	1 9 13 20 27
2020-01-18	21	4th	2 11 17 20 31
2019-11-30	12	5th	1 2 3 4 20
2019-11-02	2	3rd	1 10 20 30 31
2019-10-29	10	3rd	6 19 20 32 33
2019-10-05	4	4th	1 4 6 20 33
2019-09-26	7	2nd	14 20 24 31 33
2019-09-10	13	5th	1 2 18 19 20
2019-08-10	2	4th	3 7 18 20 26
2019-08-06	8	3rd	4 7 20 28 29
2019-07-18	7	3rd	1 2 20 22 25
2019-07-02	17	3rd	6 17 20 27 28
2019-05-23	12	4th	3 10 14 20 35
2019-04-25	6	4th	15 17 19 20 33
2019-04-11	8	3rd	7 8 20 21 29
2019-03-23	22	2nd	13 20 21 33 35
2019-01-31	2	4th	8 10 18 20 33
2019-01-26	4	3rd	16 17 20 33 34
2019-01-17	5	4th	5 15 16 20 22
2019-01-05	5	4th	5 7 16 20 29
2018-12-25	9	4th	2 12 17 20 23
2018-12-04	8	3rd	9 19 20 32 35
2018-11-15	4	3rd	11 17 20 22 35
2018-11-06	3	4th	4 6 18 20 28
2018-10-30	12	3rd	17 19 20 23 30
2018-10-02	2	5th	1 3 11 17 20
2018-09-27	12	4th	12 13 16 20 35
2018-08-30	5	3rd	1 13 20 25 29
2018-08-18	3	3rd	9 18 20 29 33
2018-08-11	2	2nd	7 20 27 34 35
2018-08-07	13	4th	2 13 17 20 33
2018-07-07	2	5th	1 5 10 17 20
2018-07-03	8	2nd	18 20 22 23 31
2018-06-14	1	3rd	9 18 20 29 35
2018-06-12	12	3rd	6 13 20 24 32
2018-05-15	8	3rd	14 15 20 23 35
2018-04-26	7	3rd	8 14 20 25 31
2018-04-10	25	3rd	2 16 20 23 34
2018-02-10	32	4th	3 10 11 20 26
2017-11-28	11	2nd	7 20 26 27 32
2017-11-02	3	2nd	4 20 30 31 33
2017-10-26	10	3rd	6 12 20 25 27
2017-10-03	5	4th	9 10 18 20 26
2017-09-21	1	4th	1 8 16 20 29
2017-09-19	7	4th	10 13 15 20 33
2017-09-02	2	2nd	11 20 21 24 30
2017-08-29	4	5th	5 7 15 18 20
2017-08-19	5	3rd	2 15 20 29 31
2017-08-08	6	3rd	6 7 20 28 31
2017-07-25	15	3rd	12 13 20 28 29
2017-06-20	4	4th	2 8 13 20 31
2017-06-10	1	3rd	6 7 20 22 34
2017-06-08	4	2nd	10 20 23 27 34
2017-05-30	1	2nd	3 20 24 33 34
2017-05-27	4	2nd	18 20 24 27 32
2017-05-18	2	4th	1 3 18 20 21
2017-05-13	5	5th	1 4 5 12 20
2017-05-02	2	4th	2 10 15 20 22
2017-04-27	6	1st	20 21 26 27 30
2017-04-13	26	2nd	18 20 24 29 35
2017-02-11	21	3rd	12 15 20 26 29
2016-12-24	14	3rd	14 15 20 29 33
2016-11-22	—	1st	20 21 31 32 34