Number 20

In Hit 5 under the 5/42 · since Sep 2020 rules — 2,228 draws, 5 from 1–42.

264times drawn · chance expected 265 −0.08σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 47% for any number

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

45longest completed wait · 63% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 264 times in 2,228 draws against 265.2 expected, −0.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 264 times in 2,228 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 7 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 smallest18 · chance 19.1
2nd smallest80 · chance 76.3
3rd smallest85 · chance 103.0
4th smallest70 · chance 55.6
5th smallest11 · chance 10.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 18 22 9 30 42

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-10-05	1	1st	20 26 27 38 40
2026-10-04	7	4th	1 8 10 20 32
2026-09-27	13	3rd	7 18 20 23 32
2026-09-14	3	4th	5 18 19 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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-13	11	5th	7 8 13 18 20
2026-04-02	5	1st	20 22 24 37 38
2026-03-28	1	3rd	6 12 20 30 42
2026-03-27	2	3rd	6 9 20 27 39
2026-03-25	3	3rd	1 8 20 28 39
2026-03-22	7	3rd	2 16 20 22 41
2026-03-15	1	4th	4 6 14 20 39
2026-03-14	1	2nd	7 20 31 35 37
2026-03-13	22	4th	7 8 11 20 39
2026-02-19	22	3rd	3 14 20 29 30
2026-01-28	6	4th	7 12 18 20 26
2026-01-22	12	2nd	6 20 23 34 42
2026-01-10	3	3rd	3 8 20 28 33
2026-01-07	4	3rd	7 18 20 25 26
2026-01-03	7	3rd	2 9 20 32 39
2025-12-27	3	3rd	7 9 20 22 25
2025-12-24	10	1st	20 22 24 31 40
2025-12-14	35	4th	14 18 19 20 22
2025-11-09	2	4th	4 10 16 20 30
2025-11-07	1	2nd	11 20 23 33 39
2025-11-06	11	2nd	2 20 25 30 32
2025-10-26	24	2nd	7 20 32 41 42
2025-10-02	8	1st	20 21 27 36 39
2025-09-24	5	3rd	6 11 20 21 30
2025-09-19	12	3rd	11 18 20 34 38
2025-09-07	3	4th	8 13 17 20 31
2025-09-04	4	4th	3 7 13 20 24
2025-08-31	4	2nd	1 20 31 36 41
2025-08-27	4	2nd	11 20 32 34 39
2025-08-23	3	2nd	10 20 25 30 31
2025-08-20	22	1st	20 27 30 36 40
2025-07-29	39	3rd	4 16 20 24 33
2025-06-20	2	1st	20 23 24 27 37
2025-06-18	4	1st	20 35 37 38 42
2025-06-14	3	2nd	9 20 25 34 39
2025-06-11	15	4th	9 13 18 20 34
2025-05-27	10	3rd	15 17 20 29 39
2025-05-17	13	4th	5 7 10 20 21
2025-05-04	8	3rd	7 14 20 33 34
2025-04-26	6	3rd	4 7 20 37 40
2025-04-20	3	2nd	16 20 22 24 41
2025-04-17	10	2nd	2 20 24 26 28
2025-04-07	3	2nd	6 20 24 25 32
2025-04-04	27	2nd	11 20 21 38 40
2025-03-08	7	3rd	2 3 20 25 42
2025-03-01	12	2nd	19 20 31 35 38
2025-02-17	8	4th	1 2 17 20 39
2025-02-09	1	2nd	12 20 22 29 42
2025-02-08	12	2nd	16 20 28 30 36
2025-01-27	18	3rd	2 9 20 22 42
2025-01-09	1	3rd	4 19 20 21 38
2025-01-08	4	4th	3 4 11 20 22
2025-01-04	15	5th	4 9 10 18 20
2024-12-20	2	3rd	12 17 20 22 32
2024-12-18	5	3rd	1 14 20 29 32
2024-12-13	6	4th	7 9 15 20 34
2024-12-07	3	4th	6 8 18 20 24
2024-12-04	6	3rd	14 18 20 32 33
2024-11-28	12	3rd	10 11 20 23 29
2024-11-16	2	3rd	6 9 20 38 41
2024-11-14	9	2nd	12 20 21 28 35
2024-11-05	11	4th	1 15 16 20 39
2024-10-25	8	3rd	1 17 20 22 23
2024-10-17	6	4th	12 14 19 20 21
2024-10-11	9	2nd	13 20 28 37 41
2024-10-02	2	4th	1 3 14 20 27
2024-09-30	3	1st	20 27 32 39 40
2024-09-27	1	4th	6 8 11 20 21
2024-09-26	20	2nd	8 20 24 25 40
2024-09-06	9	3rd	9 18 20 25 28
2024-08-28	1	4th	3 14 18 20 25
2024-08-27	13	4th	5 17 18 20 22
2024-08-14	6	2nd	6 20 21 29 35
2024-08-08	8	3rd	11 17 20 31 42
2024-07-31	9	3rd	6 9 20 21 33
2024-07-22	1	3rd	4 14 20 24 27
2024-07-21	5	2nd	11 20 24 30 41
2024-07-16	3	4th	7 12 15 20 37
2024-07-13	13	2nd	14 20 22 35 41
2024-06-30	15	3rd	2 17 20 24 42
2024-06-15	13	4th	1 9 15 20 42
2024-06-02	10	3rd	13 19 20 27 41
2024-05-23	17	4th	8 14 16 20 22
2024-05-06	10	4th	8 11 15 20 41
2024-04-26	2	4th	4 11 18 20 41
2024-04-24	1	2nd	4 20 29 33 41
2024-04-23	9	4th	10 14 17 20 40
2024-04-14	1	3rd	3 17 20 28 30
2024-04-13	3	2nd	18 20 25 37 41
2024-04-10	1	4th	3 9 16 20 39
2024-04-09	2	3rd	9 17 20 21 22
2024-04-07	13	5th	3 7 8 10 20
2024-03-25	5	2nd	10 20 23 27 34
2024-03-20	13	2nd	18 20 22 23 25
2024-03-07	4	4th	7 12 17 20 41
2024-03-03	9	3rd	7 17 20 30 33
2024-02-23	23	3rd	8 10 20 32 39
2024-01-31	4	4th	3 4 8 20 22
2024-01-27	1	3rd	6 8 20 35 40
2024-01-26	1	4th	7 10 18 20 22
2024-01-25	12	3rd	1 13 20 23 32
2024-01-13	17	2nd	9 20 30 33 40
2023-12-27	22	3rd	5 15 20 23 24
2023-12-05	8	3rd	13 15 20 26 35
2023-11-27	9	3rd	5 19 20 26 30
2023-11-18	3	4th	6 9 17 20 34
2023-11-15	2	4th	3 16 19 20 27
2023-11-13	10	4th	3 4 9 20 37
2023-11-03	2	4th	10 18 19 20 23
2023-11-01	5	5th	8 10 14 19 20
2023-10-27	15	2nd	13 20 24 26 38
2023-10-12	4	4th	7 15 17 20 24
2023-10-08	3	2nd	13 20 23 25 32
2023-10-05	5	4th	1 17 18 20 38
2023-09-30	4	3rd	7 16 20 30 35
2023-09-26	7	4th	13 15 16 20 42
2023-09-19	17	3rd	9 13 20 26 32
2023-09-02	2	3rd	12 19 20 30 32
2023-08-31	17	1st	20 25 32 39 41
2023-08-14	12	3rd	3 14 20 25 34
2023-08-02	4	4th	9 11 14 20 38
2023-07-29	1	3rd	4 11 20 25 34
2023-07-28	2	4th	2 13 19 20 30
2023-07-26	23	2nd	18 20 22 35 42
2023-07-03	9	2nd	11 20 23 28 40
2023-06-24	2	2nd	6 20 26 31 34
2023-06-22	12	3rd	18 19 20 33 41
2023-06-10	1	2nd	11 20 24 38 40
2023-06-09	6	3rd	6 14 20 21 39
2023-06-03	2	4th	3 12 19 20 42
2023-06-01	11	2nd	8 20 35 39 42
2023-05-21	1	3rd	3 18 20 25 42
2023-05-20	2	5th	2 8 12 16 20
2023-05-18	4	4th	2 10 19 20 23
2023-05-14	1	4th	7 9 13 20 41
2023-05-13	13	3rd	6 13 20 36 38
2023-04-30	6	2nd	18 20 23 25 33
2023-04-24	1	3rd	3 13 20 22 38
2023-04-23	4	2nd	15 20 29 36 39
2023-04-19	4	4th	1 7 11 20 40
2023-04-15	2	2nd	19 20 35 39 40
2023-04-13	30	3rd	2 5 20 21 30
2023-03-14	19	3rd	9 18 20 27 34
2023-02-23	13	3rd	1 4 20 21 40
2023-02-10	4	3rd	15 16 20 38 42
2023-02-06	16	5th	2 3 6 19 20
2023-01-21	4	4th	2 12 13 20 21
2023-01-17	8	3rd	4 19 20 22 38
2023-01-09	15	3rd	16 18 20 28 31
2022-12-25	6	1st	20 21 23 32 35
2022-12-19	12	2nd	17 20 26 27 38
2022-12-07	45	2nd	1 20 29 34 40
2022-10-23	7	4th	4 13 15 20 37
2022-10-16	2	2nd	2 20 24 31 35
2022-10-14	6	2nd	3 20 30 33 42
2022-10-08	24	2nd	15 20 22 28 37
2022-09-14	10	3rd	7 17 20 22 41
2022-09-04	1	2nd	1 20 32 35 41
2022-09-03	5	2nd	13 20 25 33 35
2022-08-29	8	4th	1 7 10 20 27
2022-08-21	11	2nd	11 20 22 28 35
2022-08-10	5	3rd	1 6 20 29 39
2022-08-05	1	5th	3 4 7 11 20
2022-08-04	1	3rd	1 12 20 26 35
2022-08-03	5	2nd	7 20 30 32 39
2022-07-29	12	3rd	15 16 20 29 40
2022-07-17	3	2nd	7 20 23 27 34
2022-07-14	7	3rd	3 13 20 22 25
2022-07-07	13	4th	1 11 14 20 28
2022-06-24	10	5th	1 2 12 16 20
2022-06-14	8	1st	20 26 31 35 36
2022-06-06	8	5th	1 7 10 12 20
2022-05-29	11	4th	3 9 15 20 21
2022-05-18	2	1st	20 32 33 38 42
2022-05-16	7	4th	3 9 18 20 37
2022-05-09	1	4th	6 10 16 20 23
2022-05-08	2	3rd	9 11 20 31 36
2022-05-06	34	2nd	1 20 22 36 41
2022-04-02	2	2nd	9 20 30 32 36
2022-03-31	4	2nd	15 20 25 30 31
2022-03-27	1	1st	20 32 34 39 42
2022-03-26	10	2nd	18 20 23 36 42
2022-03-16	5	3rd	1 4 20 31 38
2022-03-11	4	2nd	10 20 29 30 31
2022-03-07	11	4th	3 5 11 20 22
2022-02-24	6	2nd	5 20 24 28 42
2022-02-18	7	3rd	6 14 20 36 42
2022-02-11	35	2nd	9 20 29 32 37
2022-01-07	3	3rd	11 19 20 22 42
2022-01-04	2	1st	20 29 34 36 41
2022-01-02	1	5th	11 15 17 19 20
2022-01-01	1	3rd	16 18 20 24 41
2021-12-31	4	2nd	15 20 24 26 38
2021-12-27	14	2nd	13 20 23 26 37
2021-12-13	14	3rd	16 19 20 34 42
2021-11-29	13	3rd	2 19 20 24 28
2021-11-16	16	2nd	7 20 24 30 40
2021-10-31	2	4th	13 17 19 20 34
2021-10-29	22	1st	20 29 31 32 35
2021-10-07	6	4th	6 10 14 20 26
2021-10-01	3	3rd	4 11 20 28 41
2021-09-28	4	2nd	17 20 28 31 38
2021-09-24	2	2nd	13 20 23 27 34
2021-09-22	11	4th	7 9 16 20 30
2021-09-11	5	2nd	19 20 22 34 42
2021-09-06	26	4th	2 8 14 20 23
2021-08-11	16	4th	8 14 16 20 28
2021-07-26	42	4th	1 3 5 20 23
2021-06-14	5	2nd	13 20 22 32 40
2021-06-09	2	2nd	18 20 31 39 42
2021-06-07	4	3rd	8 16 20 25 37
2021-06-03	2	2nd	7 20 24 32 38
2021-06-01	2	2nd	19 20 30 31 39
2021-05-30	6	3rd	3 9 20 35 40
2021-05-24	3	4th	5 15 16 20 40
2021-05-21	16	5th	2 7 11 18 20
2021-05-05	37	3rd	2 10 20 30 40
2021-03-29	2	3rd	9 12 20 23 31
2021-03-27	3	3rd	11 16 20 25 36
2021-03-24	10	3rd	4 16 20 33 40
2021-03-14	14	1st	20 27 30 37 38
2021-02-28	5	2nd	5 20 22 27 36
2021-02-23	16	4th	3 8 15 20 41
2021-02-07	8	4th	4 11 16 20 24
2021-01-30	5	2nd	19 20 32 41 42
2021-01-25	23	2nd	8 20 22 33 40
2021-01-02	7	2nd	17 20 28 39 41
2020-12-26	12	4th	4 9 19 20 22
2020-12-14	15	4th	2 7 13 20 38
2020-11-29	11	2nd	18 20 33 34 39
2020-11-18	2	3rd	6 16 20 30 42
2020-11-16	10	2nd	16 20 21 28 30
2020-11-06	13	3rd	5 15 20 24 30
2020-10-24	9	4th	4 5 6 20 23
2020-10-15	1	3rd	3 9 20 22 24
2020-10-14	5	3rd	6 10 20 24 25
2020-10-09	8	2nd	18 20 24 25 27
2020-10-01	3	3rd	18 19 20 26 29
2020-09-28	11	2nd	12 20 23 31 40
2020-09-17	—	2nd	7 20 29 35 39