Number 20

In Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,626 draws, 6 from 1–49.

327times drawn · chance expected 322 +0.32σ

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

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

62longest completed wait · 11% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 327 times in 2,626 draws against 321.6 expected, +0.32σ. 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 327 times in 2,626 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 62 · 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 smallest27 · chance 22.7
2nd smallest84 · chance 86.2
3rd smallest131 · chance 119.3
4th smallest68 · chance 75.1
5th smallest14 · chance 21.5
6th smallest3 · chance 2.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 34.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

37 45 25 13 24 49

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
2026-10-07	6	2nd	1 20 38 46 47 49
2026-09-23	20	5th	2 4 10 18 20 28
2026-08-08	9	3rd	4 5 20 23 27 46
2026-07-18	10	3rd	10

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.

2025-10-15	13	4th	5 6 12 20 32 46
2025-09-15	2	3rd	4 9 20 38 42 47
2025-09-10	22	3rd	8 16 20 28 30 46
2025-07-21	5	3rd	2 6 20 33 40 49
2025-07-09	5	3rd	13 19 20 25 33 48
2025-06-28	6	1st	20 29 32 37 39 49
2025-06-14	24	4th	7 10 12 20 29 45
2025-04-19	4	3rd	3 13 20 24 25 45
2025-04-09	7	3rd	11 12 20 42 47 49
2025-03-24	1	1st	20 23 35 37 43 44
2025-03-22	4	4th	6 8 11 20 45 49
2025-03-12	4	2nd	9 20 21 32 38 44
2025-03-03	2	3rd	9 17 20 37 45 49
2025-02-26	3	3rd	6 18 20 22 23 32
2025-02-19	17	2nd	17 20 32 37 40 43
2025-01-11	9	2nd	4 20 21 25 36 41
2024-12-21	6	4th	2 4 7 20 27 41
2024-12-07	1	3rd	3 17 20 29 40 45
2024-12-04	2	3rd	1 16 20 25 33 40
2024-11-30	20	3rd	2 18 20 34 45 48
2024-10-14	5	2nd	18 20 23 37 38 42
2024-10-02	15	2nd	3 20 23 30 34 47
2024-08-28	30	2nd	13 20 24 25 37 38
2024-06-19	4	4th	9 14 17 20 38 39
2024-06-10	2	5th	1 9 13 15 20 28
2024-06-05	25	1st	20 35 39 42 44 47
2024-04-08	11	2nd	7 20 21 25 39 49
2024-03-13	2	3rd	3 19 20 22 31 37
2024-03-09	8	2nd	8 20 31 37 39 45
2024-02-19	3	4th	8 10 18 20 25 45
2024-02-12	3	3rd	17 18 20 23 25 29
2024-02-05	9	3rd	16 18 20 22 23 37
2024-01-15	1	4th	8 12 16 20 43 45
2024-01-13	1	4th	9 11 18 20 24 26
2024-01-10	6	5th	1 4 12 15 20 37
2023-12-27	11	1st	20 28 33 46 47 48
2023-12-02	6	4th	5 13 14 20 23 39
2023-11-18	7	2nd	4 20 24 36 39 45
2023-11-01	2	2nd	3 20 21 29 30 44
2023-10-28	6	2nd	14 20 37 41 42 46
2023-10-14	1	3rd	6 13 20 27 30 32
2023-10-11	14	5th	6 10 15 19 20 48
2023-09-09	7	3rd	14 17 20 39 40 43
2023-08-23	20	2nd	2 20 23 30 43 48
2023-07-08	2	4th	2 3 16 20 40 47
2023-07-03	28	3rd	1 5 20 28 39 45
2023-04-29	2	3rd	11 18 20 27 39 47
2023-04-24	6	3rd	13 18 20 22 39 43
2023-04-10	2	2nd	5 20 25 42 43 47
2023-04-05	1	4th	1 7 13 20 47 49
2023-04-03	1	3rd	11 16 20 25 40 48
2023-04-01	17	3rd	4 11 20 29 35 38
2023-02-20	6	1st	20 27 29 31 45 49
2023-02-06	1	4th	11 13 19 20 44 46
2023-02-04	4	1st	20 24 25 33 36 49
2023-01-25	7	2nd	7 20 24 38 40 42
2023-01-09	18	1st	20 26 31 34 38 43
2022-11-28	3	1st	20 34 39 41 42 44
2022-11-21	4	4th	1 4 6 20 25 29
2022-11-12	7	3rd	2 12 20 27 40 49
2022-10-26	14	2nd	10 20 42 44 47 49
2022-09-24	10	3rd	2 12 20 24 32 45
2022-08-31	4	3rd	6 11 20 26 34 39
2022-08-22	27	3rd	13 17 20 24 28 42
2022-06-20	1	2nd	13 20 23 27 35 42
2022-06-18	11	2nd	12 20 33 34 43 46
2022-05-23	2	1st	20 24 25 31 33 40
2022-05-18	1	4th	1 7 17 20 34 43
2022-05-16	12	3rd	2 19 20 22 41 49
2022-04-18	3	4th	1 2 16 20 43 46
2022-04-11	1	3rd	7 14 20 31 32 34
2022-04-09	18	3rd	3 11 20 21 22 34
2022-02-26	4	4th	1 10 16 20 23 36
2022-02-16	8	4th	15 16 18 20 32 37
2022-01-29	10	3rd	2 9 20 38 39 42
2022-01-05	1	5th	9 12 13 18 20 24
2022-01-03	4	2nd	9 20 21 22 26 36
2021-12-25	1	2nd	17 20 22 29 42 46
2021-12-22	8	4th	11 12 19 20 34 43
2021-12-04	4	3rd	8 16 20 31 38 45
2021-11-24	10	2nd	13 20 24 26 34 36
2021-11-01	3	4th	7 11 19 20 21 43
2021-10-25	5	2nd	2 20 27 46 47 49
2021-10-13	6	1st	20 29 31 36 39 45
2021-09-29	9	3rd	3 17 20 21 36 41
2021-09-08	23	3rd	2 7 20 25 36 43
2021-07-17	20	4th	2 6 11 20 26 39
2021-05-31	9	3rd	4 10 20 23 44 46
2021-05-10	7	4th	5 8 18 20 43 48
2021-04-24	9	2nd	3 20 32 35 37 42
2021-04-03	2	5th	2 3 12 13 20 30
2021-03-29	11	4th	6 7 16 20 31 48
2021-03-03	6	2nd	3 20 28 32 36 38
2021-02-17	3	2nd	3 20 28 29 35 45
2021-02-10	4	1st	20 24 26 36 45 48
2021-02-01	2	4th	14 15 17 20 29 34
2021-01-27	1	2nd	10 20 21 26 37 45
2021-01-25	5	3rd	4 9 20 33 40 41
2021-01-13	3	2nd	18 20 24 30 37 45
2021-01-06	8	3rd	2 12 20 43 46 48
2020-12-19	21	3rd	1 6 20 35 42 46
2020-10-31	6	4th	4 8 16 20 28 37
2020-10-17	3	3rd	7 12 20 25 34 45
2020-10-10	7	2nd	15 20 26 31 43 46
2020-09-23	9	4th	6 14 15 20 40 47
2020-09-02	1	3rd	9 11 20 26 35 45
2020-08-31	1	3rd	4 8 20 25 45 46
2020-08-29	10	4th	7 8 18 20 35 39
2020-08-05	2	3rd	7 14 20 30 31 39
2020-08-01	4	3rd	7 8 20 24 45 47
2020-07-22	62	2nd	16 20 27 30 35 39
2020-02-29	12	4th	1 13 14 20 39 41
2020-02-01	10	2nd	5 20 31 41 44 49
2020-01-08	18	3rd	6 19 20 22 25 38
2019-11-27	10	2nd	3 20 28 33 39 48
2019-11-04	12	4th	1 3 8 20 38 45
2019-10-07	2	4th	10 14 17 20 41 45
2019-10-02	4	4th	2 6 15 20 45 47
2019-09-23	8	2nd	19 20 24 30 36 39
2019-09-04	20	6th	1 9 10 16 17 20
2019-07-20	4	3rd	2 11 20 30 38 46
2019-07-10	1	3rd	7 15 20 26 30 33
2019-07-08	5	4th	2 15 17 20 36 44
2019-06-26	16	3rd	9 11 20 24 36 48
2019-05-20	1	3rd	17 18 20 23 24 33
2019-05-18	9	1st	20 22 25 27 32 42
2019-04-27	13	3rd	14 16 20 23 28 41
2019-03-27	5	1st	20 24 29 41 42 47
2019-03-16	2	2nd	18 20 21 33 39 41
2019-03-11	23	3rd	3 4 20 21 25 37
2019-01-16	7	3rd	2 3 20 29 40 45
2018-12-31	28	2nd	19 20 30 31 42 44
2018-10-27	1	2nd	4 20 25 27 30 46
2018-10-24	2	3rd	1 17 20 35 38 46
2018-10-20	7	3rd	10 16 20 26 28 29
2018-10-03	5	4th	1 10 13 20 23 49
2018-09-22	3	3rd	13 16 20 25 37 45
2018-09-15	24	3rd	13 19 20 31 32 40
2018-07-21	17	5th	4 6 15 16 20 40
2018-06-11	6	3rd	2 8 20 23 28 46
2018-05-28	14	3rd	3 14 20 38 41 49
2018-04-25	21	4th	13 16 18 20 34 45
2018-03-07	2	3rd	10 13 20 30 34 43
2018-03-03	7	1st	20 22 30 35 40 47
2018-02-14	2	1st	20 22 35 38 43 49
2018-02-10	11	3rd	5 13 20 22 31 36
2018-01-15	7	2nd	15 20 26 36 37 47
2017-12-30	2	5th	2 5 16 18 20 22
2017-12-25	7	3rd	2 9 20 25 44 48
2017-12-09	1	3rd	8 18 20 33 41 43
2017-12-06	43	2nd	17 20 33 34 36 38
2017-08-28	14	3rd	5 11 20 28 31 47
2017-07-26	7	2nd	11 20 25 31 35 42
2017-07-10	2	5th	4 7 10 18 20 26
2017-07-05	17	5th	1 2 13 15 20 36
2017-05-27	22	3rd	4 8 20 25 45 47
2017-04-05	6	2nd	4 20 22 25 34 40
2017-03-22	10	2nd	2 20 24 41 43 49
2017-02-27	4	3rd	7 18 20 24 26 34
2017-02-18	9	1st	20 29 32 35 36 46
2017-01-28	4	3rd	10 15 20 27 36 43
2017-01-18	8	4th	17 18 19 20 26 27
2016-12-31	9	2nd	11 20 26 37 39 45
2016-12-10	9	2nd	5 20 23 26 48 49
2016-11-19	4	3rd	1 16 20 23 25 35
2016-11-09	7	3rd	6 10 20 21 25 48
2016-10-24	19	2nd	13 20 23 27 29 34
2016-09-10	1	2nd	13 20 22 25 28 40
2016-09-07	6	4th	5 6 13 20 24 41
2016-08-24	8	2nd	12 20 24 27 28 39
2016-08-06	3	3rd	2 9 20 22 36 47
2016-07-30	7	3rd	3 19 20 23 25 36
2016-07-13	4	2nd	12 20 26 30 37 38
2016-07-04	4	2nd	13 20 21 22 26 37
2016-06-25	4	3rd	1 17 20 21 22 44
2016-06-15	1	2nd	10 20 27 35 37 47
2016-06-13	6	4th	6 15 16 20 25 45
2016-05-30	12	4th	4 9 12 20 24 44
2016-05-02	1	4th	4 9 16 20 26 42
2016-04-30	37	2nd	13 20 34 46 47 49
2016-02-03	13	4th	2 4 8 20 32 41
2016-01-04	6	2nd	19 20 22 27 41 43
2015-12-21	6	2nd	10 20 22 29 33 37
2015-12-07	1	3rd	10 12 20 38 43 49
2015-12-05	13	3rd	6 13 20 23 43 47
2015-11-04	22	3rd	2 14 20 31 32 47
2015-09-14	11	2nd	13 20 25 28 30 35
2015-08-19	5	3rd	5 11 20 25 36 48
2015-08-08	6	4th	12 15 18 20 28 47
2015-07-25	11	2nd	15 20 21 26 37 39
2015-06-29	14	2nd	10 20 32 33 34 49
2015-05-27	9	3rd	1 3 20 24 35 38
2015-05-06	17	4th	3 10 13 20 35 39
2015-03-28	1	2nd	7 20 25 26 40 47
2015-03-25	2	4th	2 14 16 20 21 37
2015-03-21	3	3rd	11 14 20 22 36 48
2015-03-14	5	2nd	10 20 37 42 45 48
2015-03-02	24	3rd	12 14 20 24 28 46
2015-01-05	6	4th	1 9 12 20 27 31
2014-12-22	5	2nd	4 20 22 40 41 42
2014-12-10	5	3rd	7 17 20 23 25 48
2014-11-29	6	2nd	17 20 28 30 40 42
2014-11-15	12	3rd	1 17 20 32 34 46
2014-10-18	6	3rd	1 13 20 21 27 42
2014-10-04	6	3rd	1 4 20 24 29 33
2014-09-20	1	2nd	4 20 33 38 41 42
2014-09-17	2	1st	20 27 30 31 37 40
2014-09-13	1	3rd	8 10 20 25 30 49
2014-09-10	2	3rd	12 14 20 36 37 44
2014-09-06	4	1st	20 34 35 37 40 42
2014-08-27	2	3rd	7 19 20 23 41 42
2014-08-23	7	4th	4 9 12 20 21 24
2014-08-06	2	3rd	10 18 20 29 30 39
2014-08-02	1	2nd	1 20 22 38 44 46
2014-07-30	4	4th	1 11 16 20 45 49
2014-07-21	10	3rd	12 17 20 34 35 46
2014-06-28	6	3rd	7 17 20 21 38 46
2014-06-14	12	4th	7 18 19 20 36 48
2014-05-17	8	2nd	17 20 35 39 40 48
2014-04-28	14	4th	4 8 11 20 36 39
2014-03-26	13	4th	6 11 15 20 30 41
2014-02-24	1	2nd	19 20 22 34 39 45
2014-02-22	1	4th	4 16 17 20 24 48
2014-02-19	5	2nd	16 20 21 36 37 49
2014-02-08	17	5th	9 12 15 19 20 25
2013-12-30	21	2nd	16 20 34 35 41 46
2013-11-11	12	3rd	14 16 20 31 32 38
2013-10-14	5	3rd	12 13 20 23 28 37
2013-10-02	3	1st	20 35 37 42 45 47
2013-09-25	1	2nd	19 20 25 40 41 47
2013-09-23	10	6th	4 9 10 13 15 20
2013-08-31	2	2nd	8 20 24 27 39 49
2013-08-26	5	2nd	2 20 22 25 32 34
2013-08-14	4	3rd	4 18 20 22 26 37
2013-08-05	2	1st	20 21 24 28 30 32
2013-07-31	6	4th	4 12 15 20 38 43
2013-07-17	5	3rd	7 18 20 32 35 49
2013-07-06	25	2nd	14 20 22 23 42 48
2013-05-08	44	3rd	8 13 20 24 28 48
2013-01-26	4	2nd	4 20 21 36 38 42
2013-01-16	12	3rd	1 14 20 24 28 48
2012-12-19	4	3rd	8 10 20 26 28 37
2012-12-10	15	3rd	11 17 20 21 38 42
2012-11-05	5	3rd	5 12 20 24 34 45
2012-10-24	2	3rd	1 9 20 34 35 42
2012-10-20	6	2nd	4 20 38 47 48 49
2012-10-06	9	4th	11 13 14 20 27 47
2012-09-15	1	2nd	10 20 37 39 42 44
2012-09-12	1	3rd	6 13 20 23 28 32
2012-09-10	5	3rd	1 12 20 23 32 33
2012-08-29	8	3rd	10 13 20 22 39 40
2012-08-11	15	2nd	4 20 34 44 48 49
2012-07-07	22	4th	6 8 12 20 24 49
2012-05-16	5	3rd	3 5 20 23 35 39
2012-05-05	11	3rd	14 17 20 22 42 45
2012-04-09	14	3rd	1 9 20 21 25 28
2012-03-07	6	2nd	6 20 25 26 47 49
2012-02-22	21	3rd	3 12 20 22 38 48
2012-01-04	5	1st	20 22 23 24 31 37
2011-12-24	19	4th	5 12 19 20 26 27
2011-11-09	10	3rd	14 19 20 37 42 49
2011-10-17	19	2nd	7 20 21 24 25 46
2011-09-03	2	4th	3 9 11 20 31 45
2011-08-29	2	4th	1 2 7 20 22 31
2011-08-24	8	4th	8 11 18 20 22 48
2011-08-06	9	3rd	14 17 20 39 47 48
2011-07-16	9	3rd	2 12 20 22 38 44
2011-06-25	6	2nd	3 20 29 30 31 37
2011-06-11	1	3rd	16 19 20 26 35 37
2011-06-08	4	2nd	15 20 23 33 35 49
2011-05-30	12	3rd	16 18 20 23 32 49
2011-05-02	4	3rd	8 18 20 25 27 47
2011-04-23	2	2nd	16 20 23 29 33 38
2011-04-18	39	1st	20 21 30 31 37 49
2011-01-17	4	5th	9 10 16 19 20 43
2011-01-08	7	3rd	10 15 20 23 38 45
2010-12-22	1	3rd	7 17 20 27 30 47
2010-12-20	1	2nd	10 20 31 35 42 48
2010-12-18	7	3rd	7 17 20 32 36 47
2010-12-01	7	3rd	4 14 20 21 30 37
2010-11-15	13	1st	20 22 26 30 34 42
2010-10-16	5	4th	6 8 11 20 25 36
2010-10-04	2	4th	1 2 8 20 22 34
2010-09-29	7	2nd	5 20 24 26 36 42
2010-09-13	5	3rd	14 15 20 32 36 47
2010-09-01	3	1st	20 33 36 40 43 44
2010-08-25	2	3rd	5 6 20 40 41 44
2010-08-21	1	3rd	6 16 20 21 45 48
2010-08-18	2	3rd	5 10 20 26 29 45
2010-08-14	3	3rd	3 17 20 28 36 37
2010-08-07	1	3rd	4 7 20 21 26 28
2010-08-04	5	3rd	3 7 20 29 35 48
2010-07-24	6	2nd	2 20 24 32 37 42
2010-07-10	9	4th	5 8 19 20 23 32
2010-06-19	5	2nd	8 20 30 31 33 45
2010-06-07	17	5th	3 14 16 19 20 39
2010-04-28	3	1st	20 24 31 35 41 44
2010-04-21	2	3rd	1 13 20 26 45 49
2010-04-17	5	3rd	5 9 20 21 23 31
2010-04-05	5	4th	2 9 13 20 21 32
2010-03-24	7	1st	20 24 33 37 38 43
2010-03-08	7	3rd	5 19 20 23 47 49
2010-02-20	—	4th	2 7 8 20 22 31