Number 20

In Daily Lotto under the 5/36 · since Mar 2019 rules — 2,767 draws, 5 from 1–36.

378times drawn · chance expected 384 −0.35σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 86% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

45longest completed wait · 41% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 378 times in 2,767 draws against 384.3 expected, −0.35σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 378 times in 2,767 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 2 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 13.1
2nd smallest75 · chance 76.8
3rd smallest146 · chance 148.1
4th smallest115 · chance 111.9
5th smallest32 · chance 28.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 43.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 18 1 29 5 24

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 35 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 36. 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	6	2nd	15 20 28 31 32
2026-10-04	4	4th	5 13 16 20 23
2026-09-30	2	5th	1 8 14 18 20
2026-09-28	5	3rd	1 12 20 25

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 5/36 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-10	6	2nd	1 20 22 25 27
2026-05-04	3	2nd	4 20 25 34 36
2026-05-01	10	3rd	11 12 20 22 35
2026-04-21	3	4th	8 13 14 20 22
2026-04-18	1	4th	1 2 4 20 31
2026-04-17	1	4th	4 9 18 20 32
2026-04-16	5	4th	1 17 19 20 21
2026-04-11	14	3rd	11 17 20 22 35
2026-03-28	3	4th	6 11 15 20 30
2026-03-25	1	2nd	15 20 23 26 33
2026-03-24	1	4th	7 8 11 20 21
2026-03-23	5	3rd	2 9 20 29 36
2026-03-18	11	4th	5 8 14 20 27
2026-03-07	7	2nd	13 20 27 30 32
2026-02-28	12	5th	2 4 7 15 20
2026-02-16	11	5th	7 8 12 14 20
2026-02-05	14	2nd	14 20 23 30 33
2026-01-22	11	4th	3 8 10 20 31
2026-01-11	6	3rd	16 17 20 34 35
2026-01-05	12	4th	1 7 13 20 28
2025-12-23	8	2nd	5 20 30 34 36
2025-12-15	4	3rd	8 12 20 30 35
2025-12-11	5	3rd	8 15 20 26 33
2025-12-06	10	2nd	18 20 22 30 35
2025-11-26	2	2nd	12 20 24 30 33
2025-11-24	3	3rd	2 11 20 23 36
2025-11-21	17	3rd	2 3 20 27 32
2025-11-04	1	1st	20 26 27 28 31
2025-11-03	6	2nd	17 20 24 27 28
2025-10-28	1	4th	5 11 18 20 30
2025-10-27	4	3rd	1 17 20 22 23
2025-10-23	7	3rd	7 18 20 27 33
2025-10-16	11	3rd	8 12 20 33 34
2025-10-05	4	4th	2 10 14 20 36
2025-10-01	2	2nd	1 20 24 26 27
2025-09-29	10	3rd	4 11 20 25 31
2025-09-19	6	3rd	9 16 20 26 35
2025-09-13	17	3rd	7 9 20 26 30
2025-08-27	8	4th	1 3 12 20 27
2025-08-19	18	5th	4 8 13 17 20
2025-08-01	2	3rd	9 14 20 25 27
2025-07-30	8	5th	3 10 12 15 20
2025-07-22	6	4th	2 14 17 20 31
2025-07-16	6	3rd	5 10 20 22 30
2025-07-10	2	3rd	3 9 20 24 27
2025-07-08	8	2nd	2 20 28 31 33
2025-06-30	9	4th	6 12 19 20 28
2025-06-21	1	3rd	3 7 20 24 27
2025-06-20	1	4th	2 4 18 20 36
2025-06-19	4	2nd	17 20 21 33 34
2025-06-15	2	4th	9 11 14 20 31
2025-06-13	5	4th	2 15 18 20 35
2025-06-08	14	4th	6 18 19 20 32
2025-05-25	2	4th	1 4 11 20 24
2025-05-23	12	5th	2 3 12 15 20
2025-05-11	7	4th	2 18 19 20 21
2025-05-04	17	2nd	14 20 26 31 35
2025-04-17	16	4th	2 10 12 20 28
2025-04-01	2	1st	20 24 27 31 32
2025-03-30	22	4th	3 12 14 20 28
2025-03-08	9	3rd	6 7 20 33 35
2025-02-27	2	3rd	4 13 20 31 32
2025-02-25	8	3rd	2 13 20 34 36
2025-02-17	9	3rd	18 19 20 33 34
2025-02-08	11	4th	10 15 17 20 23
2025-01-28	7	2nd	9 20 27 28 33
2025-01-21	3	2nd	5 20 22 23 32
2025-01-18	6	5th	9 10 11 14 20
2025-01-12	2	3rd	7 12 20 33 34
2025-01-10	2	5th	7 12 14 16 20
2025-01-08	1	4th	2 7 13 20 32
2025-01-07	9	3rd	15 19 20 23 34
2024-12-29	9	3rd	2 5 20 32 35
2024-12-19	9	3rd	3 15 20 24 33
2024-12-10	2	3rd	5 11 20 28 35
2024-12-08	4	3rd	14 18 20 32 36
2024-12-04	1	4th	1 6 8 20 22
2024-12-03	4	3rd	1 2 20 29 36
2024-11-29	3	3rd	13 17 20 24 27
2024-11-26	1	2nd	8 20 21 30 35
2024-11-25	10	5th	2 4 17 18 20
2024-11-15	5	3rd	8 19 20 29 31
2024-11-10	9	3rd	7 18 20 21 34
2024-11-01	5	4th	15 18 19 20 29
2024-10-27	9	3rd	15 16 20 29 30
2024-10-18	23	4th	4 7 12 20 26
2024-09-25	9	3rd	11 19 20 33 35
2024-09-16	7	4th	7 9 10 20 28
2024-09-09	5	3rd	11 15 20 35 36
2024-09-04	21	2nd	14 20 24 25 32
2024-08-14	2	2nd	15 20 25 29 34
2024-08-12	7	4th	5 11 16 20 22
2024-08-05	6	3rd	1 9 20 23 27
2024-07-30	10	3rd	5 11 20 23 26
2024-07-20	8	2nd	17 20 24 32 36
2024-07-12	22	3rd	9 15 20 30 35
2024-06-20	6	4th	1 5 10 20 28
2024-06-14	2	3rd	2 15 20 35 36
2024-06-12	8	3rd	18 19 20 34 35
2024-06-04	11	3rd	2 11 20 26 27
2024-05-24	5	2nd	17 20 22 29 36
2024-05-19	5	2nd	7 20 23 33 36
2024-05-14	13	3rd	7 18 20 24 25
2024-05-01	39	4th	3 7 14 20 29
2024-03-23	14	3rd	7 8 20 24 31
2024-03-09	8	4th	11 16 18 20 29
2024-03-01	3	1st	20 22 24 29 31
2024-02-27	3	2nd	11 20 27 33 36
2024-02-24	8	5th	1 2 11 15 20
2024-02-16	14	4th	1 14 18 20 32
2024-02-02	16	4th	11 13 16 20 33
2024-01-17	10	3rd	3 17 20 24 33
2024-01-07	8	2nd	4 20 25 29 31
2023-12-30	7	3rd	1 9 20 22 26
2023-12-22	2	1st	20 24 25 28 36
2023-12-20	9	4th	1 10 18 20 29
2023-12-11	8	4th	6 13 15 20 21
2023-12-03	8	3rd	1 9 20 22 25
2023-11-25	6	4th	1 4 7 20 24
2023-11-19	2	3rd	8 10 20 23 28
2023-11-17	5	3rd	6 12 20 31 33
2023-11-12	3	4th	5 6 19 20 31
2023-11-09	6	4th	11 13 16 20 25
2023-11-03	3	3rd	15 18 20 21 28
2023-10-31	2	3rd	13 16 20 28 29
2023-10-29	13	3rd	12 13 20 26 34
2023-10-16	9	3rd	3 17 20 22 27
2023-10-07	24	2nd	3 20 21 22 27
2023-09-13	4	5th	10 12 16 18 20
2023-09-09	13	4th	3 15 19 20 25
2023-08-27	3	3rd	8 12 20 26 28
2023-08-24	4	3rd	6 8 20 29 33
2023-08-20	10	3rd	1 14 20 32 36
2023-08-10	7	3rd	14 17 20 22 26
2023-08-03	9	4th	2 5 14 20 30
2023-07-25	11	4th	1 7 18 20 23
2023-07-14	3	2nd	16 20 24 30 35
2023-07-11	5	2nd	14 20 28 31 33
2023-07-06	11	3rd	3 9 20 22 31
2023-06-25	15	3rd	7 15 20 25 26
2023-06-10	10	2nd	10 20 23 32 36
2023-05-31	1	4th	1 5 15 20 31
2023-05-30	3	3rd	6 18 20 29 30
2023-05-27	8	4th	2 12 13 20 22
2023-05-19	20	3rd	4 7 20 33 36
2023-04-29	15	4th	3 12 17 20 34
2023-04-14	1	4th	2 5 11 20 23
2023-04-13	2	4th	1 5 19 20 32
2023-04-11	8	2nd	4 20 24 29 35
2023-04-03	12	4th	4 13 19 20 29
2023-03-22	6	3rd	4 19 20 29 32
2023-03-16	2	3rd	5 18 20 21 26
2023-03-14	1	4th	2 13 17 20 24
2023-03-13	45	3rd	16 18 20 22 32
2023-01-27	6	5th	2 4 5 14 20
2023-01-21	31	4th	6 13 15 20 24
2022-12-20	10	5th	2 8 11 16 20
2022-12-10	9	1st	20 26 30 35 36
2022-12-01	20	3rd	15 17 20 23 26
2022-11-11	12	3rd	7 17 20 24 28
2022-10-30	7	2nd	2 20 24 28 29
2022-10-23	2	4th	2 6 11 20 34
2022-10-21	8	3rd	2 16 20 23 33
2022-10-13	5	4th	15 18 19 20 26
2022-10-08	7	3rd	6 10 20 29 34
2022-10-01	4	4th	1 6 19 20 21
2022-09-27	15	4th	7 10 17 20 30
2022-09-12	16	3rd	1 12 20 21 26
2022-08-27	7	2nd	5 20 21 23 30
2022-08-20	5	3rd	9 16 20 32 33
2022-08-15	4	2nd	15 20 23 32 35
2022-08-11	4	5th	8 16 18 19 20
2022-08-07	7	2nd	18 20 24 32 36
2022-07-31	2	2nd	4 20 25 30 31
2022-07-29	13	4th	2 5 10 20 28
2022-07-16	1	4th	6 8 17 20 22
2022-07-15	8	2nd	19 20 24 28 31
2022-07-07	30	2nd	18 20 23 33 34
2022-06-07	1	5th	1 11 17 18 20
2022-06-06	1	3rd	6 9 20 21 24
2022-06-05	5	4th	4 9 10 20 24
2022-05-31	9	3rd	13 17 20 23 30
2022-05-22	8	4th	1 4 6 20 21
2022-05-14	2	4th	2 3 8 20 24
2022-05-12	2	3rd	5 9 20 25 27
2022-05-10	3	4th	10 13 14 20 25
2022-05-07	13	4th	4 10 12 20 23
2022-04-24	3	2nd	5 20 29 30 32
2022-04-21	6	3rd	12 16 20 32 35
2022-04-15	1	3rd	2 10 20 25 33
2022-04-14	7	4th	5 10 12 20 34
2022-04-07	1	4th	5 13 18 20 28
2022-04-06	10	4th	1 2 8 20 22
2022-03-27	10	4th	4 11 16 20 33
2022-03-17	10	5th	6 9 12 17 20
2022-03-07	13	3rd	5 11 20 21 35
2022-02-22	6	1st	20 23 26 27 34
2022-02-16	9	3rd	14 17 20 24 30
2022-02-07	2	3rd	4 15 20 35 36
2022-02-05	15	3rd	7 13 20 25 27
2022-01-21	1	4th	2 8 16 20 35
2022-01-20	9	3rd	8 15 20 29 32
2022-01-11	5	5th	1 8 9 18 20
2022-01-06	15	3rd	5 9 20 26 36
2021-12-21	1	3rd	8 17 20 30 36
2021-12-20	1	4th	1 2 8 20 35
2021-12-19	1	4th	1 2 18 20 31
2021-12-18	4	4th	6 13 17 20 30
2021-12-14	2	4th	3 12 15 20 28
2021-12-12	1	1st	20 27 29 35 36
2021-12-11	3	5th	7 9 16 18 20
2021-12-08	1	4th	5 9 11 20 25
2021-12-07	5	4th	2 8 12 20 27
2021-12-02	4	4th	3 8 11 20 32
2021-11-28	1	5th	1 5 9 10 20
2021-11-27	2	3rd	10 13 20 22 34
2021-11-25	10	3rd	3 7 20 21 25
2021-11-15	3	3rd	13 15 20 24 27
2021-11-12	3	3rd	14 19 20 26 36
2021-11-09	5	5th	1 7 9 19 20
2021-11-04	1	3rd	3 10 20 27 35
2021-11-03	3	4th	6 15 16 20 22
2021-10-31	1	4th	4 14 19 20 35
2021-10-30	19	4th	8 11 19 20 21
2021-10-11	2	3rd	15 17 20 32 34
2021-10-09	8	2nd	18 20 25 26 32
2021-10-01	2	4th	2 16 18 20 29
2021-09-29	15	2nd	15 20 23 32 33
2021-09-14	1	3rd	12 13 20 21 31
2021-09-13	2	2nd	12 20 31 33 35
2021-09-11	5	3rd	2 18 20 22 34
2021-09-06	6	5th	1 4 10 11 20
2021-08-31	4	5th	7 15 16 18 20
2021-08-27	5	4th	10 11 16 20 35
2021-08-22	2	3rd	5 16 20 22 27
2021-08-20	1	3rd	7 16 20 27 32
2021-08-19	9	4th	1 12 17 20 25
2021-08-10	1	4th	8 10 18 20 29
2021-08-09	7	2nd	13 20 30 32 36
2021-08-02	4	2nd	18 20 28 29 32
2021-07-29	16	2nd	18 20 24 29 33
2021-07-13	1	3rd	6 8 20 22 26
2021-07-12	5	4th	4 10 18 20 31
2021-07-07	22	5th	7 9 10 11 20
2021-06-15	2	5th	4 7 17 19 20
2021-06-13	7	4th	7 8 19 20 33
2021-06-06	12	3rd	11 19 20 22 31
2021-05-25	16	3rd	14 19 20 22 24
2021-05-09	5	5th	3 6 14 18 20
2021-05-04	4	2nd	8 20 21 24 30
2021-04-30	12	3rd	1 8 20 28 29
2021-04-18	1	3rd	1 15 20 21 24
2021-04-17	7	3rd	3 13 20 24 29
2021-04-10	8	2nd	5 20 29 30 34
2021-04-02	14	3rd	12 14 20 22 29
2021-03-19	4	3rd	4 5 20 27 36
2021-03-15	26	3rd	4 17 20 21 29
2021-02-17	1	5th	2 12 15 18 20
2021-02-16	3	3rd	2 15 20 23 24
2021-02-13	6	3rd	1 12 20 25 35
2021-02-07	8	4th	1 7 9 20 29
2021-01-30	6	3rd	1 4 20 21 34
2021-01-24	5	4th	3 16 19 20 25
2021-01-19	16	3rd	9 18 20 21 29
2021-01-03	3	2nd	12 20 23 27 31
2020-12-31	3	2nd	12 20 24 28 34
2020-12-28	21	4th	5 6 14 20 35
2020-12-06	2	4th	8 16 17 20 22
2020-12-04	2	3rd	5 12 20 24 27
2020-12-02	10	5th	8 9 14 15 20
2020-11-22	8	2nd	11 20 25 26 36
2020-11-14	14	2nd	1 20 25 29 35
2020-10-31	1	2nd	1 20 25 30 35
2020-10-30	11	3rd	18 19 20 21 36
2020-10-19	11	4th	4 12 19 20 36
2020-10-08	4	3rd	14 19 20 27 33
2020-10-04	3	5th	6 10 13 18 20
2020-10-01	2	4th	1 6 13 20 21
2020-09-29	4	4th	2 8 9 20 32
2020-09-25	3	3rd	2 7 20 24 25
2020-09-22	16	4th	3 5 12 20 28
2020-09-06	4	2nd	18 20 30 32 34
2020-09-02	8	3rd	5 14 20 22 25
2020-08-25	7	2nd	16 20 29 33 35
2020-08-18	7	4th	11 17 19 20 30
2020-08-11	1	3rd	4 13 20 22 30
2020-08-10	17	2nd	4 20 29 32 33
2020-07-24	4	3rd	3 11 20 22 34
2020-07-20	5	4th	1 11 14 20 23
2020-07-15	4	4th	3 10 18 20 28
2020-07-11	19	3rd	14 15 20 24 32
2020-06-22	23	3rd	6 12 20 33 34
2020-05-30	1	4th	5 12 14 20 23
2020-05-29	1	4th	9 13 15 20 34
2020-05-28	4	3rd	9 12 20 25 26
2020-05-24	12	3rd	11 19 20 21 23
2020-05-12	4	4th	5 15 18 20 31
2020-05-08	9	1st	20 25 28 34 35
2020-04-29	5	4th	1 16 19 20 29
2020-04-24	16	3rd	1 13 20 26 28
2020-04-08	3	4th	2 9 17 20 32
2020-04-05	4	3rd	6 11 20 29 36
2020-04-01	1	4th	5 8 11 20 32
2020-03-31	9	3rd	2 7 20 21 35
2020-03-22	5	3rd	2 5 20 23 30
2020-03-17	3	5th	2 10 15 16 20
2020-03-14	1	2nd	16 20 29 32 33
2020-03-13	3	4th	3 12 13 20 35
2020-03-10	5	5th	2 11 13 17 20
2020-03-05	3	2nd	19 20 21 33 34
2020-03-02	2	4th	4 13 14 20 34
2020-02-29	7	3rd	7 16 20 28 35
2020-02-22	7	3rd	5 18 20 27 34
2020-02-15	11	2nd	1 20 22 24 30
2020-02-04	27	4th	1 4 14 20 25
2020-01-08	18	5th	6 8 9 11 20
2019-12-20	3	3rd	3 7 20 21 35
2019-12-17	1	4th	5 12 16 20 25
2019-12-16	1	3rd	8 10 20 22 27
2019-12-15	3	3rd	4 19 20 30 35
2019-12-12	24	2nd	11 20 27 31 36
2019-11-18	8	3rd	7 14 20 24 36
2019-11-10	4	2nd	10 20 23 32 34
2019-11-06	4	3rd	2 16 20 22 28
2019-11-02	16	3rd	2 12 20 24 31
2019-10-17	8	3rd	4 18 20 25 31
2019-10-09	16	2nd	13 20 29 32 35
2019-09-23	6	2nd	2 20 21 29 30
2019-09-17	5	2nd	12 20 27 34 36
2019-09-12	8	3rd	4 6 20 24 29
2019-09-04	7	2nd	5 20 23 24 36
2019-08-28	5	2nd	14 20 22 26 31
2019-08-23	4	2nd	7 20 23 29 35
2019-08-19	8	5th	2 9 11 18 20
2019-08-11	6	3rd	5 14 20 26 34
2019-08-05	15	3rd	10 15 20 23 36
2019-07-21	3	3rd	9 14 20 29 35
2019-07-18	3	2nd	4 20 28 29 36
2019-07-15	7	3rd	8 16 20 22 30
2019-07-08	3	4th	4 8 13 20 31
2019-07-05	18	2nd	2 20 24 27 33
2019-06-17	1	4th	8 9 17 20 28
2019-06-16	4	3rd	8 14 20 29 33
2019-06-12	7	3rd	6 17 20 33 34
2019-06-05	7	3rd	6 9 20 28 36
2019-05-29	5	2nd	19 20 28 32 33
2019-05-24	7	4th	2 9 11 20 31
2019-05-17	3	3rd	10 15 20 26 29
2019-05-14	14	3rd	4 6 20 22 25
2019-04-30	8	3rd	3 5 20 25 28
2019-04-22	4	3rd	9 16 20 21 30
2019-04-18	11	4th	10 12 14 20 22
2019-04-07	10	2nd	6 20 23 34 35
2019-03-28	—	2nd	7 20 30 31 34