Number 20

In Lotto Max under the 7/50 + 1/50 · May 2019 – Apr 2026 rules — 722 draws, 7 from 1–50 (an earlier era).

95times drawn · chance expected 101 −0.65σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1

25longest completed wait · 92% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 95 times in 722 draws against 101.1 expected, −0.65σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 18 times, counted separately.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 95 times in 722 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 25 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest6 · chance 4.0
2nd smallest16 · chance 18.4
3rd smallest35 · chance 31.8
4th smallest24 · chance 26.7
5th smallest11 · chance 11.5
6th smallest2 · chance 2.4
7th smallest1 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 24 48 17 5 7

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-04-10	11	4th	1 11 16 20 28 32 45
2026-03-03	8	5th	1 3 4 18 20 23 31
2026-02-03	11	3rd	4 19 20 31 34 45

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 7/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-12-13	5	3rd	2 17 20 22 32 33 47
2024-11-26	8	1st	20 24 31 33 36 41 49
2024-10-29	4	1st	20 26 28 29 35 39 47
2024-10-15	1	4th	8 12 19 20 26 32 46
2024-10-11	1	2nd	7 20 24 33 44 48 49
2024-10-08	1	4th	10 11 13 20 22 27 48
2024-10-04	8	3rd	2 9 20 27 40 45 49
2024-09-06	14	4th	5 16 18 20 23 28 39
2024-07-19	22	5th	1 3 17 18 20 23 29
2024-05-03	15	4th	3 5 16 20 31 34 38
2024-03-12	15	3rd	3 15 20 21 23 24 34
2024-01-19	3	2nd	11 20 27 28 32 36 50
2024-01-09	7	4th	1 2 12 20 24 26 28
2023-12-15	18	5th	1 2 13 15 20 21 45
2023-10-13	2	3rd	8 17 20 23 28 31 33
2023-10-06	3	3rd	4 17 20 23 25 27 41
2023-09-26	2	4th	3 7 13 20 22 25 47
2023-09-19	4	4th	4 7 13 20 24 30 48
2023-09-05	6	2nd	8 20 23 26 38 45 47
2023-08-15	12	3rd	13 15 20 29 31 48 49
2023-07-04	5	3rd	2 9 20 21 23 32 43
2023-06-16	10	2nd	11 20 30 34 41 47 49
2023-05-12	7	3rd	4 5 20 26 28 29 48
2023-04-18	8	4th	5 7 16 20 26 30 36
2023-03-21	5	4th	7 15 17 20 32 40 50
2023-03-03	11	3rd	10 14 20 37 42 44 46
2023-01-24	5	2nd	10 20 25 29 35 42 45
2023-01-06	4	3rd	7 14 20 24 35 40 50
2022-12-23	1	3rd	7 17 20 22 31 36 48
2022-12-20	3	4th	3 8 9 20 22 36 50
2022-12-09	23	3rd	2 18 20 22 34 43 48
2022-09-20	9	4th	9 10 11 20 24 31 48
2022-08-19	16	2nd	5 20 26 33 35 46 48
2022-06-24	5	5th	3 9 17 19 20 44 50
2022-06-07	5	4th	6 13 17 20 28 36 44
2022-05-20	3	3rd	5 6 20 29 42 44 47
2022-05-10	14	5th	6 15 18 19 20 27 28
2022-03-22	16	3rd	14 16 20 26 33 36 48
2022-01-25	6	4th	11 13 18 20 23 30 40
2022-01-04	23	4th	7 8 13 20 25 26 48
2021-10-15	18	3rd	14 17 20 24 25 38 48
2021-08-13	18	4th	1 14 17 20 28 32 38
2021-06-11	3	1st	20 21 25 33 38 44 45
2021-06-01	6	2nd	6 20 21 28 38 43 47
2021-05-11	22	3rd	14 15 20 32 35 38 50
2021-02-23	1	4th	3 13 14 20 30 45 49
2021-02-19	6	5th	1 5 10 18 20 40 42
2021-01-29	13	3rd	9 11 20 22 33 36 46
2020-12-15	11	3rd	1 4 20 33 44 45 49
2020-11-06	2	4th	7 9 19 20 26 32 35
2020-10-30	2	2nd	19 20 23 31 37 46 48
2020-10-23	18	3rd	2 8 20 21 29 34 37
2020-08-21	8	5th	1 2 5 11 20 30 39
2020-07-24	2	2nd	17 20 27 29 37 39 41
2020-07-17	3	5th	5 11 15 18 20 24 46
2020-07-07	25	2nd	9 20 21 22 25 26 37
2020-04-10	1	7th	3 9 10 14 15 19 20
2020-04-07	4	2nd	5 20 21 22 32 37 41
2020-03-24	11	6th	2 11 16 18 19 20 25
2020-02-14	12	3rd	14 17 20 34 38 45 49
2020-01-03	5	3rd	8 18 20 24 31 37 39
2019-12-17	4	2nd	19 20 23 29 35 40 47
2019-12-03	9	3rd	2 10 20 30 32 35 50
2019-11-01	8	2nd	10 20 24 25 32 39 46
2019-10-04	7	1st	20 31 35 36 39 42 44
2019-09-10	11	4th	1 15 16 20 27 38 50
2019-08-02	2	2nd	11 20 23 24 26 41 44
2019-07-26	10	4th	11 15 17 20 24 25 50
2019-06-21	2	4th	11 16 17 20 42 44 50
2019-06-14	6	3rd	4 11 20 22 37 44 49
2019-05-24	—	5th	9 11 15 19 20 35 41