Number 20

In Lotto under the 6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025 rules — 1,616 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

193times drawn · chance expected 186 +0.51σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 23% for any number

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

35longest completed wait · 95% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 193 times in 1,616 draws against 186.5 expected, +0.51σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 193 times in 1,616 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 35 · waiting 13 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 smallest13 · chance 16.5
2nd smallest50 · chance 56.1
3rd smallest63 · chance 69.7
4th smallest55 · chance 39.5
5th smallest12 · chance 10.2
6th smallest0 · chance 1.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 18.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

50 4 16 6 26 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-03-27	2	2nd	6 20 26 29 33 35
2025-03-22	1	2nd	11 20 24 27 39 48
2025-03-20	3	4th	6 12 13 20 29 31
2025-03-13

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-03-04	5	4th	7 15 17 20 49 50
2024-02-22	4	2nd	12 20 22 28 41 50
2024-02-12	6	5th	2 4 6 17 20 50
2024-01-29	2	1st	20 25 26 30 34 36
2024-01-25	5	3rd	5 13 20 27 32 36
2024-01-13	34	3rd	2 15 20 29 40 45
2023-10-26	5	3rd	6 17 20 26 40 50
2023-10-14	1	3rd	13 17 20 28 45 50
2023-10-12	10	3rd	4 10 20 36 42 50
2023-09-18	3	2nd	6 20 22 26 31 35
2023-09-11	14	3rd	7 10 20 26 32 43
2023-08-10	3	3rd	4 11 20 30 32 36
2023-08-03	1	4th	4 9 13 20 36 43
2023-07-31	5	1st	20 22 37 42 46 47
2023-07-20	5	2nd	18 20 34 35 44 50
2023-07-08	2	4th	2 4 13 20 28 45
2023-07-03	12	3rd	10 17 20 22 33 34
2023-06-05	3	5th	4 5 12 14 20 50
2023-05-29	10	4th	1 4 14 20 37 43
2023-05-06	3	4th	3 6 11 20 25 50
2023-04-29	10	4th	8 13 18 20 33 42
2023-04-06	4	3rd	17 18 20 26 30 41
2023-03-27	5	3rd	5 18 20 23 45 48
2023-03-16	11	3rd	3 6 20 23 36 41
2023-02-18	3	2nd	4 20 24 25 42 45
2023-02-11	4	3rd	13 17 20 33 37 39
2023-02-02	8	2nd	7 20 24 28 37 50
2023-01-14	12	5th	6 10 16 18 20 41
2022-12-17	3	3rd	9 11 20 25 29 33
2022-12-10	17	2nd	19 20 34 35 44 50
2022-10-31	6	2nd	6 20 24 28 43 44
2022-10-17	26	3rd	14 15 20 26 36 47
2022-08-18	31	4th	7 10 16 20 25 50
2022-06-06	16	3rd	10 11 20 36 39 45
2022-04-30	22	4th	4 8 16 20 29 31
2022-03-10	10	3rd	12 14 20 31 41 50
2022-02-14	3	4th	2 3 5 20 42 44
2022-02-07	8	3rd	2 9 20 23 34 38
2022-01-20	3	5th	2 6 13 14 20 38
2022-01-13	31	4th	8 10 15 20 38 49
2021-11-01	2	4th	9 11 16 20 40 50
2021-10-28	5	4th	4 11 13 20 34 50
2021-10-16	1	4th	1 6 13 20 26 42
2021-10-14	26	5th	7 10 14 16 20 38
2021-08-14	5	1st	20 24 36 40 44 49
2021-08-02	4	4th	12 16 18 20 39 50
2021-07-24	4	4th	10 16 19 20 24 41
2021-07-15	3	3rd	12 15 20 22 42 46
2021-07-08	4	3rd	2 12 20 27 41 47
2021-06-28	8	3rd	16 18 20 26 40 48
2021-06-10	3	5th	9 12 16 17 20 30
2021-06-03	3	3rd	4 10 20 36 44 46
2021-05-27	2	2nd	12 20 24 33 34 39
2021-05-22	5	4th	2 4 11 20 26 50
2021-05-10	5	4th	2 6 8 20 37 48
2021-04-29	5	2nd	3 20 24 26 29 47
2021-04-17	13	3rd	7 15 20 28 42 44
2021-03-18	11	2nd	10 20 31 33 47 52
2021-02-20	11	2nd	7 20 26 32 36 52
2021-01-25	15	3rd	16 18 20 27 42 50
2020-12-21	15	4th	1 14 18 20 27 28
2020-11-16	2	4th	6 11 15 20 36 50
2020-11-12	3	2nd	16 20 26 28 35 36
2020-11-05	8	2nd	19 20 22 45 49 51
2020-10-17	1	3rd	6 10 20 43 45 51
2020-10-15	31	4th	4 7 8 20 49 50
2020-08-03	1	4th	5 17 18 20 34 38
2020-08-01	6	2nd	4 20 21 27 28 35
2020-07-18	1	3rd	1 2 20 26 43 44
2020-07-16	3	2nd	1 20 25 32 33 35
2020-07-09	25	1st	20 29 37 40 43 47
2020-05-11	8	1st	20 21 24 34 39 45
2020-04-23	24	2nd	11 20 33 45 51 52
2020-02-27	18	4th	3 4 13 20 39 42
2020-01-16	8	4th	4 7 13 20 35 39
2019-12-28	2	2nd	7 20 21 30 48 49
2019-12-23	12	2nd	16 20 27 49 51 52
2019-11-25	3	4th	13 15 17 20 35 48
2019-11-18	2	4th	3 5 11 20 22 50
2019-11-14	2	2nd	18 20 29 34 38 42
2019-11-09	5	4th	8 10 15 20 39 40
2019-10-28	11	3rd	3 14 20 22 24 40
2019-10-03	5	2nd	17 20 30 33 38 49
2019-09-21	11	3rd	7 9 20 29 33 48
2019-08-26	10	1st	20 27 34 41 49 50
2019-08-03	13	4th	11 15 16 20 25 51
2019-07-04	8	4th	2 4 19 20 28 42
2019-06-15	4	4th	3 13 14 20 38 45
2019-06-06	10	1st	20 25 29 36 41 44
2019-05-13	12	2nd	14 20 22 26 29 51
2019-04-15	3	3rd	1 6 20 26 45 46
2019-04-08	6	2nd	16 20 29 36 37 39
2019-03-25	25	2nd	8 20 27 29 37 50
2019-01-26	5	5th	3 8 9 17 20 39
2019-01-14	18	3rd	2 6 20 32 37 38
2018-12-03	13	3rd	1 2 20 22 41 51
2018-11-03	10	2nd	5 20 26 32 37 44
2018-10-11	13	1st	20 32 46 48 50 51
2018-09-10	4	2nd	10 20 22 25 36 42
2018-09-01	2	2nd	16 20 40 43 48 50
2018-08-27	15	2nd	1 20 32 37 42 49
2018-07-23	7	2nd	14 20 32 36 39 47
2018-07-07	2	4th	6 11 17 20 44 46
2018-07-02	2	1st	20 21 30 31 33 43
2018-06-28	7	3rd	2 18 20 35 41 51
2018-06-11	3	3rd	7 14 20 21 26 39
2018-06-04	4	3rd	8 18 20 26 39 41
2018-05-26	25	3rd	4 13 20 24 37 44
2018-03-29	1	3rd	10 18 20 22 28 34
2018-03-26	12	3rd	13 16 20 22 27 50
2018-02-26	10	3rd	1 11 20 31 38 44
2018-02-03	10	4th	10 14 16 20 28 44
2018-01-11	19	3rd	15 17 20 36 42 48
2017-11-27	9	4th	4 11 16 20 25 45
2017-11-06	4	4th	9 10 16 20 21 34
2017-10-28	7	3rd	6 11 20 25 27 47
2017-10-12	22	4th	3 5 9 20 29 47
2017-08-21	1	3rd	11 15 20 21 27 33
2017-08-19	27	2nd	7 20 24 25 40 44
2017-06-17	6	3rd	7 19 20 25 36 38
2017-06-03	12	2nd	2 20 28 35 36 40
2017-05-06	9	2nd	6 20 26 27 30 35
2017-04-15	3	3rd	11 12 20 41 43 50
2017-04-08	2	2nd	16 20 39 47 50 52
2017-04-03	2	3rd	2 8 20 39 43 51
2017-03-30	5	2nd	4 20 23 44 47 48
2017-03-18	3	4th	1 3 14 20 30 35
2017-03-11	1	2nd	2 20 30 36 42 49
2017-03-09	4	2nd	6 20 22 25 27 31
2017-02-27	5	3rd	3 19 20 21 24 52
2017-02-16	4	4th	4 6 11 20 21 26
2017-02-06	4	2nd	7 20 25 29 33 47
2017-01-28	2	3rd	5 12 20 24 40 44
2017-01-23	9	4th	11 13 17 20 21 34
2017-01-02	8	5th	2 11 16 18 20 46
2016-12-15	5	4th	1 6 7 20 51 52
2016-12-03	30	3rd	1 4 20 24 33 44
2016-09-24	1	5th	4 10 11 15 20 49
2016-09-22	1	1st	20 23 24 42 46 51
2016-09-19	35	3rd	10 19 20 42 44 48
2016-06-30	14	3rd	3 12 20 35 37 50
2016-05-28	7	4th	2 4 5 20 35 51
2016-05-12	1	4th	2 7 10 20 25 36
2016-05-09	2	4th	2 6 10 20 31 38
2016-05-05	14	2nd	12 20 26 32 40 45
2016-04-02	6	4th	5 8 19 20 22 45
2016-03-19	5	3rd	13 19 20 29 37 47
2016-03-07	12	3rd	10 12 20 30 38 52
2016-02-08	2	3rd	5 14 20 36 45 46
2016-02-04	15	2nd	16 20 28 29 44 47
2015-12-31	19	3rd	7 11 20 28 40 52
2015-11-16	2	2nd	14 20 26 40 50 52
2015-11-12	7	4th	7 9 11 20 36 51
2015-10-26	3	5th	11 16 17 19 20 45
2015-10-19	5	2nd	14 20 22 33 37 46
2015-10-08	2	4th	7 9 16 20 23 48
2015-10-03	6	2nd	14 20 29 42 50 51
2015-09-19	8	3rd	1 16 20 22 31 44
2015-08-31	25	4th	2 6 13 20 33 51
2015-07-04	10	5th	4 12 13 19 20 37
2015-06-11	5	3rd	7 10 20 25 41 50
2015-05-30	2	3rd	6 16 20 25 34 52
2015-05-25	3	3rd	14 19 20 26 37 50
2015-05-18	9	4th	7 10 19 20 35 43
2015-04-27	31	2nd	1 20 22 25 31 45
2015-02-14	4	2nd	3 20 35 38 46 51
2015-02-05	10	3rd	4 19 20 40 49 51
2015-01-12	1	4th	9 17 18 20 30 45
2015-01-10	—	4th	4 6 16 20 33 48