Number 20

In Bonus Match 5 under the 5/39 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2016 rules — 2,407 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

294times drawn · chance expected 309 −0.89σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 66% for any number

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

47longest completed wait · 41% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 294 times in 2,407 draws against 308.6 expected, −0.89σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 294 times in 2,407 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 4 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 smallest13 · chance 15.4
2nd smallest72 · chance 73.3
3rd smallest126 · chance 116.5
4th smallest75 · chance 73.3
5th smallest8 · chance 15.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 30.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

38 3 16 26 29 17

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2016-11-11	3	3rd	2 17 20 23 25
2016-11-08	5	1st	20 29 31 38 39
2016-11-03	8	4th	4 13 17 20 34
2016-10-26	22	1st	20 21

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2016-04-08	5	1st	20 23 30 31 33
2016-04-03	1	2nd	9 20 23 30 38
2016-04-02	21	2nd	17 20 27 31 32
2016-03-12	40	3rd	9 14 20 24 31
2016-02-01	4	3rd	3 17 20 26 35
2016-01-28	6	2nd	13 20 29 32 34
2016-01-22	8	3rd	1 7 20 21 27
2016-01-14	17	3rd	5 16 20 29 39
2015-12-28	22	4th	2 11 18 20 35
2015-12-06	5	3rd	1 18 20 22 35
2015-12-01	6	3rd	7 8 20 23 38
2015-11-25	2	5th	9 13 14 17 20
2015-11-23	13	2nd	17 20 25 35 39
2015-11-10	4	3rd	12 18 20 24 35
2015-11-06	2	4th	4 9 12 20 23
2015-11-04	3	3rd	9 10 20 25 26
2015-11-01	7	3rd	11 17 20 24 30
2015-10-25	11	4th	3 5 19 20 30
2015-10-14	2	4th	3 7 19 20 36
2015-10-12	8	3rd	4 14 20 23 27
2015-10-04	2	2nd	15 20 23 32 36
2015-10-02	14	4th	8 12 16 20 37
2015-09-18	2	3rd	2 9 20 31 39
2015-09-16	7	4th	3 6 12 20 26
2015-09-09	34	1st	20 28 29 35 38
2015-08-06	6	5th	1 2 9 10 20
2015-07-31	8	3rd	2 3 20 24 37
2015-07-23	3	3rd	8 14 20 24 26
2015-07-20	3	3rd	3 11 20 21 22
2015-07-17	8	4th	5 11 12 20 28
2015-07-09	20	2nd	13 20 27 29 30
2015-06-19	2	2nd	18 20 24 32 39
2015-06-17	14	3rd	3 18 20 34 37
2015-06-03	3	2nd	18 20 23 28 30
2015-05-31	1	5th	2 5 10 14 20
2015-05-30	10	3rd	4 5 20 31 36
2015-05-20	12	4th	2 8 15 20 34
2015-05-08	8	3rd	17 19 20 23 27
2015-04-29	7	4th	8 9 19 20 38
2015-04-22	16	3rd	5 19 20 37 38
2015-04-06	19	3rd	3 6 20 23 36
2015-03-18	3	4th	8 15 16 20 24
2015-03-15	5	3rd	6 15 20 22 33
2015-03-10	7	4th	10 12 17 20 36
2015-03-03	2	4th	4 8 14 20 21
2015-03-01	13	4th	3 13 18 20 34
2015-02-16	2	3rd	1 11 20 34 38
2015-02-14	9	3rd	7 16 20 29 37
2015-02-05	3	2nd	17 20 30 34 37
2015-02-02	1	2nd	14 20 26 29 38
2015-02-01	9	4th	9 14 19 20 32
2015-01-23	4	3rd	6 19 20 24 36
2015-01-19	5	2nd	11 20 25 27 28
2015-01-14	8	2nd	15 20 26 38 39
2015-01-06	9	2nd	16 20 22 28 32
2014-12-28	10	4th	1 3 14 20 28
2014-12-18	3	3rd	3 8 20 22 25
2014-12-15	25	1st	20 21 24 26 27
2014-11-20	14	3rd	3 19 20 25 39
2014-11-06	6	3rd	4 19 20 35 37
2014-10-31	16	4th	4 16 17 20 29
2014-10-15	11	4th	3 7 8 20 27
2014-10-04	4	4th	3 15 19 20 24
2014-09-30	7	2nd	7 20 25 27 38
2014-09-23	2	4th	2 10 17 20 33
2014-09-21	5	3rd	14 15 20 24 27
2014-09-16	9	4th	8 15 19 20 32
2014-09-07	14	4th	2 3 4 20 27
2014-08-24	8	2nd	5 20 25 27 38
2014-08-16	1	3rd	4 5 20 21 33
2014-08-15	1	3rd	3 10 20 22 39
2014-08-14	2	3rd	7 11 20 21 24
2014-08-12	6	3rd	13 18 20 21 37
2014-08-06	4	2nd	6 20 22 25 37
2014-08-02	9	4th	4 7 8 20 26
2014-07-24	2	3rd	3 16 20 24 38
2014-07-22	12	3rd	6 14 20 22 26
2014-07-10	3	3rd	1 19 20 24 27
2014-07-07	4	2nd	19 20 22 29 33
2014-07-02	5	2nd	15 20 22 30 36
2014-06-27	4	3rd	16 19 20 30 35
2014-06-23	16	2nd	13 20 24 38 39
2014-06-07	18	2nd	16 20 29 31 34
2014-05-20	1	3rd	2 16 20 23 38
2014-05-19	5	2nd	8 20 31 36 39
2014-05-14	1	4th	6 12 18 20 23
2014-05-13	21	3rd	2 3 20 32 38
2014-04-22	3	2nd	6 20 24 30 32
2014-04-19	8	3rd	1 2 20 25 30
2014-04-11	4	3rd	3 17 20 23 37
2014-04-07	14	3rd	15 18 20 21 38
2014-03-24	13	3rd	2 7 20 24 39
2014-03-11	6	3rd	11 12 20 26 35
2014-03-05	1	4th	1 8 14 20 33
2014-03-04	4	4th	11 13 15 20 31
2014-02-28	10	5th	12 13 14 16 20
2014-02-18	6	2nd	14 20 24 25 29
2014-02-12	5	2nd	17 20 24 26 28
2014-02-07	4	3rd	5 17 20 34 35
2014-02-03	9	4th	14 16 19 20 22
2014-01-25	8	3rd	2 13 20 21 22
2014-01-17	19	4th	6 15 18 20 21
2013-12-29	5	2nd	7 20 26 28 33
2013-12-24	30	5th	2 8 9 13 20
2013-11-24	3	3rd	3 16 20 22 32
2013-11-21	47	3rd	17 18 20 31 39
2013-10-05	11	4th	5 17 19 20 26
2013-09-24	16	5th	1 11 16 19 20
2013-09-08	12	4th	7 8 19 20 29
2013-08-27	15	2nd	8 20 21 22 38
2013-08-12	8	3rd	8 17 20 34 38
2013-08-04	3	2nd	9 20 21 34 39
2013-08-01	7	4th	3 11 16 20 22
2013-07-25	16	3rd	11 18 20 26 29
2013-07-09	8	1st	20 31 33 37 39
2013-07-01	6	4th	6 14 17 20 38
2013-06-25	4	4th	4 12 13 20 30
2013-06-21	5	4th	5 7 9 20 35
2013-06-16	2	3rd	7 11 20 21 39
2013-06-14	4	3rd	10 14 20 26 36
2013-06-10	1	2nd	19 20 23 25 32
2013-06-09	12	3rd	3 17 20 32 36
2013-05-28	6	2nd	4 20 25 26 33
2013-05-22	1	4th	2 13 19 20 32
2013-05-21	2	2nd	5 20 33 35 37
2013-05-19	11	3rd	7 18 20 25 29
2013-05-08	17	1st	20 22 28 29 39
2013-04-21	1	4th	11 15 17 20 27
2013-04-20	7	3rd	6 9 20 21 34
2013-04-13	11	1st	20 24 25 33 36
2013-04-02	2	3rd	11 15 20 30 32
2013-03-31	4	2nd	15 20 29 33 34
2013-03-27	15	3rd	1 17 20 28 30
2013-03-12	16	3rd	9 10 20 27 35
2013-02-24	1	3rd	4 16 20 23 27
2013-02-23	3	3rd	15 17 20 27 31
2013-02-20	13	2nd	12 20 29 31 34
2013-02-07	24	1st	20 29 33 34 35
2013-01-14	4	2nd	6 20 24 33 36
2013-01-10	7	3rd	14 19 20 27 31
2013-01-03	9	2nd	1 20 25 30 38
2012-12-25	6	3rd	1 2 20 28 33
2012-12-19	7	4th	3 13 17 20 36
2012-12-12	3	1st	20 22 24 31 33
2012-12-09	12	1st	20 24 33 37 38
2012-11-27	8	3rd	4 9 20 35 38
2012-11-19	6	3rd	2 13 20 35 37
2012-11-13	18	4th	1 2 18 20 33
2012-10-26	4	2nd	13 20 23 29 32
2012-10-22	5	2nd	16 20 26 38 39
2012-10-17	7	4th	6 7 17 20 34
2012-10-10	1	2nd	16 20 23 33 38
2012-10-09	2	2nd	7 20 22 28 39
2012-10-07	1	3rd	2 11 20 28 35
2012-10-06	27	3rd	1 9 20 34 39
2012-09-09	1	4th	2 11 15 20 29
2012-09-08	6	2nd	11 20 22 35 38
2012-09-02	1	2nd	16 20 29 30 38
2012-09-01	5	3rd	4 16 20 21 23
2012-08-27	14	3rd	1 15 20 24 32
2012-08-13	15	3rd	1 6 20 26 34
2012-07-29	3	2nd	5 20 31 34 38
2012-07-26	2	2nd	14 20 33 38 39
2012-07-24	14	4th	7 8 17 20 29
2012-07-10	1	4th	11 12 15 20 28
2012-07-09	1	3rd	2 7 20 23 39
2012-07-08	11	2nd	16 20 32 33 36
2012-06-26	3	4th	3 7 16 20 31
2012-06-23	3	4th	7 11 13 20 38
2012-06-20	14	3rd	9 14 20 26 31
2012-06-06	10	2nd	2 20 27 32 35
2012-05-27	11	3rd	7 19 20 22 39
2012-05-16	11	2nd	19 20 26 31 36
2012-05-03	5	4th	1 6 16 20 37
2012-04-28	10	2nd	3 20 23 38 39
2012-04-18	9	3rd	6 17 20 35 36
2012-04-09	10	4th	14 16 19 20 32
2012-03-30	18	3rd	7 16 20 26 39
2012-03-12	3	2nd	7 20 23 28 34
2012-03-09	9	4th	1 2 12 20 28
2012-02-29	2	2nd	6 20 22 23 35
2012-02-27	7	4th	3 7 9 20 28
2012-02-20	9	3rd	12 16 20 25 38
2012-02-11	1	3rd	13 16 20 28 29
2012-02-10	1	3rd	3 8 20 29 33
2012-02-09	4	3rd	5 19 20 28 39
2012-02-05	2	4th	2 15 18 20 29
2012-02-03	11	2nd	10 20 23 24 34
2012-01-23	13	2nd	19 20 23 30 38
2012-01-10	9	4th	6 11 14 20 36
2012-01-01	4	3rd	9 13 20 26 32
2011-12-28	6	3rd	9 11 20 25 32
2011-12-22	16	3rd	5 11 20 21 29
2011-12-06	4	3rd	13 16 20 26 27
2011-12-02	17	3rd	18 19 20 30 31
2011-11-15	12	4th	4 9 13 20 27
2011-11-03	2	3rd	5 8 20 22 30
2011-11-01	4	3rd	3 19 20 23 26
2011-10-28	1	4th	4 12 18 20 39
2011-10-27	15	1st	20 25 26 33 35
2011-10-11	6	2nd	12 20 21 32 33
2011-10-05	2	3rd	8 14 20 33 38
2011-10-03	11	3rd	4 15 20 26 36
2011-09-22	2	3rd	2 14 20 25 38
2011-09-20	20	4th	1 3 7 20 39
2011-08-31	21	2nd	18 20 29 31 34
2011-08-09	5	4th	3 4 8 20 39
2011-08-04	3	2nd	3 20 27 34 38
2011-08-01	2	5th	5 9 16 17 20
2011-07-30	9	3rd	8 13 20 23 38
2011-07-21	21	3rd	7 13 20 26 32
2011-06-29	3	4th	10 14 16 20 28
2011-06-26	17	4th	14 17 19 20 29
2011-06-09	8	3rd	3 7 20 26 37
2011-06-01	7	3rd	3 16 20 23 32
2011-05-25	14	3rd	6 17 20 33 36
2011-05-11	5	2nd	16 20 22 25 30
2011-05-06	12	3rd	4 18 20 32 36
2011-04-24	8	2nd	6 20 22 29 34
2011-04-16	3	3rd	9 16 20 28 38
2011-04-13	2	2nd	9 20 23 26 32
2011-04-11	7	3rd	8 15 20 24 29
2011-04-04	12	3rd	5 13 20 28 35
2011-03-23	6	3rd	2 9 20 34 36
2011-03-17	1	3rd	14 16 20 28 36
2011-03-16	7	2nd	8 20 35 37 38
2011-03-09	5	2nd	11 20 29 34 37
2011-03-04	4	3rd	5 19 20 32 37
2011-02-28	12	4th	1 3 13 20 26
2011-02-16	15	3rd	8 16 20 29 35
2011-02-01	4	2nd	7 20 27 36 39
2011-01-28	7	3rd	12 14 20 22 35
2011-01-21	5	4th	12 15 18 20 23
2011-01-16	6	3rd	1 8 20 26 38
2011-01-10	1	3rd	8 16 20 26 35
2011-01-09	3	4th	5 9 10 20 24
2011-01-06	4	2nd	16 20 23 25 36
2011-01-02	9	3rd	2 13 20 26 35
2010-12-24	5	3rd	2 7 20 21 38
2010-12-19	1	3rd	3 15 20 24 29
2010-12-18	1	3rd	12 18 20 23 39
2010-12-17	6	3rd	16 19 20 34 35
2010-12-11	3	4th	2 7 18 20 29
2010-12-08	2	3rd	6 7 20 26 37
2010-12-06	13	4th	6 13 18 20 34
2010-11-23	2	2nd	4 20 31 34 38
2010-11-21	4	2nd	14 20 26 27 33
2010-11-17	7	2nd	5 20 26 27 28
2010-11-10	10	2nd	15 20 30 32 38
2010-10-31	9	4th	2 3 12 20 37
2010-10-22	19	3rd	6 13 20 32 33
2010-10-03	8	4th	5 7 8 20 39
2010-09-25	22	2nd	14 20 24 27 31
2010-09-03	8	4th	2 15 19 20 26
2010-08-26	9	2nd	15 20 22 37 38
2010-08-17	7	2nd	11 20 30 31 35
2010-08-10	1	3rd	1 15 20 28 34
2010-08-09	9	2nd	9 20 23 30 34
2010-07-31	8	4th	3 6 9 20 21
2010-07-23	13	3rd	11 13 20 29 30
2010-07-10	2	2nd	10 20 26 38 39
2010-07-08	12	3rd	16 19 20 25 36
2010-06-26	2	4th	14 15 17 20 26
2010-06-24	11	3rd	12 18 20 21 38
2010-06-13	10	3rd	10 18 20 35 36
2010-06-03	16	3rd	3 8 20 22 24
2010-05-18	10	3rd	2 19 20 29 35
2010-05-08	28	4th	1 10 13 20 21
2010-04-10	1	4th	3 6 12 20 22
2010-04-09	—	3rd	12 17 20 34 39