Number 20

In MultiMatch under the 6/43 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2022 rules — 1,318 draws, 6 from 1–43 (an earlier era).

190times drawn · chance expected 184 +0.48σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

6.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

33longest completed wait · 79% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 190 times in 1,318 draws against 183.9 expected, +0.48σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 190 times in 1,318 draws · average wait 6.9 draws · longest completed wait 33 · 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 smallest7 · chance 7.5
2nd smallest34 · chance 37.6
3rd smallest74 · chance 67.6
4th smallest52 · chance 54.8
5th smallest18 · chance 19.9
6th smallest5 · chance 2.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

38 13 2 9 16 23

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 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 43. 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
2022-11-21	2	3rd	9 16 20 23 35 39
2022-11-14	2	4th	1 7 11 20 21 26
2022-11-07	13	4th	1 11 12 20 23 32

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 6/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

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