Number 20

In Big Sky Bonus under the 4/31 + 1/17 · Nov 2016 – Oct 2024 rules — 2,889 draws, 4 from 1–31 (an earlier era).

398times drawn · chance expected 373 +1.40σ

15draws waiting · a wait this long: 14% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

51longest completed wait · 33% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 398 times in 2,889 draws against 372.8 expected, +1.40σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 398 times in 2,889 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 51 · waiting 15 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 smallest8 · chance 16.2
2nd smallest91 · chance 102.4
3rd smallest169 · chance 184.4
4th smallest130 · chance 95.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 39.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 4 2 16 13 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 30 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 31. 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
2024-09-30	6	2nd	4 20 23 27
2024-09-24	1	2nd	11 20 26 31
2024-09-23	51	2nd	9 20 27 29
2024-08-03	5	4th	1 2 5 20

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 4/31 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-01-11	1	4th	5 14 19 20
2024-01-10	9	2nd	15 20 27 30
2024-01-01	4	3rd	11 12 20 30
2023-12-28	4	2nd	19 20 21 28
2023-12-24	3	4th	5 10 14 20
2023-12-21	11	2nd	16 20 24 27
2023-12-10	1	3rd	4 19 20 22
2023-12-09	14	3rd	18 19 20 28
2023-11-25	10	3rd	11 17 20 31
2023-11-15	8	4th	1 13 14 20
2023-11-07	7	4th	8 14 15 20
2023-10-31	10	4th	6 11 16 20
2023-10-21	1	4th	4 9 16 20
2023-10-20	1	2nd	13 20 25 30
2023-10-19	2	4th	6 9 15 20
2023-10-17	1	3rd	7 17 20 27
2023-10-16	45	3rd	4 10 20 31
2023-09-01	4	2nd	3 20 28 31
2023-08-28	18	1st	20 21 22 27
2023-08-10	5	3rd	10 11 20 26
2023-08-05	9	3rd	2 5 20 30
2023-07-27	4	2nd	10 20 29 31
2023-07-23	10	3rd	11 14 20 30
2023-07-13	7	4th	2 10 19 20
2023-07-06	5	2nd	2 20 28 30
2023-07-01	2	3rd	11 15 20 31
2023-06-29	6	4th	2 8 17 20
2023-06-23	15	2nd	17 20 22 29
2023-06-08	10	4th	1 12 18 20
2023-05-29	14	2nd	6 20 23 31
2023-05-15	8	2nd	19 20 26 30
2023-05-07	9	2nd	2 20 21 28
2023-04-28	5	3rd	4 14 20 31
2023-04-23	1	2nd	12 20 21 30
2023-04-22	2	3rd	3 14 20 28
2023-04-20	2	2nd	5 20 22 31
2023-04-18	1	3rd	10 11 20 31
2023-04-17	2	3rd	13 19 20 21
2023-04-15	2	2nd	15 20 21 31
2023-04-13	3	4th	9 10 17 20
2023-04-10	5	4th	1 4 10 20
2023-04-05	5	2nd	10 20 29 30
2023-03-31	16	2nd	10 20 21 22
2023-03-15	11	3rd	5 12 20 29
2023-03-04	13	2nd	10 20 22 26
2023-02-19	5	3rd	3 16 20 22
2023-02-14	19	2nd	2 20 23 24
2023-01-26	3	3rd	2 4 20 27
2023-01-23	6	2nd	1 20 21 30
2023-01-17	4	2nd	8 20 22 29
2023-01-13	7	4th	10 13 19 20
2023-01-06	13	4th	2 9 10 20
2022-12-24	4	3rd	8 15 20 29
2022-12-20	5	3rd	8 16 20 21
2022-12-15	20	3rd	1 10 20 31
2022-11-25	2	3rd	1 12 20 31
2022-11-23	11	3rd	16 18 20 25
2022-11-12	6	3rd	8 17 20 30
2022-11-06	1	3rd	3 17 20 25
2022-11-05	8	2nd	10 20 23 25
2022-10-28	2	4th	7 8 15 20
2022-10-26	1	2nd	9 20 27 31
2022-10-25	9	3rd	9 13 20 30
2022-10-16	3	4th	1 5 14 20
2022-10-13	8	3rd	4 12 20 23
2022-10-05	9	3rd	3 16 20 25
2022-09-26	1	3rd	7 12 20 27
2022-09-25	11	2nd	4 20 26 27
2022-09-14	1	1st	20 24 28 31
2022-09-13	7	3rd	4 15 20 27
2022-09-06	4	4th	7 13 15 20
2022-09-02	1	4th	6 9 15 20
2022-09-01	3	2nd	14 20 24 29
2022-08-29	2	3rd	13 19 20 29
2022-08-27	8	3rd	4 8 20 24
2022-08-19	5	1st	20 24 28 31
2022-08-14	8	3rd	4 10 20 31
2022-08-06	8	2nd	13 20 25 29
2022-07-29	29	3rd	4 9 20 22
2022-06-30	5	2nd	14 20 25 29
2022-06-25	5	2nd	11 20 29 30
2022-06-20	6	4th	5 11 19 20
2022-06-14	2	3rd	13 16 20 24
2022-06-12	5	3rd	10 12 20 27
2022-06-07	21	4th	6 8 19 20
2022-05-17	2	3rd	7 9 20 31
2022-05-15	8	3rd	1 5 20 24
2022-05-07	4	4th	2 13 18 20
2022-05-03	9	3rd	10 13 20 26
2022-04-24	1	2nd	14 20 24 25
2022-04-23	12	4th	7 18 19 20
2022-04-11	7	3rd	2 9 20 30
2022-04-04	11	4th	7 14 15 20
2022-03-24	6	1st	20 21 22 27
2022-03-18	1	4th	2 12 16 20
2022-03-17	39	2nd	6 20 21 31
2022-02-06	2	3rd	3 13 20 26
2022-02-04	6	4th	7 13 16 20
2022-01-29	1	3rd	2 6 20 30
2022-01-28	10	4th	4 8 15 20
2022-01-18	2	3rd	1 8 20 22
2022-01-16	1	4th	8 9 18 20
2022-01-15	4	2nd	19 20 21 29
2022-01-11	2	3rd	5 14 20 23
2022-01-09	30	4th	1 4 9 20
2021-12-10	6	3rd	2 8 20 30
2021-12-04	5	4th	9 13 19 20
2021-11-29	3	3rd	13 15 20 29
2021-11-26	6	4th	3 13 16 20
2021-11-20	2	4th	4 14 15 20
2021-11-18	13	3rd	1 13 20 21
2021-11-05	5	4th	4 9 12 20
2021-10-31	5	4th	8 9 19 20
2021-10-26	6	1st	20 24 29 31
2021-10-20	11	3rd	10 12 20 27
2021-10-09	6	4th	5 9 15 20
2021-10-03	5	3rd	3 8 20 29
2021-09-28	11	2nd	10 20 30 31
2021-09-17	4	4th	4 11 17 20
2021-09-13	3	3rd	6 13 20 26
2021-09-10	6	2nd	2 20 26 27
2021-09-04	3	3rd	2 16 20 24
2021-09-01	4	2nd	15 20 22 24
2021-08-28	6	3rd	7 15 20 24
2021-08-22	15	3rd	2 9 20 22
2021-08-07	1	4th	5 14 16 20
2021-08-06	5	3rd	2 7 20 26
2021-08-01	1	3rd	17 19 20 22
2021-07-31	13	3rd	8 18 20 25
2021-07-18	6	4th	5 9 10 20
2021-07-12	2	3rd	13 16 20 28
2021-07-10	20	2nd	1 20 23 25
2021-06-20	4	3rd	2 10 20 27
2021-06-16	4	3rd	2 13 20 29
2021-06-12	1	3rd	3 19 20 25
2021-06-11	12	3rd	14 18 20 31
2021-05-30	5	4th	7 10 13 20
2021-05-25	7	3rd	4 8 20 24
2021-05-18	1	3rd	14 18 20 24
2021-05-17	2	3rd	1 16 20 30
2021-05-15	1	2nd	16 20 23 29
2021-05-14	2	2nd	4 20 26 28
2021-05-12	6	4th	9 13 17 20
2021-05-06	22	2nd	1 20 24 28
2021-04-14	1	3rd	1 8 20 28
2021-04-13	2	2nd	8 20 25 26
2021-04-11	6	2nd	14 20 23 27
2021-04-05	17	3rd	10 17 20 23
2021-03-19	12	4th	2 11 17 20
2021-03-07	3	4th	1 2 5 20
2021-03-04	1	3rd	4 11 20 24
2021-03-03	2	4th	6 7 12 20
2021-03-01	6	3rd	10 11 20 28
2021-02-23	2	3rd	8 16 20 28
2021-02-21	3	3rd	7 10 20 27
2021-02-18	13	3rd	10 19 20 21
2021-02-05	14	3rd	10 13 20 27
2021-01-22	6	4th	2 9 17 20
2021-01-16	6	3rd	2 12 20 21
2021-01-10	3	4th	6 15 19 20
2021-01-07	6	4th	1 3 18 20
2021-01-01	14	3rd	4 11 20 24
2020-12-18	14	4th	6 9 17 20
2020-12-04	7	3rd	3 9 20 28
2020-11-27	6	3rd	4 13 20 28
2020-11-21	6	4th	2 11 14 20
2020-11-15	2	3rd	6 17 20 24
2020-11-13	3	2nd	15 20 26 27
2020-11-10	1	4th	2 5 11 20
2020-11-09	11	2nd	12 20 22 28
2020-10-29	6	2nd	2 20 24 25
2020-10-23	9	3rd	18 19 20 24
2020-10-14	5	3rd	4 9 20 21
2020-10-09	5	3rd	9 10 20 25
2020-10-04	1	2nd	12 20 21 24
2020-10-03	6	4th	4 9 18 20
2020-09-27	8	3rd	3 13 20 27
2020-09-19	2	2nd	15 20 21 27
2020-09-17	24	4th	5 7 19 20
2020-08-24	3	3rd	6 11 20 28
2020-08-21	2	4th	4 16 18 20
2020-08-19	2	4th	3 8 16 20
2020-08-17	7	3rd	4 17 20 28
2020-08-10	6	3rd	1 5 20 23
2020-08-04	6	4th	2 9 11 20
2020-07-29	2	4th	11 12 17 20
2020-07-27	11	2nd	16 20 24 27
2020-07-16	17	3rd	2 9 20 26
2020-06-29	1	3rd	7 15 20 21
2020-06-28	4	3rd	11 13 20 24
2020-06-24	26	4th	1 9 18 20
2020-05-29	7	3rd	5 9 20 26
2020-05-22	12	3rd	7 19 20 25
2020-05-10	10	3rd	2 3 20 25
2020-04-30	6	4th	8 9 18 20
2020-04-24	5	3rd	3 18 20 26
2020-04-19	24	4th	6 10 18 20
2020-03-26	5	2nd	4 20 24 28
2020-03-21	2	4th	2 5 6 20
2020-03-19	27	3rd	8 16 20 21
2020-02-21	5	4th	6 7 9 20
2020-02-16	8	4th	3 8 19 20
2020-02-08	18	4th	7 10 16 20
2020-01-21	4	3rd	2 3 20 24
2020-01-17	3	3rd	4 17 20 24
2020-01-14	47	4th	4 9 13 20
2019-11-28	2	3rd	1 3 20 26
2019-11-26	2	4th	1 8 13 20
2019-11-24	10	4th	3 4 13 20
2019-11-14	5	4th	1 5 14 20
2019-11-09	14	3rd	1 14 20 23
2019-10-26	5	4th	4 11 18 20
2019-10-21	11	4th	1 14 16 20
2019-10-10	8	4th	7 15 16 20
2019-10-02	2	4th	1 5 8 20
2019-09-30	2	3rd	3 18 20 21
2019-09-28	5	3rd	4 18 20 22
2019-09-23	4	3rd	6 9 20 25
2019-09-19	5	3rd	4 8 20 24
2019-09-14	1	3rd	9 12 20 26
2019-09-13	4	4th	5 11 12 20
2019-09-09	5	4th	6 7 9 20
2019-09-04	2	3rd	1 11 20 23
2019-09-02	17	4th	2 3 10 20
2019-08-16	2	3rd	11 19 20 26
2019-08-14	4	4th	9 12 17 20
2019-08-10	2	3rd	9 13 20 23
2019-08-08	2	4th	1 9 16 20
2019-08-06	3	4th	1 2 16 20
2019-08-03	19	2nd	6 20 22 28
2019-07-15	3	3rd	3 7 20 21
2019-07-12	1	4th	17 18 19 20
2019-07-11	1	4th	2 3 17 20
2019-07-10	4	2nd	16 20 25 26
2019-07-06	7	4th	7 13 16 20
2019-06-29	20	3rd	4 11 20 24
2019-06-09	2	4th	1 16 19 20
2019-06-07	24	4th	1 5 18 20
2019-05-14	12	3rd	5 13 20 26
2019-05-02	2	3rd	1 8 20 21
2019-04-30	1	3rd	11 12 20 26
2019-04-29	17	2nd	8 20 27 28
2019-04-12	12	3rd	5 14 20 26
2019-03-31	31	3rd	1 17 20 22
2019-02-28	1	2nd	7 20 22 23
2019-02-27	5	1st	20 25 27 28
2019-02-22	11	2nd	3 20 25 26
2019-02-11	2	3rd	9 11 20 23
2019-02-09	7	4th	6 8 16 20
2019-02-02	8	4th	10 11 19 20
2019-01-25	6	3rd	9 16 20 25
2019-01-19	1	2nd	13 20 21 24
2019-01-18	16	4th	4 5 14 20
2019-01-02	2	2nd	14 20 23 27
2018-12-31	2	2nd	2 20 27 28
2018-12-29	21	2nd	7 20 25 27
2018-12-08	13	3rd	4 17 20 28
2018-11-25	6	3rd	4 15 20 27
2018-11-19	5	4th	2 11 15 20
2018-11-14	3	3rd	3 8 20 22
2018-11-11	7	2nd	5 20 22 24
2018-11-04	4	3rd	5 9 20 26
2018-10-31	12	4th	6 10 14 20
2018-10-19	1	3rd	9 11 20 27
2018-10-18	8	2nd	16 20 21 22
2018-10-10	1	2nd	18 20 21 26
2018-10-09	17	3rd	1 3 20 22
2018-09-22	6	3rd	4 13 20 24
2018-09-16	8	3rd	3 6 20 28
2018-09-08	18	3rd	7 15 20 28
2018-08-21	10	4th	4 7 8 20
2018-08-11	8	4th	11 12 15 20
2018-08-03	7	4th	3 5 15 20
2018-07-27	3	4th	4 8 16 20
2018-07-24	9	3rd	3 13 20 28
2018-07-15	7	3rd	3 16 20 26
2018-07-08	16	2nd	2 20 22 28
2018-06-22	4	4th	7 17 18 20
2018-06-18	4	2nd	6 20 21 23
2018-06-14	2	4th	7 12 14 20
2018-06-12	7	4th	9 14 16 20
2018-06-05	8	3rd	2 17 20 26
2018-05-28	7	4th	11 13 14 20
2018-05-21	1	3rd	5 14 20 24
2018-05-20	8	2nd	10 20 22 23
2018-05-12	6	3rd	6 14 20 23
2018-05-06	1	4th	3 10 11 20
2018-05-05	9	3rd	4 7 20 21
2018-04-26	6	4th	7 10 13 20
2018-04-20	1	2nd	9 20 22 28
2018-04-19	3	2nd	5 20 23 27
2018-04-16	1	2nd	14 20 25 27
2018-04-15	1	2nd	16 20 21 24
2018-04-14	7	3rd	6 18 20 24
2018-04-07	10	4th	7 14 19 20
2018-03-28	3	2nd	13 20 21 24
2018-03-25	17	4th	2 17 18 20
2018-03-08	4	3rd	6 13 20 21
2018-03-04	10	2nd	19 20 24 27
2018-02-22	2	3rd	12 19 20 27
2018-02-20	9	3rd	3 16 20 23
2018-02-11	4	3rd	3 16 20 25
2018-02-07	1	3rd	7 11 20 22
2018-02-06	1	4th	6 11 16 20
2018-02-05	10	4th	6 7 15 20
2018-01-26	6	2nd	15 20 24 25
2018-01-20	4	4th	6 7 16 20
2018-01-16	19	4th	4 5 13 20
2017-12-28	6	4th	7 13 16 20
2017-12-22	4	3rd	5 11 20 22
2017-12-18	13	3rd	5 8 20 27
2017-12-05	8	4th	4 9 14 20
2017-11-27	1	4th	7 8 14 20
2017-11-26	1	2nd	10 20 22 27
2017-11-25	9	2nd	3 20 21 27
2017-11-16	14	3rd	10 15 20 21
2017-11-02	1	3rd	8 9 20 25
2017-11-01	2	3rd	4 8 20 27
2017-10-30	2	3rd	2 4 20 25
2017-10-28	2	3rd	16 19 20 21
2017-10-26	1	2nd	12 20 21 23
2017-10-25	17	3rd	1 6 20 23
2017-10-07	3	3rd	11 17 20 22
2017-10-04	1	3rd	15 19 20 28
2017-10-03	13	2nd	7 20 22 27
2017-09-19	1	3rd	2 13 20 27
2017-09-18	25	4th	2 3 17 20
2017-08-24	3	2nd	1 20 22 27
2017-08-21	13	4th	5 6 7 20
2017-08-08	10	4th	7 15 17 20
2017-07-29	1	4th	14 17 18 20
2017-07-28	17	2nd	17 20 22 26
2017-07-11	6	4th	2 8 19 20
2017-07-05	3	3rd	6 10 20 22
2017-07-02	3	4th	11 15 18 20
2017-06-29	4	2nd	3 20 23 24
2017-06-25	7	3rd	8 11 20 27
2017-06-18	5	3rd	3 14 20 23
2017-06-13	1	4th	2 10 18 20
2017-06-12	2	1st	20 22 25 26
2017-06-10	7	3rd	6 19 20 27
2017-06-03	2	4th	6 10 16 20
2017-06-01	14	4th	2 7 17 20
2017-05-18	6	3rd	5 10 20 22
2017-05-12	1	2nd	13 20 22 28
2017-05-11	8	3rd	1 10 20 24
2017-05-03	5	3rd	10 17 20 21
2017-04-28	3	4th	3 6 13 20
2017-04-25	3	3rd	12 16 20 28
2017-04-22	7	3rd	1 6 20 23
2017-04-15	3	3rd	8 9 20 28
2017-04-12	4	3rd	13 14 20 26
2017-04-08	5	2nd	12 20 22 25
2017-04-03	6	4th	4 6 19 20
2017-03-28	5	3rd	4 7 20 26
2017-03-23	3	4th	8 9 19 20
2017-03-20	6	4th	4 6 9 20
2017-03-14	2	2nd	12 20 21 22
2017-03-12	1	3rd	8 12 20 24
2017-03-11	1	4th	11 16 19 20
2017-03-10	5	3rd	6 8 20 22
2017-03-05	15	4th	15 17 19 20
2017-02-18	9	4th	13 15 18 20
2017-02-09	7	4th	14 16 18 20
2017-02-02	21	3rd	7 8 20 21
2017-01-12	17	2nd	18 20 22 26
2016-12-26	13	2nd	3 20 21 27
2016-12-13	1	3rd	11 15 20 25
2016-12-12	9	4th	5 11 16 20
2016-12-03	2	3rd	9 18 20 28
2016-12-01	3	2nd	12 20 22 24
2016-11-28	8	4th	11 15 18 20
2016-11-20	3	4th	2 7 18 20
2016-11-17	—	2nd	18 20 22 23