Number 20

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,727 draws, 6 from 1–49.

222times drawn · chance expected 211 +0.77σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 68% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

34longest completed wait · 95% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 222 times in 1,727 draws against 211.5 expected, +0.77σ. 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 222 times in 1,727 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 34 · 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest21 · chance 15.4
2nd smallest54 · chance 58.5
3rd smallest80 · chance 81.0
4th smallest53 · chance 51.0
5th smallest12 · chance 14.6
6th smallest2 · chance 1.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 23 47 35 17 21

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-10-07	2	4th	3 5 18 20 21 26
2026-09-30	8	3rd	8 13 20 21 35 40
2026-09-02	5	3rd	15 19 20 23 28 40
2026-08-15	28	1st

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-12-28	7	3rd	7 16 20 22 33 41
2024-12-04	14	3rd	11 12 20 22 23 36
2024-10-16	5	4th	5 9 10 20 46 48
2024-09-28	13	4th	6 8 19 20 41 49
2024-08-14	2	2nd	3 20 22 24 30 37
2024-08-07	3	2nd	6 20 32 38 41 45
2024-07-27	7	5th	6 10 15 18 20 30
2024-07-03	1	4th	1 6 15 20 36 48
2024-06-29	2	4th	1 9 17 20 29 34
2024-06-22	10	4th	2 10 19 20 43 48
2024-05-18	12	2nd	7 20 31 33 38 41
2024-04-06	5	3rd	8 13 20 30 39 40
2024-03-20	8	3rd	8 17 20 22 39 41
2024-02-21	7	4th	7 12 19 20 42 45
2024-01-27	5	1st	20 35 40 43 44 49
2024-01-10	4	2nd	6 20 25 28 30 39
2023-12-27	2	3rd	12 17 20 25 34 35
2023-12-20	9	4th	4 9 13 20 35 39
2023-11-18	34	5th	1 4 6 19 20 29
2023-07-22	5	3rd	4 16 20 21 24 39
2023-07-05	2	2nd	15 20 27 28 37 43
2023-06-28	14	3rd	2 5 20 27 34 35
2023-05-10	24	3rd	7 10 20 30 34 47
2023-02-15	1	3rd	12 15 20 30 35 47
2023-02-11	10	2nd	18 20 22 23 24 47
2023-01-07	6	3rd	4 15 20 21 41 47
2022-12-17	3	2nd	18 20 26 28 30 34
2022-12-07	8	4th	2 7 10 20 31 39
2022-11-09	6	3rd	4 14 20 34 39 43
2022-10-19	1	3rd	9 18 20 37 44 47
2022-10-15	3	3rd	2 12 20 23 37 48
2022-10-05	2	5th	1 4 10 12 20 35
2022-09-28	1	1st	20 23 24 37 39 49
2022-09-24	8	2nd	15 20 28 34 45 49
2022-08-27	6	3rd	3 18 20 22 33 37
2022-08-06	5	3rd	6 8 20 26 33 43
2022-07-20	1	2nd	7 20 21 26 31 43
2022-07-16	17	4th	1 10 15 20 25 49
2022-05-18	8	2nd	5 20 22 24 45 48
2022-04-20	11	5th	10 11 12 14 20 28
2022-03-12	8	2nd	4 20 24 33 36 42
2022-02-12	1	3rd	4 18 20 23 28 43
2022-02-09	18	4th	5 7 19 20 22 36
2021-12-08	12	3rd	13 17 20 23 47 48
2021-10-27	3	3rd	3 6 20 27 46 48
2021-10-16	7	3rd	12 14 20 21 32 48
2021-09-22	12	4th	1 7 11 20 23 26
2021-08-11	2	4th	2 7 19 20 23 27
2021-08-04	8	4th	1 3 18 20 34 49
2021-07-07	2	3rd	8 16 20 21 39 40
2021-06-30	6	1st	20 21 23 32 36 42
2021-06-09	13	4th	8 9 14 20 23 33
2021-04-24	9	3rd	9 18 20 31 32 33
2021-03-24	1	3rd	3 12 20 29 42 49
2021-03-20	8	4th	1 9 13 20 27 28
2021-02-20	11	2nd	5 20 31 34 35 37
2021-01-13	4	3rd	4 14 20 21 46 48
2020-12-30	1	2nd	17 20 26 31 37 48
2020-12-26	5	3rd	17 19 20 29 36 45
2020-12-09	34	2nd	19 20 22 27 28 44
2020-08-12	3	6th	3 4 6 10 18 20
2020-08-01	6	2nd	1 20 24 35 39 49
2020-07-11	4	3rd	14 15 20 32 34 48
2020-06-27	12	2nd	7 20 21 22 45 46
2020-05-16	3	3rd	1 4 20 33 37 46
2020-05-06	5	4th	8 10 17 20 34 38
2020-04-18	2	1st	20 22 31 33 45 48
2020-04-11	19	3rd	3 13 20 21 41 42
2020-02-05	3	2nd	12 20 21 25 36 47
2020-01-25	6	2nd	5 20 21 22 38 42
2020-01-04	24	4th	6 9 14 20 24 49
2019-10-12	19	2nd	10 20 23 29 42 43
2019-08-07	1	3rd	12 18 20 21 31 36
2019-08-03	11	2nd	17 20 27 29 32 46
2019-06-26	2	5th	1 6 10 14 20 41
2019-06-19	5	4th	2 18 19 20 35 39
2019-06-01	5	3rd	1 3 20 28 29 49
2019-05-15	5	4th	2 10 14 20 21 48
2019-04-27	2	4th	9 10 18 20 32 36
2019-04-20	4	3rd	14 17 20 47 48 49
2019-04-06	13	1st	20 23 24 25 27 47
2019-02-20	2	4th	10 13 14 20 27 28
2019-02-13	18	2nd	11 20 28 29 30 45
2018-12-12	4	2nd	13 20 25 30 34 46
2018-11-28	10	4th	9 16 18 20 23 34
2018-10-24	5	1st	20 23 29 35 37 46
2018-10-06	4	5th	3 4 9 17 20 44
2018-09-22	6	3rd	12 17 20 27 36 38
2018-09-01	15	3rd	6 9 20 22 28 36
2018-07-11	3	3rd	11 17 20 30 45 46
2018-06-30	10	2nd	17 20 21 29 34 40
2018-05-26	10	3rd	2 15 20 31 42 45
2018-04-21	14	4th	7 13 18 20 36 41
2018-03-03	3	3rd	14 18 20 23 36 46
2018-02-21	23	4th	4 7 14 20 24 37
2017-12-02	1	4th	1 2 18 20 26 31
2017-11-29	2	1st	20 21 23 31 39 46
2017-11-22	1	2nd	6 20 24 25 29 37
2017-11-18	5	4th	3 8 13 20 40 43
2017-11-01	9	1st	20 29 36 39 45 46
2017-09-30	6	4th	7 17 18 20 35 39
2017-09-09	1	3rd	9 19 20 25 29 36
2017-09-06	13	3rd	5 15 20 26 30 35
2017-07-22	10	3rd	9 12 20 24 35 47
2017-06-17	1	1st	20 26 30 35 39 45
2017-06-14	1	3rd	8 9 20 28 29 37
2017-06-10	5	3rd	6 19 20 21 22 45
2017-05-24	12	4th	10 11 18 20 23 32
2017-04-12	6	3rd	7 10 20 40 45 47
2017-03-22	3	3rd	8 12 20 27 31 42
2017-03-11	2	3rd	10 18 20 30 33 37
2017-03-04	4	2nd	7 20 27 35 45 46
2017-02-18	6	3rd	10 15 20 28 35 47
2017-01-28	4	4th	1 2 14 20 34 46
2017-01-14	17	3rd	4 5 20 26 32 40
2016-11-16	2	4th	3 10 19 20 44 49
2016-11-09	16	1st	20 21 23 27 28 33
2016-09-14	9	4th	1 4 8 20 46 49
2016-08-13	1	3rd	8 9 20 33 43 47
2016-08-10	22	5th	8 11 14 19 20 35
2016-05-25	4	3rd	1 16 20 23 42 48
2016-05-11	17	4th	7 13 14 20 30 48
2016-03-12	7	1st	20 35 37 38 42 48
2016-02-17	5	3rd	17 18 20 24 31 48
2016-01-30	1	3rd	3 8 20 30 40 42
2016-01-27	15	5th	11 12 16 17 20 29
2015-12-05	9	4th	3 17 18 20 43 48
2015-11-04	30	2nd	7 20 26 30 41 48
2015-07-22	10	3rd	1 16 20 21 33 39
2015-06-17	25	4th	4 16 17 20 23 29
2015-03-21	6	2nd	7 20 24 28 30 43
2015-02-28	1	2nd	14 20 22 31 32 45
2015-02-25	7	3rd	5 8 20 24 39 45
2015-01-31	16	1st	20 25 32 34 39 47
2014-12-06	2	2nd	8 20 27 35 45 47
2014-11-29	2	3rd	15 18 20 35 36 48
2014-11-22	2	4th	6 17 18 20 23 33
2014-11-15	6	3rd	1 9 20 31 35 43
2014-10-25	1	3rd	1 6 20 38 40 49
2014-10-22	4	4th	4 10 17 20 29 34
2014-10-08	5	1st	20 21 31 32 44 47
2014-09-20	25	3rd	8 13 20 22 26 49
2014-06-25	9	3rd	3 7 20 26 40 47
2014-05-24	1	2nd	16 20 22 30 43 47
2014-05-21	22	4th	3 12 13 20 22 32
2014-03-05	5	2nd	7 20 35 43 45 48
2014-02-15	18	1st	20 29 36 37 41 47
2013-12-14	3	3rd	5 12 20 21 22 34
2013-12-04	18	4th	1 16 18 20 21 39
2013-10-02	2	4th	7 8 16 20 36 41
2013-09-25	1	3rd	4 8 20 31 46 48
2013-09-21	4	2nd	3 20 27 35 44 47
2013-09-07	27	2nd	14 20 23 24 27 40
2013-06-05	3	3rd	12 19 20 37 39 42
2013-05-25	11	2nd	16 20 30 33 36 42
2013-04-17	2	3rd	3 19 20 28 32 45
2013-04-10	12	2nd	16 20 21 34 39 43
2013-02-27	1	3rd	4 10 20 25 27 42
2013-02-23	6	4th	10 16 19 20 24 41
2013-02-02	9	5th	7 11 13 16 20 29
2013-01-02	4	2nd	19 20 24 26 32 38
2012-12-19	1	4th	3 8 13 20 24 44
2012-12-15	21	4th	9 13 16 20 40 41
2012-10-03	10	3rd	2 11 20 22 26 41
2012-08-29	15	1st	20 22 30 34 40 45
2012-07-07	2	2nd	11 20 25 30 35 41
2012-06-30	3	2nd	18 20 22 35 40 43
2012-06-20	1	3rd	4 13 20 22 24 34
2012-06-16	1	5th	2 9 10 16 20 25
2012-06-13	7	2nd	12 20 23 25 36 46
2012-05-19	11	3rd	7 12 20 24 37 47
2012-04-11	15	2nd	17 20 23 27 30 47
2012-02-18	25	1st	20 22 25 28 34 39
2011-11-23	1	3rd	1 6 20 23 35 44
2011-11-19	9	4th	1 8 9 20 31 47
2011-10-19	11	2nd	10 20 24 34 38 49
2011-09-10	7	6th	1 3 10 11 15 20
2011-08-17	22	3rd	8 14 20 26 38 46
2011-06-01	3	3rd	11 13 20 32 41 47
2011-05-21	1	2nd	2 20 21 31 43 44
2011-05-18	6	2nd	14 20 27 28 36 48
2011-04-27	2	3rd	1 17 20 37 41 46
2011-04-20	2	3rd	2 5 20 27 36 37
2011-04-13	4	2nd	10 20 28 29 38 47
2011-03-30	7	2nd	10 20 30 33 38 42
2011-03-05	11	2nd	5 20 24 34 36 38
2011-01-26	4	2nd	2 20 30 46 47 49
2011-01-12	3	2nd	17 20 23 27 28 45
2011-01-01	15	2nd	16 20 38 39 42 47
2010-11-10	14	4th	10 12 13 20 21 29
2010-09-22	4	3rd	6 14 20 31 45 47
2010-09-08	2	4th	4 12 19 20 30 49
2010-09-01	7	3rd	9 10 20 22 34 39
2010-08-07	21	3rd	1 12 20 26 36 43
2010-05-26	4	4th	9 11 14 20 23 40
2010-05-12	6	3rd	5 17 20 24 39 40
2010-04-21	1	4th	1 3 15 20 24 44
2010-04-17	—	2nd	17 20 23 29 39 48