Number 20

In Lotto under the 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 rules — 847 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

91times drawn · chance expected 98 −0.72σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

64longest completed wait · 4% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 91 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, −0.72σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 21 times, counted separately.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 91 times in 847 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 64 · waiting 2 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 smallest8 · chance 7.8
2nd smallest19 · chance 26.5
3rd smallest35 · chance 32.9
4th smallest22 · chance 18.6
5th smallest7 · chance 4.8
6th smallest0 · chance 0.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

18 46 11 34 48 49

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
2025-09-13	14	2nd	12 20 21 22 28 33
2025-07-26	8	3rd	12 16 20 22 27 52
2025-06-28	17	4th	1 13 18 20 47 50
2025-04-30	1	3rd

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.

2023-10-14	10	4th	8 10 17 20 49 51
2023-09-09	14	4th	7 10 18 20 23 30
2023-07-22	5	2nd	1 20 25 26 28 42
2023-07-05	1	2nd	19 20 23 24 43 44
2023-07-01	37	2nd	16 20 36 45 46 50
2023-02-22	4	3rd	5 14 20 22 25 34
2023-02-08	14	2nd	15 20 23 31 33 40
2022-12-21	1	2nd	7 20 21 37 38 46
2022-12-17	1	4th	4 6 18 20 36 40
2022-12-14	5	3rd	2 7 20 21 35 46
2022-11-26	24	3rd	5 18 20 26 35 38
2022-09-03	4	2nd	7 20 34 45 49 50
2022-08-20	23	3rd	7 9 20 27 46 51
2022-06-01	3	2nd	15 20 22 27 43 49
2022-05-21	3	4th	2 3 7 20 28 37
2022-05-11	17	1st	20 22 25 36 50 51
2022-03-12	6	2nd	13 20 32 39 43 52
2022-02-19	3	4th	4 11 12 20 38 48
2022-02-09	2	3rd	2 18 20 28 35 44
2022-02-02	22	3rd	11 17 20 28 31 46
2021-11-13	19	3rd	3 19 20 35 39 41
2021-09-08	15	5th	2 4 18 19 20 28
2021-07-17	4	4th	4 11 18 20 35 41
2021-07-03	10	3rd	4 12 20 34 46 49
2021-05-29	5	3rd	16 18 20 22 26 29
2021-05-12	3	4th	2 11 13 20 31 42
2021-05-01	1	4th	10 11 13 20 43 51
2021-04-28	15	3rd	7 18 20 22 31 48
2021-03-06	12	3rd	3 18 20 40 41 43
2021-01-23	1	2nd	18 20 39 46 47 49
2021-01-20	4	2nd	19 20 24 32 46 48
2021-01-06	12	3rd	4 10 20 41 50 52
2020-11-25	2	5th	5 10 11 14 20 33
2020-11-18	6	3rd	1 8 20 27 42 44
2020-10-28	10	3rd	6 16 20 30 44 51
2020-09-23	3	4th	8 10 17 20 40 46
2020-09-12	14	2nd	13 20 30 34 40 50
2020-07-25	4	3rd	5 9 20 24 27 48
2020-07-11	12	2nd	7 20 24 36 43 52
2020-05-30	2	3rd	4 13 20 23 31 46
2020-05-23	9	4th	2 11 18 20 35 48
2020-04-22	19	4th	1 2 14 20 33 38
2020-02-15	3	3rd	1 7 20 23 45 48
2020-02-05	16	3rd	3 6 20 21 41 45
2019-12-07	3	4th	11 12 15 20 34 46
2019-11-27	7	4th	12 14 17 20 34 37
2019-11-02	3	4th	2 4 13 20 33 46
2019-10-23	2	5th	9 11 15 16 20 46
2019-10-16	8	3rd	7 8 20 21 25 33
2019-09-18	3	1st	20 21 39 49 50 52
2019-09-07	8	4th	9 13 14 20 23 33
2019-08-10	9	2nd	6 20 21 26 45 48
2019-07-10	15	3rd	4 6 20 28 46 49
2019-05-18	1	4th	1 5 13 20 36 52
2019-05-15	19	1st	20 23 29 31 32 52
2019-03-09	2	1st	20 24 32 36 48 49
2019-03-02	19	3rd	16 17 20 29 34 35
2018-12-26	8	5th	1 6 12 15 20 29
2018-11-28	10	3rd	2 4 20 38 40 45
2018-10-24	7	3rd	2 18 20 22 32 34
2018-09-29	10	1st	20 23 26 41 42 51
2018-08-25	5	5th	9 10 14 18 20 23
2018-08-08	64	4th	11 13 14 20 41 48
2017-12-27	8	3rd	3 10 20 42 48 49
2017-11-29	11	1st	20 26 32 34 39 41
2017-10-21	21	1st	20 23 27 36 37 44
2017-08-09	—	3rd	1 10 20 27 32 46