Number 20

In Palmetto Cash 5 under the 5/38 · Apr 2010 – Mar 2024 rules — 2,502 draws, 5 from 1–38 (an earlier era).

301times drawn · chance expected 329 −1.67σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

68longest completed wait · 2% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 301 times in 2,502 draws against 329.2 expected, −1.67σ. 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 301 times in 2,502 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 68 · 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest8 · chance 13.9
2nd smallest79 · chance 70.7
3rd smallest113 · chance 119.2
4th smallest85 · chance 79.5
5th smallest16 · chance 17.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 32.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 7 32 38 1 17

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 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 38. 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
2024-03-17	4	5th	2 4 9 13 20
2024-03-13	21	3rd	10 17 20 28 30
2024-02-21	7	4th	4 15 16 20 32
2024-02-14	8	4th	12

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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-09-17	5	4th	10 16 17 20 30
2023-09-12	3	4th	5 7 9 20 36
2023-09-09	5	2nd	13 20 29 33 34
2023-09-04	2	1st	20 23 25 33 38
2023-09-02	8	4th	4 6 7 20 29
2023-08-25	3	5th	4 10 16 19 20
2023-08-22	4	3rd	1 16 20 28 32
2023-08-18	6	3rd	2 7 20 21 34
2023-08-12	2	3rd	5 9 20 32 36
2023-08-10	14	4th	3 8 17 20 24
2023-07-27	6	2nd	7 20 25 30 34
2023-07-21	1	3rd	13 18 20 33 38
2023-07-20	2	4th	7 12 16 20 24
2023-07-18	4	2nd	4 20 25 35 38
2023-07-14	3	2nd	1 20 22 30 32
2023-07-11	17	4th	7 13 18 20 30
2023-06-24	8	3rd	3 16 20 27 34
2023-06-16	57	4th	3 8 12 20 32
2023-04-20	2	3rd	15 16 20 34 37
2023-04-18	10	3rd	7 18 20 33 38
2023-04-08	16	3rd	7 8 20 34 37
2023-03-23	4	3rd	14 19 20 26 38
2023-03-19	8	2nd	10 20 26 34 36
2023-03-11	8	4th	4 5 17 20 22
2023-03-03	6	4th	2 7 13 20 30
2023-02-25	8	2nd	1 20 21 26 36
2023-02-17	4	3rd	2 7 20 23 33
2023-02-13	2	3rd	8 10 20 27 33
2023-02-11	6	4th	5 10 17 20 25
2023-02-05	16	4th	1 14 18 20 24
2023-01-20	1	3rd	15 16 20 27 34
2023-01-19	11	4th	1 4 17 20 22
2023-01-08	13	4th	5 11 14 20 22
2015-12-26	7	4th	2 9 12 20 28
2015-12-19	3	2nd	10 20 24 32 38
2015-12-16	3	2nd	2 20 21 29 35
2015-12-13	4	2nd	17 20 24 29 31
2015-12-09	2	4th	1 7 16 20 29
2015-12-07	8	4th	2 14 15 20 21
2015-11-29	5	3rd	3 19 20 21 33
2015-11-24	33	3rd	8 18 20 23 24
2015-10-22	7	2nd	14 20 22 23 29
2015-10-15	16	4th	9 16 17 20 37
2015-09-29	4	3rd	3 16 20 25 33
2015-09-25	2	4th	9 16 18 20 26
2015-09-23	2	3rd	8 17 20 27 34
2015-09-21	22	4th	7 14 16 20 22
2015-08-30	14	3rd	8 17 20 34 38
2015-08-16	3	3rd	2 18 20 24 33
2015-08-13	17	3rd	15 17 20 23 33
2015-07-27	14	3rd	5 13 20 24 38
2015-07-13	3	3rd	10 15 20 32 34
2015-07-10	4	2nd	12 20 24 26 34
2015-07-06	1	4th	1 3 6 20 33
2015-07-05	1	5th	6 7 11 19 20
2015-07-04	6	3rd	3 5 20 33 36
2015-06-28	2	3rd	7 14 20 22 27
2015-06-26	3	3rd	8 16 20 32 38
2015-06-23	14	4th	8 11 16 20 37
2015-06-09	14	3rd	17 19 20 28 32
2015-05-26	12	4th	7 8 15 20 38
2015-05-14	2	3rd	1 17 20 24 27
2015-05-12	10	4th	6 13 16 20 31
2015-05-02	8	2nd	6 20 29 30 33
2015-04-24	2	3rd	4 13 20 21 34
2015-04-22	6	3rd	6 14 20 33 37
2015-04-16	1	2nd	4 20 21 25 29
2015-04-15	2	3rd	12 15 20 30 32
2015-04-13	23	3rd	12 17 20 27 38
2015-03-21	1	2nd	12 20 22 35 38
2015-03-20	2	4th	3 13 14 20 22
2015-03-18	16	3rd	9 19 20 26 28
2015-03-02	26	4th	10 12 19 20 21
2015-02-04	36	2nd	8 20 25 28 29
2014-12-30	4	3rd	14 15 20 35 38
2014-12-26	19	2nd	16 20 22 34 35
2014-12-07	3	3rd	10 19 20 21 28
2014-12-04	2	2nd	11 20 24 32 37
2014-12-02	2	3rd	6 16 20 25 33
2014-11-30	2	1st	20 22 30 32 33
2014-11-28	3	3rd	4 16 20 33 38
2014-11-25	2	3rd	1 16 20 21 24
2014-11-23	4	2nd	5 20 26 35 38
2014-11-19	1	4th	1 8 18 20 22
2014-11-18	18	4th	3 7 9 20 23
2014-10-31	3	4th	10 16 17 20 30
2014-10-28	14	3rd	3 9 20 30 31
2014-10-14	14	3rd	9 14 20 21 32
2014-09-30	2	3rd	2 15 20 35 38
2014-09-28	6	4th	9 13 17 20 27
2014-09-22	9	2nd	19 20 28 32 34
2014-09-13	15	3rd	8 13 20 24 33
2014-08-29	7	4th	7 13 19 20 28
2014-08-22	4	2nd	6 20 21 35 38
2014-08-18	5	3rd	14 16 20 24 38
2014-08-13	2	3rd	1 4 20 29 30
2014-08-11	12	2nd	19 20 23 28 34
2014-07-30	10	4th	2 7 10 20 23
2014-07-20	7	3rd	3 14 20 27 37
2014-07-13	3	3rd	3 9 20 24 37
2014-07-10	4	3rd	11 19 20 30 38
2014-07-06	4	4th	7 8 18 20 27
2014-07-02	6	3rd	4 14 20 22 33
2014-06-26	6	3rd	1 3 20 25 36
2014-06-20	3	3rd	8 17 20 28 33
2014-06-17	20	4th	2 7 14 20 28
2014-05-28	6	4th	4 5 10 20 35
2014-05-22	11	2nd	19 20 23 24 37
2014-05-11	21	2nd	16 20 29 30 34
2014-04-20	2	5th	2 14 16 18 20
2014-04-18	11	4th	7 14 19 20 26
2014-04-07	1	2nd	2 20 23 26 35
2014-04-06	3	3rd	7 8 20 21 26
2014-04-03	6	4th	3 4 12 20 35
2014-03-28	21	3rd	10 12 20 26 38
2014-03-07	2	4th	2 12 19 20 21
2014-03-05	3	3rd	7 11 20 25 36
2014-03-02	11	2nd	4 20 23 24 37
2014-02-19	18	2nd	8 20 23 24 25
2014-02-01	13	3rd	7 18 20 26 35
2014-01-19	2	2nd	15 20 21 23 29
2014-01-17	4	3rd	10 15 20 23 38
2014-01-13	2	4th	4 13 18 20 29
2014-01-11	3	4th	6 9 15 20 26
2014-01-08	1	3rd	2 5 20 26 31
2014-01-07	17	3rd	3 15 20 24 37
2013-12-21	2	2nd	18 20 27 35 37
2013-12-19	2	5th	5 9 12 16 20
2013-12-17	31	4th	2 3 18 20 33
2013-11-16	1	3rd	7 14 20 36 37
2013-11-15	2	3rd	1 5 20 34 36
2013-11-13	10	3rd	14 18 20 25 38
2013-11-03	3	4th	9 16 18 20 31
2013-10-31	20	4th	1 9 15 20 26
2013-10-11	3	3rd	9 17 20 21 34
2013-10-08	18	2nd	9 20 27 30 34
2013-09-20	2	3rd	8 17 20 23 33
2013-09-18	4	4th	8 11 18 20 36
2013-09-14	3	2nd	4 20 23 32 34
2013-09-11	18	2nd	17 20 29 32 36
2013-08-24	3	4th	13 15 18 20 32
2013-08-21	1	3rd	6 15 20 25 32
2013-08-20	2	3rd	2 6 20 33 34
2013-08-18	9	3rd	14 17 20 32 35
2013-08-09	10	2nd	1 20 21 27 28
2013-07-30	9	4th	5 6 17 20 26
2013-07-21	8	4th	7 15 16 20 28
2013-07-13	1	2nd	5 20 27 33 34
2013-07-12	21	3rd	6 18 20 24 32
2013-06-21	6	2nd	1 20 21 25 33
2013-06-15	14	2nd	3 20 31 32 37
2013-06-01	4	5th	1 8 12 14 20
2013-05-28	3	4th	1 5 16 20 36
2013-05-25	9	4th	3 10 16 20 37
2013-05-16	18	4th	7 9 13 20 23
2013-04-28	3	2nd	4 20 28 32 33
2013-04-25	1	1st	20 26 30 35 37
2013-04-24	1	2nd	17 20 23 30 34
2013-04-23	4	2nd	5 20 29 31 35
2013-04-19	11	3rd	1 3 20 31 32
2013-04-08	2	3rd	15 16 20 25 35
2013-04-06	1	2nd	1 20 26 29 32
2013-04-05	5	3rd	5 18 20 32 36
2013-03-31	3	3rd	4 18 20 26 38
2013-03-28	2	3rd	1 18 20 24 28
2013-03-26	3	5th	1 10 16 18 20
2013-03-23	2	3rd	5 18 20 24 32
2013-03-21	7	3rd	6 11 20 21 32
2013-03-14	1	4th	3 10 11 20 21
2013-03-13	8	1st	20 21 27 33 34
2013-03-05	21	3rd	2 5 20 22 28
2013-02-12	17	4th	1 10 19 20 22
2013-01-26	7	2nd	17 20 21 31 32
2013-01-19	4	4th	1 3 15 20 31
2013-01-15	16	4th	4 6 7 20 37
2012-12-30	4	3rd	1 5 20 22 27
2012-12-26	11	3rd	9 19 20 21 26
2012-12-15	2	2nd	6 20 22 28 31
2012-12-13	25	2nd	11 20 24 28 35
2012-11-18	17	4th	4 7 17 20 38
2012-11-01	13	1st	20 21 33 35 36
2012-10-19	18	4th	4 10 17 20 25
2012-10-01	8	3rd	1 12 20 35 37
2012-09-23	6	4th	2 5 6 20 25
2012-09-17	3	3rd	7 17 20 28 37
2012-09-14	3	4th	2 6 13 20 25
2012-09-11	4	1st	20 21 24 28 37
2012-09-07	25	4th	1 8 17 20 32
2012-08-13	22	1st	20 22 28 31 34
2012-07-22	10	4th	9 13 19 20 23
2012-07-12	12	3rd	2 3 20 25 34
2012-06-30	24	3rd	4 14 20 23 27
2012-06-06	5	3rd	7 11 20 24 28
2012-06-01	11	2nd	12 20 23 29 30
2012-05-21	23	3rd	10 12 20 37 38
2012-04-28	3	4th	5 14 19 20 23
2012-04-25	11	2nd	16 20 31 34 38
2012-04-14	11	3rd	1 8 20 27 28
2012-04-03	7	3rd	5 10 20 31 33
2012-03-27	12	2nd	16 20 27 33 35
2012-03-15	3	3rd	4 12 20 37 38
2012-03-12	4	2nd	9 20 22 23 27
2012-03-08	8	5th	7 11 14 15 20
2012-02-29	3	5th	7 16 17 18 20
2012-02-26	2	2nd	8 20 30 36 38
2012-02-24	4	4th	2 7 15 20 29
2012-02-20	10	3rd	6 11 20 23 29
2012-02-10	3	3rd	1 14 20 35 38
2012-02-07	2	4th	10 11 14 20 37
2012-02-05	9	2nd	12 20 22 24 26
2012-01-27	29	3rd	6 12 20 26 28
2011-12-29	5	5th	3 6 8 19 20
2011-12-24	10	2nd	14 20 24 29 32
2011-12-14	68	3rd	12 17 20 34 36
2011-10-07	11	4th	3 7 10 20 23
2011-09-26	17	5th	5 11 13 16 20
2011-09-09	11	2nd	18 20 21 31 37
2011-08-29	17	3rd	3 11 20 24 31
2011-08-12	12	2nd	17 20 28 33 37
2011-07-31	1	2nd	11 20 29 31 38
2011-07-30	7	4th	6 11 14 20 37
2011-07-23	6	2nd	18 20 22 24 29
2011-07-17	14	2nd	10 20 24 36 37
2011-07-03	2	4th	1 4 10 20 38
2011-07-01	5	2nd	10 20 25 28 30
2011-06-26	4	4th	2 5 11 20 21
2011-06-22	16	4th	2 13 16 20 23
2011-06-06	19	3rd	5 9 20 34 36
2011-05-18	16	2nd	1 20 24 29 34
2011-05-02	4	3rd	5 7 20 26 32
2011-04-28	2	3rd	1 7 20 36 38
2011-04-26	14	2nd	6 20 22 27 31
2011-04-12	3	4th	2 9 14 20 38
2011-04-09	8	2nd	8 20 27 28 34
2011-04-01	3	2nd	3 20 21 24 30
2011-03-29	2	3rd	13 16 20 23 31
2011-03-27	2	2nd	4 20 25 26 31
2011-03-25	1	3rd	2 18 20 32 33
2011-03-24	1	4th	1 4 8 20 31
2011-03-23	10	4th	5 9 18 20 36
2011-03-13	2	4th	7 13 19 20 25
2011-03-11	2	5th	8 9 13 19 20
2011-03-09	10	3rd	17 19 20 24 27
2011-02-27	3	4th	4 7 18 20 36
2011-02-24	9	2nd	9 20 28 32 38
2011-02-15	7	3rd	1 16 20 28 33
2011-02-08	9	2nd	12 20 22 25 27
2011-01-30	24	4th	8 9 18 20 21
2011-01-06	8	3rd	4 13 20 29 31
2010-12-29	4	2nd	5 20 27 34 37
2010-12-25	8	3rd	1 8 20 25 32
2010-12-17	7	2nd	13 20 24 31 37
2010-12-10	3	3rd	7 16 20 21 33
2010-12-07	11	4th	8 11 13 20 25
2010-11-25	1	2nd	16 20 29 30 36
2010-11-24	4	3rd	2 18 20 22 29
2010-11-19	18	2nd	15 20 21 22 28
2010-10-29	21	3rd	12 16 20 22 24
2010-10-05	5	2nd	18 20 22 26 31
2010-09-29	6	2nd	5 20 25 28 34
2010-09-22	3	3rd	8 10 20 26 34
2010-09-18	8	2nd	2 20 26 33 34
2010-09-09	2	4th	5 12 16 20 24
2010-09-07	4	4th	2 4 16 20 33
2010-09-02	1	4th	10 11 13 20 22
2010-09-01	4	2nd	3 20 23 30 32
2010-08-27	12	3rd	8 12 20 34 38
2010-08-13	9	3rd	15 18 20 23 29
2010-08-03	9	3rd	7 8 20 23 27
2010-07-23	12	3rd	4 6 20 31 35
2010-07-09	20	2nd	19 20 25 30 32
2010-06-16	1	1st	20 29 36 37 38
2010-06-15	20	3rd	7 11 20 24 25
2010-05-22	11	3rd	2 12 20 26 29
2010-05-10	4	5th	2 4 5 12 20
2010-05-05	8	3rd	2 14 20 32 35
2010-04-26	—	3rd	17 19 20 23 26