Number 20

In Cash 5 under the 5/34 · Apr 2010 – Oct 2020 rules — 2,844 draws, 5 from 1–34 (an earlier era).

429times drawn · chance expected 418 +0.57σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 39% for any number

6.6average wait between appearances · chance says 6.8

40longest completed wait · 58% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 429 times in 2,844 draws against 418.2 expected, +0.57σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 429 times in 2,844 draws · average wait 6.6 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 7 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 smallest9 · chance 10.5
2nd smallest82 · chance 72.5
3rd smallest164 · chance 163.1
4th smallest137 · chance 142.2
5th smallest37 · chance 40.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 52.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 4 15 31 11 16

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 33 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 34. 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
2020-10-20	5	3rd	5 13 20 27 31
2020-10-15	5	4th	1 4 13 20 30
2020-10-10	3	4th	3 8 11 20 28
2020-10-07	3	2nd	5 20 21

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 5/34 tonight whatever it did last week.

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