Number 20

In Hit 5 under the 5/39 · Jan 2010 – Sep 2020 rules — 1,676 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

202times drawn · chance expected 215 −0.94σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 29% for any number

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

63longest completed wait · 4% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 202 times in 1,676 draws against 214.9 expected, −0.94σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 202 times in 1,676 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 63 · waiting 10 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 smallest12 · chance 10.6
2nd smallest60 · chance 50.4
3rd smallest74 · chance 80.0
4th smallest49 · chance 50.4
5th smallest7 · chance 10.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

6 17 28 31 16 9

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2020-08-22	20	2nd	13 20 22 28 33
2020-07-06	11	4th	5 17 18 20 36
2020-06-10	2	3rd	6 17 20 28 36
2020-06-06	8	3rd	10 16 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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2019-04-08	16	3rd	11 17 20 23 31
2019-03-02	2	2nd	14 20 21 24 39
2019-02-25	1	3rd	6 11 20 22 29
2019-02-23	16	4th	2 15 17 20 33
2019-01-16	11	4th	6 7 15 20 22
2018-12-22	16	2nd	3 20 26 29 39
2018-11-14	1	4th	3 16 19 20 35
2018-11-12	7	3rd	13 14 20 23 33
2018-10-27	2	4th	12 18 19 20 25
2018-10-22	7	2nd	1 20 22 24 33
2018-10-06	17	2nd	5 20 26 31 32
2018-08-27	1	3rd	15 17 20 32 34
2018-08-25	10	3rd	6 15 20 27 32
2018-08-01	2	3rd	13 14 20 33 35
2018-07-28	10	4th	9 11 19 20 29
2018-07-04	3	2nd	18 20 24 25 36
2018-06-27	2	1st	20 24 30 32 37
2018-06-23	1	2nd	3 20 25 28 29
2018-06-20	1	3rd	1 9 20 26 39
2018-06-18	3	2nd	10 20 30 31 39
2018-06-11	13	4th	1 5 12 20 31
2018-05-12	3	3rd	4 9 20 24 39
2018-05-05	3	5th	5 14 17 19 20
2018-04-28	9	2nd	10 20 23 24 39
2018-04-07	3	4th	7 11 14 20 31
2018-03-31	19	3rd	1 19 20 22 34
2018-02-14	12	3rd	16 19 20 33 35
2018-01-17	2	2nd	6 20 29 37 39
2018-01-13	15	3rd	7 18 20 22 35
2017-12-09	4	3rd	3 10 20 24 39
2017-11-29	14	3rd	7 8 20 37 38
2017-10-28	29	2nd	8 20 28 32 34
2017-08-21	10	4th	6 14 18 20 27
2017-07-29	7	2nd	17 20 21 28 29
2017-07-12	5	4th	10 12 16 20 28
2017-07-01	2	3rd	1 17 20 21 32
2017-06-26	35	3rd	9 14 20 30 39
2017-04-05	1	4th	3 9 10 20 27
2017-04-03	10	3rd	9 15 20 26 27
2017-03-11	3	2nd	8 20 24 26 31
2017-03-04	12	4th	5 6 7 20 30
2017-02-04	7	4th	8 14 16 20 32
2017-01-18	1	2nd	4 20 23 33 38
2017-01-16	63	1st	20 23 31 32 39
2016-08-22	10	4th	8 10 17 20 35
2016-07-30	4	2nd	2 20 22 28 35
2016-07-20	1	3rd	5 19 20 23 28
2016-07-18	2	3rd	13 16 20 26 30
2016-07-13	7	3rd	14 17 20 31 36
2016-06-27	2	2nd	6 20 21 31 37
2016-06-22	10	2nd	3 20 22 23 36
2016-05-30	19	4th	8 14 15 20 38
2016-04-16	6	4th	9 12 14 20 27
2016-04-02	1	3rd	13 16 20 33 37
2016-03-30	9	2nd	4 20 25 30 35
2016-03-09	1	4th	15 16 18 20 35
2016-03-07	8	2nd	5 20 26 32 37
2016-02-17	11	3rd	6 14 20 28 33
2016-01-23	1	2nd	17 20 31 32 34
2016-01-20	3	4th	7 9 13 20 36
2016-01-13	5	3rd	16 18 20 21 30
2016-01-02	2	5th	2 6 9 14 20
2015-12-28	11	1st	20 29 32 33 38
2015-12-02	1	4th	2 13 19 20 32
2015-11-30	8	2nd	11 20 21 22 33
2015-11-11	18	5th	1 5 14 16 20
2015-09-30	1	3rd	3 14 20 24 35
2015-09-28	5	2nd	19 20 21 24 29
2015-09-16	9	4th	4 11 18 20 38
2015-08-26	3	4th	2 5 19 20 27
2015-08-19	10	2nd	5 20 25 26 33
2015-07-27	11	5th	2 6 13 16 20
2015-07-01	1	3rd	4 5 20 25 29
2015-06-29	6	4th	10 16 19 20 36
2015-06-15	2	4th	4 8 12 20 34
2015-06-10	5	3rd	1 6 20 30 38
2015-05-30	6	4th	3 4 14 20 28
2015-05-16	8	2nd	17 20 21 30 34
2015-04-27	3	4th	8 18 19 20 27
2015-04-20	14	3rd	8 18 20 23 36
2015-03-18	8	4th	3 13 16 20 28
2015-02-28	4	1st	20 22 27 29 30
2015-02-18	5	3rd	14 15 20 22 34
2015-02-07	15	3rd	4 19 20 26 27
2015-01-03	3	1st	20 25 28 30 32
2014-12-27	12	3rd	9 16 20 21 27
2014-11-29	7	3rd	12 18 20 21 28
2014-11-12	5	3rd	6 19 20 34 39
2014-11-01	6	4th	6 12 17 20 26
2014-10-18	5	4th	13 16 19 20 35
2014-10-06	8	1st	20 21 22 31 34
2014-09-17	4	2nd	9 20 23 27 28
2014-09-08	3	2nd	2 20 21 22 30
2014-09-01	4	3rd	6 17 20 34 36
2014-08-23	4	3rd	14 15 20 25 28
2014-08-13	7	2nd	8 20 25 32 37
2014-07-28	30	3rd	6 19 20 27 33
2014-05-19	5	3rd	7 9 20 29 31
2014-05-07	4	2nd	12 20 26 29 30
2014-04-28	8	4th	3 4 16 20 24
2014-04-09	9	3rd	7 8 20 23 37
2014-03-19	16	2nd	15 20 22 27 34
2014-02-10	2	4th	1 11 18 20 31
2014-02-05	22	1st	20 24 25 30 32
2013-12-16	21	4th	2 8 17 20 31
2013-10-28	8	3rd	11 19 20 29 31
2013-10-09	22	2nd	3 20 24 28 38
2013-08-19	5	4th	7 13 15 20 35
2013-08-07	2	4th	3 10 18 20 27
2013-08-03	3	3rd	9 17 20 22 35
2013-07-27	2	2nd	12 20 22 33 38
2013-07-22	8	2nd	10 20 23 34 35
2013-07-03	14	3rd	15 17 20 35 36
2013-06-01	9	3rd	13 17 20 34 38
2013-05-11	5	4th	16 17 18 20 23
2013-04-29	1	2nd	15 20 22 31 37
2013-04-27	12	3rd	3 16 20 28 39
2013-03-30	14	3rd	2 4 20 21 23
2013-02-25	5	3rd	9 12 20 22 37
2013-02-13	18	2nd	14 20 28 29 30
2013-01-02	28	3rd	12 15 20 23 28
2012-10-29	11	1st	20 27 30 34 38
2012-10-03	13	1st	20 30 31 32 33
2012-09-03	2	3rd	4 17 20 25 37
2012-08-29	6	4th	9 11 16 20 23
2012-08-15	5	2nd	11 20 24 27 34
2012-08-04	21	3rd	2 3 20 28 37
2012-06-16	11	3rd	11 14 20 29 35
2012-05-21	10	2nd	5 20 22 28 36
2012-04-28	8	4th	5 13 17 20 31
2012-04-09	18	4th	1 9 11 20 25
2012-02-27	2	4th	5 6 11 20 21
2012-02-22	5	4th	3 4 19 20 30
2012-02-11	1	1st	20 23 34 35 36
2012-02-08	2	3rd	16 17 20 34 38
2012-02-04	2	3rd	1 17 20 25 36
2012-01-30	1	2nd	5 20 22 36 37
2012-01-28	1	2nd	6 20 24 25 35
2012-01-25	8	3rd	16 18 20 26 28
2012-01-07	40	4th	5 10 17 20 35
2011-10-05	26	2nd	3 20 33 34 37
2011-08-06	3	4th	4 6 13 20 37
2011-07-30	10	2nd	4 20 23 25 26
2011-07-06	21	3rd	1 4 20 37 39
2011-05-18	2	3rd	3 13 20 22 39
2011-05-14	4	2nd	6 20 21 24 31
2011-05-04	4	3rd	2 16 20 35 37
2011-04-25	3	3rd	1 7 20 29 31
2011-04-18	12	1st	20 24 31 35 36
2011-03-21	3	3rd	7 13 20 34 37
2011-03-14	5	3rd	3 17 20 28 34
2011-03-02	6	4th	2 3 16 20 29
2011-02-16	6	3rd	1 7 20 37 38
2011-02-02	21	5th	5 10 15 17 20
2010-12-15	2	4th	6 7 17 20 39
2010-12-11	2	2nd	10 20 28 33 36
2010-12-06	1	2nd	10 20 21 27 31
2010-12-04	5	3rd	6 19 20 22 25
2010-11-22	14	2nd	19 20 22 28 29
2010-10-20	9	4th	3 15 16 20 28
2010-09-29	1	3rd	10 11 20 27 34
2010-09-27	15	3rd	9 16 20 21 27
2010-08-23	3	3rd	1 8 20 23 36
2010-08-16	8	2nd	13 20 21 30 32
2010-07-28	3	4th	1 3 16 20 38
2010-07-21	3	2nd	11 20 21 31 37
2010-07-14	2	4th	6 11 12 20 28
2010-07-10	7	3rd	13 14 20 24 35
2010-06-23	15	2nd	9 20 22 25 35
2010-05-19	1	2nd	8 20 24 29 33
2010-05-17	5	5th	3 6 13 16 20
2010-05-05	4	4th	9 10 18 20 25
2010-04-26	13	2nd	9 20 30 34 35
2010-03-27	16	3rd	6 8 20 21 32
2010-02-17	7	2nd	19 20 31 36 37
2010-02-01	7	2nd	11 20 21 30 34
2010-01-16	3	3rd	2 6 20 30 33
2010-01-09	—	5th	7 9 10 11 20