Number 20

In Powerball under the 6/40 + 1/10 · since Nov 2011 rules — 1,350 draws, 6 from 1–40.

200times drawn · chance expected 203 −0.19σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 52% for any number

6.7average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

29longest completed wait · 88% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 200 times in 1,350 draws against 202.5 expected, −0.19σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 200 times in 1,350 draws · average wait 6.7 draws · longest completed wait 29 · waiting 5 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 smallest3 · chance 5.4
2nd smallest31 · chance 32.0
3rd smallest68 · chance 67.7
4th smallest66 · chance 64.0
5th smallest30 · chance 26.9
6th smallest2 · chance 4.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 1 19 24 31 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-09-09	3	3rd	4 7 20 23 33 34
2026-08-29	2	3rd	2 5 20 24 25 31
2026-08-22	1	3rd	3 14 20 22 37 40
2026-08-19	10	4th	13

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-01-08	1	3rd	14 15 20 32 33 34
2025-01-04	9	3rd	2 16 20 28 31 36
2024-12-04	4	4th	6 7 17 20 23 35
2024-11-20	9	3rd	7 15 20 30 38 40
2024-10-19	2	3rd	2 15 20 21 26 30
2024-10-12	13	3rd	10 11 20 24 28 33
2024-08-28	21	3rd	1 4 20 31 35 37
2024-06-15	4	4th	3 8 13 20 38 40
2024-06-01	4	2nd	15 20 33 34 38 39
2024-05-18	4	2nd	13 20 21 22 31 40
2024-05-04	1	4th	11 13 15 20 30 38
2024-05-01	5	4th	12 14 17 20 25 34
2024-04-13	4	3rd	11 14 20 31 33 36
2024-03-30	4	2nd	3 20 29 30 32 40
2024-03-16	7	4th	5 7 17 20 33 38
2024-02-21	5	2nd	1 20 22 24 28 34
2024-02-03	2	5th	1 11 16 17 20 35
2024-01-27	23	4th	8 11 13 20 25 32
2023-11-08	4	4th	2 3 11 20 25 39
2023-10-25	3	3rd	9 10 20 21 26 35
2023-10-14	8	5th	4 6 9 12 20 36
2023-09-16	4	3rd	5 13 20 32 34 35
2023-09-02	6	4th	1 5 6 20 36 39
2023-08-12	7	3rd	15 19 20 23 31 33
2023-07-19	18	2nd	6 20 23 28 35 38
2023-05-17	2	4th	2 12 13 20 23 38
2023-05-10	2	2nd	4 20 22 31 35 38
2023-05-03	9	3rd	8 11 20 30 33 39
2023-04-01	12	4th	7 10 18 20 33 40
2023-02-18	10	4th	4 5 16 20 22 33
2023-01-14	8	2nd	5 20 28 29 32 38
2022-12-17	7	3rd	8 10 20 21 24 33
2022-11-23	4	4th	14 15 16 20 29 39
2022-11-09	2	3rd	10 11 20 24 26 32
2022-11-02	1	2nd	12 20 22 24 28 31
2022-10-29	9	2nd	17 20 26 32 33 39
2022-09-28	12	4th	1 3 6 20 31 37
2022-08-17	2	4th	1 5 11 20 27 32
2022-08-10	4	3rd	1 2 20 29 32 33
2022-07-27	9	4th	13 15 19 20 28 32
2022-06-25	9	2nd	4 20 33 37 39 40
2022-05-25	17	4th	1 3 14 20 29 33
2022-03-26	2	4th	2 5 11 20 23 25
2022-03-19	6	2nd	17 20 23 30 31 40
2022-02-26	12	2nd	1 20 21 26 27 36
2022-01-15	1	3rd	13 17 20 21 30 34
2022-01-12	3	3rd	8 13 20 24 25 32
2022-01-01	6	4th	3 6 19 20 23 29
2021-12-11	4	2nd	15 20 24 31 34 36
2021-11-27	1	3rd	8 17 20 26 31 37
2021-11-24	5	5th	2 4 6 13 20 36
2021-11-06	29	3rd	5 18 20 26 31 37
2021-07-28	25	5th	6 8 9 10 20 30
2021-05-01	11	2nd	7 20 25 30 31 33
2021-03-24	2	4th	2 13 17 20 27 33
2021-03-17	4	5th	3 4 10 15 20 33
2021-03-03	5	3rd	3 9 20 22 26 39
2021-02-13	1	5th	1 8 16 18 20 27
2021-02-10	3	3rd	8 19 20 24 26 40
2021-01-30	2	4th	1 11 18 20 29 34
2021-01-23	6	4th	4 6 16 20 30 40
2021-01-02	7	3rd	4 15 20 29 36 39
2020-12-09	1	2nd	17 20 22 27 29 34
2020-12-05	8	6th	1 4 10 14 15 20
2020-11-07	6	4th	1 14 16 20 24 31
2020-10-17	2	3rd	14 19 20 22 23 40
2020-10-10	11	3rd	1 5 20 31 32 33
2020-09-02	1	5th	8 15 17 19 20 27
2020-08-29	2	4th	8 14 19 20 23 37
2020-08-22	5	1st	20 24 26 36 37 39
2020-08-05	4	4th	5 9 19 20 22 24
2020-07-22	7	4th	4 10 18 20 30 40
2020-06-27	9	3rd	4 8 20 29 31 35
2020-05-27	3	3rd	1 9 20 29 31 34
2020-05-16	1	3rd	10 15 20 26 31 34
2020-05-13	10	4th	5 6 18 20 29 33
2020-04-08	1	3rd	5 11 20 25 26 40
2020-04-04	4	5th	6 10 11 13 20 30
2020-03-21	1	5th	9 16 18 19 20 28
2020-03-18	3	4th	2 12 18 20 28 36
2020-03-07	7	3rd	7 14 20 23 26 39
2020-02-12	3	3rd	2 11 20 21 25 32
2020-02-01	4	2nd	16 20 22 24 30 32
2020-01-18	8	3rd	1 5 20 24 34 37
2019-12-21	8	5th	7 9 14 18 20 34
2019-11-23	8	3rd	16 17 20 22 28 29
2019-10-26	1	5th	8 12 16 19 20 24
2019-10-23	5	3rd	2 3 20 24 26 39
2019-10-05	8	4th	8 9 16 20 33 36
2019-09-07	1	3rd	1 7 20 29 31 38
2019-09-04	19	3rd	4 6 20 22 30 39
2019-06-29	9	5th	7 10 18 19 20 37
2019-05-29	3	3rd	8 10 20 26 30 40
2019-05-18	2	4th	9 10 12 20 24 25
2019-05-11	5	5th	2 3 16 19 20 39
2019-04-24	13	3rd	16 19 20 31 35 38
2019-03-09	5	2nd	7 20 25 28 32 34
2019-02-20	5	3rd	1 7 20 22 23 28
2019-02-02	8	4th	9 17 19 20 29 33
2019-01-05	7	3rd	2 4 20 23 24 34
2018-12-12	4	2nd	3 20 29 30 32 37
2018-11-28	4	3rd	18 19 20 30 31 38
2018-11-14	1	3rd	6 8 20 24 27 31
2018-11-10	18	4th	4 9 10 20 27 30
2018-09-08	9	2nd	18 20 22 24 29 35
2018-08-08	8	4th	14 17 18 20 25 37
2018-07-11	9	3rd	15 18 20 22 23 35
2018-06-09	9	5th	2 3 4 9 20 24
2018-05-09	1	2nd	19 20 21 23 25 40
2018-05-05	5	4th	6 11 16 20 34 40
2018-04-18	10	3rd	1 19 20 24 35 39
2018-03-14	4	4th	17 18 19 20 24 28
2018-02-28	10	5th	3 10 16 18 20 40
2018-01-24	1	3rd	1 16 20 24 25 28
2018-01-20	5	4th	1 12 17 20 26 39
2018-01-03	1	2nd	8 20 21 34 35 38
2017-12-30	12	4th	1 3 12 20 21 32
2017-11-18	12	3rd	11 12 20 28 31 36
2017-10-07	5	3rd	1 12 20 23 25 35
2017-09-20	1	3rd	10 16 20 33 35 36
2017-09-16	4	4th	3 9 15 20 24 37
2017-09-02	29	2nd	10 20 21 22 30 37
2017-05-24	1	4th	9 17 19 20 32 38
2017-05-20	12	5th	1 6 14 16 20 31
2017-04-08	2	1st	20 23 30 32 35 39
2017-04-01	20	3rd	2 19 20 22 25 33
2017-01-21	18	4th	3 7 13 20 30 34
2016-11-19	8	4th	10 13 17 20 23 28
2016-10-22	1	3rd	17 19 20 21 26 35
2016-10-19	1	3rd	9 18 20 21 28 30
2016-10-15	23	3rd	8 15 20 29 35 39
2016-07-27	7	4th	3 7 18 20 22 30
2016-07-02	8	4th	5 6 13 20 28 39
2016-06-04	5	3rd	7 19 20 32 33 35
2016-05-18	5	2nd	14 20 23 25 30 38
2016-04-30	1	2nd	11 20 22 23 31 36
2016-04-27	3	4th	1 12 15 20 29 32
2016-04-16	15	4th	3 4 19 20 28 35
2016-02-24	1	5th	2 5 17 19 20 29
2016-02-20	1	3rd	5 11 20 22 31 33
2016-02-17	17	3rd	3 10 20 24 30 33
2015-12-19	9	5th	13 14 17 18 20 31
2015-11-18	5	4th	17 18 19 20 22 40
2015-10-31	2	3rd	4 9 20 24 26 37
2015-10-24	12	3rd	7 12 20 31 34 39
2015-08-22	3	4th	1 3 8 20 26 38
2015-08-01	7	5th	6 8 18 19 20 35
2015-06-13	7	4th	9 12 17 20 35 38
2015-04-25	5	4th	10 14 15 20 25 37
2015-03-21	5	5th	5 8 14 17 20 33
2015-02-14	8	4th	1 5 16 20 30 34
2014-12-20	10	2nd	5 20 22 29 33 37
2014-10-11	2	3rd	4 10 20 24 25 39
2014-09-27	5	3rd	15 19 20 28 38 40
2014-08-23	3	3rd	4 16 20 25 29 37
2014-08-02	7	2nd	4 20 22 34 36 37
2014-06-14	6	4th	4 8 11 20 39 40
2014-05-03	4	2nd	11 20 22 34 36 38
2014-04-05	5	4th	11 13 16 20 31 33
2014-03-01	3	4th	1 9 13 20 31 33
2014-02-08	1	3rd	16 17 20 35 37 39
2014-02-01	5	2nd	15 20 27 30 38 39
2013-12-28	1	5th	6 15 16 18 20 34
2013-12-21	1	5th	4 7 12 19 20 25
2013-12-14	10	3rd	5 15 20 32 33 39
2013-10-05	5	4th	1 13 19 20 28 37
2013-08-31	6	4th	6 12 17 20 25 28
2013-07-20	3	4th	1 6 10 20 21 36
2013-06-29	20	5th	3 10 16 17 20 38
2013-02-09	26	5th	4 9 17 19 20 28
2012-08-11	8	4th	2 4 15 20 26 31
2012-06-16	3	3rd	9 18 20 27 33 39
2012-05-26	4	4th	8 10 12 20 21 39
2012-04-28	9	5th	1 4 12 13 20 24
2012-02-25	5	4th	3 7 9 20 27 40
2012-01-21	—	5th	1 4 7 13 20 38