Number 20

In Idaho Cash under the 5/45 · since Mar 2017 rules — 2,026 draws, 5 from 1–45.

202times drawn · chance expected 225 −1.63σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

10.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

51longest completed wait · 43% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 202 times in 2,026 draws against 225.1 expected, −1.63σ. 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 202 times in 2,026 draws · average wait 10.0 draws · longest completed wait 51 · 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest17 · chance 18.8
2nd smallest73 · chance 65.0
3rd smallest76 · chance 76.3
4th smallest32 · chance 36.0
5th smallest4 · chance 5.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 18.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

43 44 1 3 5 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-12	1	2nd	10 20 33 37 42
2026-10-11	9	3rd	1 3 20 31 41
2026-10-02	5	1st	20 21 24 30 44
2026-09-27	4	4th	2 10 16

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-02-09	7	2nd	8 20 23 26 35
2026-02-02	51	2nd	12 20 31 39 44
2025-12-13	3	2nd	1 20 27 38 40
2025-12-10	15	2nd	11 20 33 36 45
2025-11-24	2	2nd	7 20 29 39 45
2025-11-22	10	2nd	3 20 42 43 44
2025-11-12	5	1st	20 22 28 30 32
2025-11-07	10	2nd	3 20 28 33 42
2025-10-28	7	3rd	8 9 20 21 41
2025-10-20	11	1st	20 22 25 31 44
2025-10-09	2	3rd	1 14 20 34 35
2025-10-07	25	2nd	8 20 23 25 34
2025-09-12	1	2nd	14 20 30 43 44
2025-09-11	1	3rd	5 6 20 25 30
2025-09-10	3	4th	3 4 5 20 25
2025-09-07	11	3rd	2 6 20 38 45
2025-08-27	6	4th	6 11 14 20 38
2025-08-21	22	1st	20 27 34 40 42
2025-07-30	1	2nd	5 20 25 31 43
2025-07-29	31	4th	11 12 13 20 43
2025-06-28	2	3rd	6 19 20 27 39
2025-06-26	1	2nd	8 20 26 34 45
2025-06-25	8	2nd	13 20 33 36 37
2025-06-17	18	2nd	15 20 22 26 30
2025-05-30	22	2nd	16 20 27 32 43
2025-05-08	7	2nd	10 20 26 30 39
2025-05-01	9	3rd	5 11 20 41 43
2025-04-22	14	4th	2 5 9 20 34
2025-04-08	14	3rd	5 10 20 27 37
2025-03-25	8	1st	20 22 26 36 38
2025-03-17	23	1st	20 21 23 25 26
2025-02-22	31	3rd	1 13 20 36 44
2025-01-22	12	3rd	3 11 20 36 43
2025-01-10	14	5th	3 5 12 17 20
2024-12-27	14	2nd	16 20 24 30 37
2024-12-13	4	4th	1 11 14 20 21
2024-12-09	1	4th	1 14 17 20 36
2024-12-08	3	2nd	12 20 27 36 41
2024-12-05	4	2nd	4 20 21 33 40
2024-12-01	6	3rd	6 15 20 28 35
2024-11-25	3	3rd	6 18 20 31 32
2024-11-22	7	3rd	9 19 20 40 42
2024-11-15	17	2nd	12 20 28 33 45
2024-10-29	19	4th	10 13 15 20 25
2024-10-10	4	1st	20 32 35 41 45
2024-10-06	5	3rd	1 17 20 29 30
2024-10-01	8	2nd	9 20 23 29 44
2024-09-23	5	3rd	12 19 20 39 44
2024-09-18	1	2nd	16 20 23 28 35
2024-09-17	22	4th	6 12 18 20 30
2024-08-26	4	2nd	14 20 28 30 38
2024-08-22	4	2nd	17 20 36 40 43
2024-08-18	13	3rd	14 16 20 31 39
2024-08-05	12	2nd	9 20 24 25 37
2024-07-24	16	3rd	5 11 20 24 28
2024-07-08	9	3rd	1 9 20 30 34
2024-06-29	6	2nd	4 20 41 42 44
2024-06-23	22	3rd	3 6 20 26 38
2024-06-01	7	2nd	10 20 22 36 39
2024-05-25	38	4th	3 7 10 20 45
2024-04-17	26	2nd	18 20 23 32 34
2024-03-22	7	2nd	4 20 26 28 29
2024-03-15	3	4th	1 15 16 20 41
2024-03-12	18	3rd	13 18 20 21 26
2024-02-23	4	3rd	9 10 20 23 24
2024-02-19	1	2nd	3 20 25 34 41
2024-02-18	14	3rd	3 5 20 29 43
2024-02-04	3	2nd	1 20 22 31 42
2024-02-01	10	2nd	9 20 30 44 45
2024-01-22	8	3rd	9 18 20 41 42
2024-01-14	25	3rd	7 19 20 24 38
2023-12-20	9	4th	6 7 10 20 26
2023-12-11	16	1st	20 22 35 37 43
2023-11-25	4	3rd	4 5 20 34 39
2023-11-21	2	2nd	10 20 21 41 43
2023-11-19	4	2nd	7 20 26 31 43
2023-11-15	1	3rd	9 16 20 24 41
2023-11-14	15	3rd	12 16 20 29 42
2023-10-30	13	2nd	18 20 24 28 43
2023-10-17	10	2nd	19 20 29 32 41
2023-10-07	1	3rd	6 11 20 43 44
2023-10-06	2	4th	5 8 13 20 21
2023-10-04	6	2nd	16 20 23 30 34
2023-09-28	1	3rd	1 11 20 29 33
2023-09-27	8	3rd	9 13 20 31 33
2023-09-19	9	2nd	7 20 21 31 43
2023-09-10	3	4th	2 4 8 20 32
2023-09-07	3	3rd	1 8 20 26 44
2023-09-04	6	4th	6 10 17 20 43
2023-08-29	24	2nd	11 20 22 28 37
2023-08-05	6	3rd	1 13 20 30 44
2023-07-30	3	3rd	1 17 20 28 37
2023-07-27	4	3rd	2 7 20 36 43
2023-07-23	2	2nd	15 20 34 38 44
2023-07-21	5	1st	20 21 33 40 43
2023-07-16	4	1st	20 22 36 38 43
2023-07-12	2	3rd	1 7 20 22 39
2023-07-10	6	2nd	7 20 38 42 44
2023-07-04	14	4th	1 7 19 20 27
2023-06-20	10	2nd	5 20 33 37 44
2023-06-10	9	3rd	2 16 20 29 36
2023-06-01	26	1st	20 25 35 38 39
2023-05-06	4	5th	3 5 6 19 20
2023-05-02	11	4th	5 6 19 20 30
2023-04-21	14	1st	20 23 27 31 45
2023-04-07	5	3rd	5 17 20 22 38
2023-04-02	5	3rd	5 12 20 35 41
2023-03-28	14	3rd	14 17 20 41 43
2023-03-14	6	3rd	17 19 20 34 39
2023-03-08	14	2nd	3 20 27 34 41
2023-02-22	22	4th	3 6 8 20 21
2023-01-31	22	4th	3 4 16 20 27
2023-01-09	8	3rd	2 17 20 22 42
2023-01-01	10	3rd	9 16 20 24 25
2022-12-22	4	2nd	3 20 29 35 44
2022-12-18	6	2nd	14 20 30 40 45
2022-12-12	2	4th	10 13 18 20 39
2022-12-10	4	2nd	14 20 21 30 43
2022-12-06	5	3rd	2 13 20 32 42
2022-12-01	8	3rd	7 13 20 33 38
2022-11-23	5	3rd	3 12 20 23 34
2022-11-18	3	3rd	1 5 20 23 41
2022-11-15	3	3rd	13 16 20 30 32
2022-11-12	23	3rd	10 15 20 28 43
2022-09-07	28	4th	5 16 17 20 31
2022-06-01	16	2nd	1 20 28 41 42
2022-04-06	15	4th	10 15 18 20 41
2022-02-12	5	3rd	4 9 20 26 41
2022-01-26	4	3rd	10 17 20 31 38
2022-01-12	7	4th	3 17 18 20 22
2021-12-18	1	2nd	11 20 34 37 39
2021-12-15	1	4th	4 6 19 20 24
2021-12-11	1	3rd	3 16 20 24 45
2021-12-08	8	3rd	2 7 20 28 38
2021-11-10	11	3rd	6 9 20 36 44
2021-10-02	3	2nd	13 20 23 27 41
2021-09-22	17	4th	4 10 17 20 33
2021-07-24	28	2nd	7 20 21 35 38
2021-04-17	16	3rd	2 11 20 23 35
2021-02-20	1	4th	3 12 17 20 44
2021-02-17	1	1st	20 22 23 27 32
2021-02-13	20	3rd	11 17 20 39 42
2020-12-05	7	2nd	19 20 29 42 44
2020-11-11	5	3rd	9 11 20 22 28
2020-10-24	11	3rd	7 13 20 21 37
2020-09-16	10	3rd	2 9 20 22 45
2020-08-12	2	2nd	7 20 25 27 32
2020-08-05	36	3rd	3 14 20 21 44
2020-04-01	3	3rd	7 14 20 23 29
2020-03-21	4	2nd	18 20 25 29 31
2020-03-07	37	4th	7 15 17 20 42
2019-10-30	2	4th	1 4 12 20 28
2019-10-23	6	3rd	12 17 20 35 40
2019-10-02	3	3rd	1 13 20 24 39
2019-09-21	18	3rd	5 9 20 27 34
2019-07-20	3	2nd	14 20 22 26 43
2019-07-10	3	2nd	1 20 21 29 45
2019-06-29	10	1st	20 21 35 42 43
2019-05-25	3	2nd	12 20 25 26 45
2019-05-15	5	2nd	4 20 22 29 39
2019-04-27	7	4th	3 5 6 20 22
2019-04-03	8	2nd	6 20 33 35 44
2019-03-06	2	2nd	17 20 22 32 38
2019-02-27	14	3rd	3 6 20 32 41
2019-01-09	18	2nd	2 20 22 30 43
2018-11-07	16	3rd	3 17 20 21 37
2018-09-12	4	2nd	12 20 29 40 44
2018-08-29	22	4th	6 7 8 20 44
2018-06-13	14	3rd	2 12 20 38 39
2018-04-25	4	3rd	5 9 20 21 35
2018-04-11	29	2nd	4 20 27 30 43
2017-12-30	5	2nd	1 20 35 41 44
2017-12-13	13	2nd	3 20 25 26 35
2017-10-28	9	5th	8 13 14 17 20
2017-09-27	15	2nd	19 20 25 35 43
2017-08-05	16	3rd	6 10 20 22 41
2017-06-10	11	2nd	8 20 25 26 44
2017-05-03	—	3rd	2 13 20 21 30