Number 20

In Montana Cash under the 5/45 · since May 2014 rules — 1,296 draws, 5 from 1–45.

159times drawn · chance expected 144 +1.33σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 70% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

54longest completed wait · 26% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 159 times in 1,296 draws against 144.0 expected, +1.33σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 159 times in 1,296 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 54 · waiting 4 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 smallest12 · chance 14.8
2nd smallest50 · chance 51.2
3rd smallest65 · chance 60.1
4th smallest28 · chance 28.4
5th smallest4 · chance 4.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 15 21 27 39 24

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
2026-09-26	17	2nd	6 20 24 26 29
2026-07-29	1	4th	8 10 12 20 33
2026-07-25	17	1st	20 21 26 41 44
2026-05-27	10	3rd	12 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-30	4	3rd	9 17 20 21 28
2024-10-16	6	2nd	4 20 21 40 42
2024-09-25	6	3rd	3 18 20 24 40
2024-09-04	5	3rd	1 15 20 39 40
2024-08-17	15	2nd	6 20 21 26 28
2024-06-26	7	2nd	8 20 32 35 44
2024-06-01	3	3rd	17 18 20 22 25
2024-05-22	6	3rd	1 4 20 24 31
2024-05-01	3	1st	20 26 27 33 39
2024-04-20	5	3rd	4 14 20 28 44
2024-04-03	11	3rd	5 18 20 22 39
2024-02-24	3	2nd	18 20 24 34 39
2024-02-14	8	4th	5 13 16 20 43
2024-01-17	14	4th	4 9 15 20 39
2023-11-29	12	2nd	3 20 23 26 38
2023-10-18	7	3rd	1 2 20 26 40
2023-09-23	11	3rd	2 7 20 33 43
2023-08-16	9	3rd	4 8 20 24 33
2023-07-15	9	4th	6 13 16 20 35
2023-06-14	5	3rd	3 10 20 29 43
2023-05-27	8	2nd	1 20 27 32 37
2023-04-29	12	3rd	7 14 20 35 36
2023-03-18	7	2nd	3 20 34 38 43
2023-02-22	3	4th	7 8 11 20 36
2023-02-11	11	1st	20 29 36 42 45
2023-01-04	3	4th	10 17 19 20 30
2022-12-24	25	3rd	1 13 20 24 42
2022-09-28	28	1st	20 23 29 31 36
2022-06-22	9	4th	2 5 12 20 37
2022-05-21	2	2nd	10 20 27 28 36
2022-05-14	1	2nd	17 20 32 42 43
2022-05-11	17	2nd	6 20 22 27 44
2022-03-12	4	3rd	15 18 20 27 34
2022-02-26	8	5th	9 15 16 17 20
2022-01-29	16	3rd	5 11 20 21 38
2021-12-04	9	3rd	12 13 20 21 23
2021-11-03	9	2nd	3 20 23 24 30
2021-10-02	3	4th	7 14 19 20 41
2021-09-22	1	3rd	7 16 20 27 43
2021-09-18	16	3rd	10 19 20 25 28
2021-07-24	9	4th	2 8 10 20 22
2021-06-23	8	4th	10 17 19 20 38
2021-05-26	3	3rd	7 8 20 24 37
2021-05-15	6	3rd	8 9 20 25 27
2021-04-24	11	3rd	9 19 20 21 31
2021-03-17	1	5th	5 6 15 19 20
2021-03-13	5	1st	20 24 25 38 44
2021-02-24	15	3rd	6 12 20 24 44
2021-01-02	10	2nd	12 20 31 34 35
2020-11-28	8	2nd	6 20 21 28 33
2020-10-31	1	3rd	2 14 20 32 42
2020-10-28	5	2nd	14 20 30 37 39
2020-10-10	11	3rd	9 13 20 29 35
2020-09-02	20	2nd	11 20 21 23 35
2020-06-24	9	3rd	1 9 20 33 45
2020-05-23	1	3rd	8 9 20 30 45
2020-05-20	22	2nd	1 20 30 42 44
2020-03-04	18	3rd	13 15 20 33 37
2020-01-01	5	3rd	4 18 20 26 30
2019-12-14	5	3rd	17 18 20 21 43
2019-11-27	1	4th	7 14 19 20 40
2019-11-23	18	3rd	2 6 20 33 41
2019-09-21	12	1st	20 23 36 43 45
2019-08-10	7	3rd	5 10 20 22 28
2019-07-17	8	4th	1 8 19 20 42
2019-06-19	1	4th	8 11 12 20 40
2019-06-15	2	3rd	1 2 20 26 39
2019-06-08	10	2nd	6 20 39 41 43
2019-05-04	3	3rd	5 15 20 40 42
2019-04-24	15	1st	20 21 22 26 36
2019-03-02	1	3rd	14 17 20 25 27
2019-02-27	10	2nd	1 20 25 27 28
2019-01-23	21	4th	1 2 13 20 21
2018-11-10	7	2nd	14 20 28 36 38
2018-10-17	3	2nd	11 20 23 25 37
2018-10-06	54	1st	20 23 27 40 43
2018-03-31	14	2nd	11 20 24 36 45
2018-02-10	22	4th	3 12 15 20 33
2017-11-25	4	2nd	3 20 21 30 39
2017-11-11	2	4th	2 5 13 20 32
2017-11-04	24	4th	2 6 18 20 39
2017-08-12	20	2nd	18 20 23 30 44
2017-06-03	2	3rd	3 15 20 36 38
2017-05-27	7	3rd	3 7 20 28 33
2017-05-03	5	3rd	9 11 20 35 44
2017-04-15	4	3rd	5 16 20 24 33
2017-04-01	15	3rd	1 2 20 27 34
2017-02-08	3	2nd	10 20 22 24 38
2017-01-28	4	2nd	15 20 28 44 45
2017-01-14	2	4th	13 15 16 20 42
2017-01-07	2	2nd	8 20 27 33 45
2016-12-31	2	2nd	15 20 26 30 41
2016-12-24	4	3rd	6 15 20 24 44
2016-12-10	2	2nd	17 20 34 39 40
2016-12-03	3	2nd	9 20 33 34 37
2016-11-23	23	2nd	17 20 25 28 29
2016-09-03	3	4th	3 10 17 20 45
2016-08-24	3	3rd	10 15 20 27 42
2016-08-13	5	3rd	2 4 20 39 40
2016-07-27	12	4th	5 9 11 20 36
2016-06-15	4	1st	20 26 29 30 31
2016-06-01	1	2nd	19 20 28 30 37
2016-05-28	3	3rd	12 18 20 21 40
2016-05-18	7	3rd	12 16 20 37 45
2016-04-23	5	4th	6 15 19 20 45
2016-04-06	1	2nd	4 20 25 41 43
2016-04-02	7	2nd	14 20 27 34 35
2016-03-09	12	4th	7 10 18 20 32
2016-01-27	2	3rd	9 10 20 31 39
2016-01-20	1	2nd	10 20 29 35 37
2016-01-16	1	3rd	9 14 20 25 43
2016-01-13	5	3rd	15 17 20 40 45
2015-12-26	1	2nd	9 20 29 43 45
2015-12-23	9	1st	20 36 38 39 43
2015-11-21	11	3rd	10 16 20 21 43
2015-10-14	5	2nd	5 20 24 36 38
2015-09-26	10	1st	20 23 26 33 41
2015-08-22	7	2nd	18 20 21 22 33
2015-07-29	7	3rd	8 15 20 27 35
2015-07-04	4	4th	14 15 16 20 29
2015-06-20	7	3rd	10 12 20 41 43
2015-05-27	12	4th	8 12 17 20 45
2015-04-15	13	3rd	1 10 20 24 35
2015-02-28	9	2nd	7 20 27 28 36
2015-01-28	3	2nd	6 20 27 30 32
2015-01-17	6	2nd	1 20 26 39 40
2014-12-27	5	3rd	14 19 20 21 32
2014-12-10	8	3rd	12 18 20 31 45
2014-11-12	1	3rd	3 8 20 27 41
2014-11-08	2	3rd	4 19 20 41 42
2014-11-01	24	2nd	10 20 30 38 39
2014-08-09	6	3rd	1 6 20 29 31
2014-07-19	3	3rd	2 18 20 30 31
2014-07-09	11	2nd	13 20 24 34 42
2014-05-31	—	4th	9 12 17 20 45