Number 20

In Pick 5 under the 5/40 · since Aug 2023 rules — 1,152 draws, 5 from 1–40.

128times drawn · chance expected 144 −1.43σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 18% for any number

8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

37longest completed wait · 65% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 128 times in 1,152 draws against 144.0 expected, −1.43σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 128 times in 1,152 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 14 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 smallest7 · chance 7.5
2nd smallest34 · chance 33.7
3rd smallest46 · chance 50.6
4th smallest37 · chance 30.2
5th smallest4 · chance 6.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 12 26 15 28 9

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
2026-09-27	6	4th	7 12 18 20 35
2026-09-21	4	3rd	2 7 20 23 33
2026-09-17	11	3rd	2 16 20 23 38
2026-09-06	5	3rd	6 13 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 5/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

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