Number 20

In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,418 draws, 5 from 1–69.

102times drawn · chance expected 103 −0.08σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 47% for any number

13.9average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

66longest completed wait · 53% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 102 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, −0.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 102 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 13.9 draws · longest completed wait 66 · waiting 11 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 smallest22 · chance 26.5
2nd smallest48 · chance 43.8
3rd smallest27 · chance 25.2
4th smallest5 · chance 5.9
5th smallest0 · chance 0.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 39 12 14 38 42

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 0.2 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 20 is picked about 1.06× as often as an indifferent choice — 14th most popular of 69. 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 ×1.14
Round numbers (multiples of 10) ×1.00

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 20 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-14	17	2nd	19 20 57 61 67
2026-08-05	20	2nd	14 20 59 60 61
2026-06-20	41	2nd	16 20 44 48 50
2026-03-16	7	3rd	7 10 20 47

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 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-11-22	26	1st	20 24 33 39 42
2023-09-23	7	3rd	1 12 20 33 66
2023-09-06	5	3rd	9 14 20 23 63
2023-08-26	8	1st	20 22 26 28 63
2023-08-07	23	3rd	6 13 20 35 54
2023-06-14	14	2nd	3 20 36 42 64
2023-05-13	2	3rd	3 15 20 23 46
2023-05-08	22	2nd	15 20 33 36 43
2023-03-18	3	2nd	14 20 30 54 69
2023-03-11	19	2nd	11 20 33 43 58
2023-01-25	32	3rd	9 17 20 38 40
2022-11-12	20	2nd	16 20 44 57 58
2022-09-26	5	2nd	13 20 31 33 59
2022-09-14	13	3rd	9 10 20 22 52
2022-08-15	11	1st	20 24 47 50 63
2022-07-20	11	2nd	10 20 23 49 65
2022-06-25	6	3rd	6 12 20 27 32
2022-06-11	20	2nd	18 20 26 53 69
2022-04-25	2	3rd	12 18 20 39 61
2022-04-20	17	1st	20 30 45 55 56
2022-03-12	27	2nd	19 20 37 39 61
2022-01-08	10	1st	20 21 36 60 65
2021-12-15	10	2nd	19 20 40 42 59
2021-11-22	18	2nd	7 20 29 38 67
2021-10-11	8	2nd	11 20 33 39 65
2021-09-22	5	1st	20 40 47 55 63
2021-09-11	2	1st	20 31 38 40 49
2021-09-06	2	2nd	11 20 22 33 54
2021-09-01	8	2nd	10 20 29 48 51
2021-08-11	14	3rd	12 18 20 29 30
2021-06-23	12	2nd	13 20 40 51 63
2021-05-12	1	3rd	1 19 20 38 54
2021-05-08	24	3rd	12 17 20 21 26
2021-02-13	8	1st	20 28 33 63 68
2021-01-16	3	2nd	14 20 39 65 67
2021-01-06	21	2nd	1 20 22 60 66
2020-10-24	12	2nd	18 20 27 45 65
2020-09-12	3	3rd	16 17 20 53 67
2020-09-02	36	4th	1 4 11 20 69
2020-04-29	29	2nd	2 20 49 61 67
2020-01-18	6	1st	20 24 38 56 68
2019-12-28	18	1st	20 23 39 59 60
2019-10-26	14	2nd	3 20 48 54 59
2019-09-07	4	2nd	11 20 41 42 56
2019-08-24	27	3rd	5 12 20 21 47
2019-05-22	16	3rd	7 10 20 44 57
2019-03-27	9	2nd	16 20 37 44 62
2019-02-23	8	4th	4 6 14 20 32
2019-01-26	20	3rd	8 12 20 21 32
2018-11-17	20	3rd	6 8 20 52 68
2018-09-08	4	3rd	3 13 20 32 33
2018-08-25	16	1st	20 25 54 57 63
2018-06-30	5	3rd	3 9 20 42 61
2018-06-13	6	2nd	13 20 38 45 55
2018-05-23	7	1st	20 54 56 61 64
2018-04-28	6	1st	20 22 28 45 50
2018-04-07	31	3rd	2 17 20 38 39
2017-12-20	4	2nd	1 20 61 64 69
2017-12-06	8	2nd	19 20 50 55 62
2017-11-08	17	3rd	12 14 20 21 34
2017-09-09	8	2nd	6 20 29 57 59
2017-08-12	18	1st	20 24 26 35 49
2017-06-10	8	1st	20 26 32 38 58
2017-05-13	11	2nd	17 20 32 63 68
2017-04-05	16	2nd	8 20 46 53 54
2017-02-08	3	2nd	14 20 42 49 66
2017-01-28	22	2nd	12 20 39 49 69
2016-11-12	4	3rd	8 17 20 27 52
2016-10-29	10	2nd	19 20 21 42 48
2016-09-24	14	3rd	7 15 20 29 41
2016-08-06	16	1st	20 33 36 47 52
2016-06-11	2	1st	20 27 36 41 58
2016-06-04	7	2nd	16 20 22 43 64
2016-05-11	54	1st	20 32 52 66 69
2015-11-04	1	4th	2 12 17 20 65
2015-10-31	2	2nd	9 20 25 47 68
2015-10-24	3	1st	20 31 56 60 64
2015-10-14	—	2nd	15 20 29 31 40