Number 20

In Daily Tennessee Jackpot under the 5/38 · since Nov 2022 rules — 1,429 draws, 5 from 1–38.

181times drawn · chance expected 188 −0.55σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

44longest completed wait · 34% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 181 times in 1,429 draws against 188.0 expected, −0.55σ. 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 181 times in 1,429 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 44 · 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest12 · chance 8.4
2nd smallest44 · chance 42.5
3rd smallest54 · chance 71.7
4th smallest64 · chance 47.8
5th smallest7 · chance 10.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

37 15 13 22 27 30

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 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 38. 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
2026-10-11	1	2nd	12 20 21 22 24
2026-10-10	4	2nd	14 20 23 24 33
2026-10-06	1	4th	2 4 6 20 36
2026-10-05	14	3rd	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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

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