Number 20

In Tennessee Cash under the 5/35 + 1/5 · since Oct 2010 rules — 2,508 draws, 5 from 1–35.

365times drawn · chance expected 358 +0.38σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

6.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

55longest completed wait · 8% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 365 times in 2,508 draws against 358.3 expected, +0.38σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 365 times in 2,508 draws · average wait 6.9 draws · longest completed wait 55 · waiting 1 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest16 · chance 10.7
2nd smallest75 · chance 68.0
3rd smallest122 · chance 141.3
4th smallest121 · chance 114.4
5th smallest31 · chance 30.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 42.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 6 30 12 26 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-10-07	6	4th	2 6 8 20 35
2026-09-23	8	3rd	3 17 20 21 28
2026-09-04	11	3rd	1 6 20 27 32
2026-08-10	3	3rd	9 19 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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-03-10	1	4th	11 12 15 20 33
2025-03-07	3	3rd	5 15 20 29 31
2025-02-28	7	4th	6 8 19 20 33
2025-02-12	6	5th	4 8 16 18 20
2025-01-29	3	3rd	1 18 20 22 24
2025-01-22	5	5th	10 11 14 17 20
2025-01-10	2	4th	1 6 7 20 21
2025-01-06	4	3rd	2 19 20 23 30
2024-12-27	2	4th	2 7 8 20 31
2024-12-23	6	3rd	2 18 20 32 33
2024-12-09	13	2nd	15 20 21 26 34
2024-11-08	18	1st	20 23 24 32 35
2024-09-27	3	2nd	2 20 23 27 34
2024-09-20	1	4th	4 8 17 20 26
2024-09-18	7	4th	7 11 15 20 27
2024-09-02	7	4th	5 14 16 20 29
2024-08-16	10	3rd	16 17 20 21 35
2024-07-24	21	4th	9 13 19 20 27
2024-06-05	1	5th	7 14 15 17 20
2024-06-03	1	3rd	2 13 20 31 32
2024-05-31	3	3rd	2 16 20 24 30
2024-05-24	15	1st	20 24 25 28 30
2024-04-19	13	3rd	3 5 20 28 33
2024-03-20	4	4th	2 9 11 20 21
2024-03-11	7	4th	7 10 14 20 32
2024-02-23	6	2nd	8 20 21 23 35
2024-02-09	2	4th	12 13 14 20 35
2024-02-05	1	4th	13 14 19 20 21
2024-02-02	3	4th	8 13 18 20 22
2024-01-26	7	5th	4 11 15 17 20
2024-01-10	4	4th	7 8 19 20 28
2024-01-01	2	2nd	2 20 21 27 32
2023-12-27	1	2nd	19 20 25 31 34
2023-12-25	3	4th	3 6 18 20 30
2023-12-18	3	2nd	16 20 27 30 31
2023-12-11	7	4th	7 10 17 20 22
2023-11-24	4	2nd	4 20 26 27 29
2023-11-15	16	4th	1 7 9 20 35
2023-10-09	1	3rd	2 3 20 26 33
2023-10-06	5	2nd	7 20 29 30 32
2023-09-25	5	4th	12 13 14 20 26
2023-09-13	14	3rd	10 14 20 23 35
2023-08-11	34	5th	1 4 16 19 20
2023-05-24	8	3rd	5 11 20 32 35
2023-05-05	2	3rd	6 19 20 28 33
2023-05-01	17	3rd	3 14 20 21 27
2023-03-22	8	2nd	4 20 29 31 32
2023-03-03	8	2nd	11 20 24 25 35
2023-02-13	9	3rd	4 16 20 28 30
2023-01-23	10	3rd	11 18 20 22 25
2022-12-30	5	3rd	1 5 20 22 23
2022-12-19	11	2nd	13 20 22 27 31
2022-11-23	5	3rd	3 15 20 21 30
2022-11-11	5	4th	1 9 18 20 24
2022-10-31	1	4th	9 11 18 20 34
2022-10-28	8	3rd	10 18 20 27 30
2022-10-10	14	1st	20 31 32 33 35
2022-09-07	1	5th	1 7 17 18 20
2022-09-05	4	3rd	5 19 20 24 31
2022-08-26	7	3rd	4 5 20 21 22
2022-08-10	12	3rd	4 10 20 27 30
2022-07-13	4	5th	2 4 7 14 20
2022-07-04	5	3rd	2 11 20 23 26
2022-06-22	1	4th	4 13 16 20 21
2022-06-20	8	2nd	18 20 27 34 35
2022-06-01	20	5th	2 6 8 16 20
2022-04-15	1	4th	1 5 7 20 26
2022-04-13	9	4th	1 2 12 20 26
2022-03-23	19	1st	20 23 25 29 30
2022-02-07	3	3rd	13 16 20 21 33
2022-01-31	2	1st	20 24 27 30 31
2022-01-26	6	3rd	2 8 20 24 29
2022-01-12	2	4th	14 17 19 20 34
2022-01-07	1	4th	6 8 10 20 34
2022-01-05	2	3rd	3 8 20 28 33
2021-12-31	4	2nd	12 20 21 29 34
2021-12-22	9	5th	4 5 6 19 20
2021-12-01	9	3rd	2 16 20 30 31
2021-11-10	1	3rd	8 9 20 25 28
2021-11-08	4	4th	6 13 17 20 26
2021-10-29	4	3rd	12 15 20 23 34
2021-10-20	2	5th	1 4 7 18 20
2021-10-15	1	2nd	10 20 23 26 28
2021-10-13	1	2nd	3 20 30 32 33
2021-10-11	21	3rd	1 12 20 32 34
2021-08-23	6	1st	20 27 33 34 35
2021-08-09	4	2nd	9 20 27 29 34
2021-07-30	4	3rd	4 12 20 22 23
2021-07-21	1	3rd	1 16 20 30 35
2021-07-19	6	3rd	12 17 20 29 35
2021-07-05	21	4th	3 15 18 20 29
2021-05-17	2	4th	2 16 17 20 25
2021-05-12	4	4th	4 13 17 20 33
2021-05-03	10	2nd	11 20 21 27 29
2021-04-09	8	4th	6 10 16 20 21
2021-03-22	8	4th	17 18 19 20 33
2021-03-03	3	4th	10 12 15 20 28
2021-02-24	20	2nd	8 20 25 29 35
2021-01-08	36	4th	6 7 12 20 28
2020-10-16	6	2nd	15 20 24 29 32
2020-10-02	2	4th	7 11 12 20 21
2020-09-28	2	4th	13 14 18 20 25
2020-09-23	16	3rd	1 14 20 25 33
2020-08-17	2	5th	4 5 9 10 20
2020-08-12	15	3rd	12 16 20 31 35
2020-07-08	23	1st	20 21 23 26 34
2020-05-15	4	3rd	6 16 20 28 31
2020-05-06	2	2nd	5 20 21 26 35
2020-05-01	3	2nd	14 20 24 33 34
2020-04-24	2	5th	10 17 18 19 20
2020-04-20	4	2nd	6 20 21 25 34
2020-04-10	12	3rd	3 6 20 21 26
2020-03-13	4	4th	1 8 15 20 35
2020-03-04	7	2nd	7 20 22 27 29
2020-02-17	30	3rd	1 14 20 21 23
2019-12-09	3	3rd	11 12 20 33 34
2019-12-02	8	2nd	14 20 26 27 31
2019-11-13	5	4th	6 9 13 20 25
2019-11-01	12	4th	5 11 16 20 27
2019-10-04	1	4th	1 4 14 20 31
2019-10-02	12	3rd	3 12 20 22 23
2019-09-04	5	3rd	2 17 20 24 32
2019-08-23	8	4th	3 4 14 20 25
2019-08-05	3	2nd	5 20 28 29 34
2019-07-29	10	4th	9 13 17 20 25
2019-07-05	2	2nd	18 20 22 23 31
2019-07-01	1	2nd	16 20 22 28 33
2019-06-28	2	3rd	3 12 20 27 33
2019-06-24	4	3rd	8 16 20 30 32
2019-06-14	1	4th	2 11 12 20 28
2019-06-12	14	4th	1 10 17 20 27
2019-05-10	13	4th	8 17 19 20 21
2019-04-10	1	3rd	6 16 20 31 33
2019-04-08	2	4th	2 3 6 20 21
2019-04-03	6	5th	5 6 17 19 20
2019-03-20	3	4th	7 13 15 20 32
2019-03-13	2	5th	6 9 17 19 20
2019-03-08	6	3rd	4 19 20 22 24
2019-02-22	2	3rd	3 5 20 26 31
2019-02-18	2	5th	5 7 8 14 20
2019-02-13	18	4th	2 11 16 20 26
2019-01-02	4	3rd	2 15 20 24 34
2018-12-24	2	2nd	13 20 31 34 35
2018-12-19	3	4th	6 12 16 20 25
2018-12-12	6	3rd	6 17 20 27 34
2018-11-28	7	4th	7 13 16 20 26
2018-11-12	4	4th	2 10 12 20 31
2018-11-02	11	3rd	5 6 20 30 34
2018-10-08	6	3rd	9 14 20 23 32
2018-09-24	8	5th	3 6 12 17 20
2018-09-05	6	3rd	3 16 20 25 27
2018-08-22	6	3rd	14 18 20 23 25
2018-08-08	13	4th	1 4 10 20 22
2018-07-09	10	4th	11 16 19 20 29
2018-06-15	14	3rd	1 10 20 29 32
2018-05-14	3	2nd	1 20 21 27 34
2018-05-07	9	4th	2 4 10 20 32
2018-04-16	3	2nd	12 20 23 24 31
2018-04-09	1	3rd	5 7 20 30 34
2018-04-06	2	4th	4 6 10 20 26
2018-04-02	6	2nd	7 20 26 29 34
2018-03-19	1	4th	9 18 19 20 26
2018-03-16	4	3rd	4 14 20 22 23
2018-03-07	2	4th	9 10 14 20 28
2018-03-02	10	4th	1 3 12 20 25
2018-02-07	10	4th	4 11 16 20 22
2018-01-15	7	3rd	5 8 20 22 33
2017-12-29	2	4th	9 10 14 20 21
2017-12-25	2	2nd	6 20 24 26 35
2017-12-20	1	4th	1 9 19 20 24
2017-12-18	18	3rd	7 16 20 30 33
2017-11-06	15	2nd	19 20 24 29 31
2017-10-02	13	2nd	18 20 25 32 34
2017-09-01	3	2nd	1 20 23 28 33
2017-08-25	1	4th	7 11 14 20 25
2017-08-23	13	2nd	14 20 27 28 32
2017-07-24	7	3rd	7 8 20 26 28
2017-07-07	2	4th	5 14 16 20 30
2017-07-03	1	3rd	1 11 20 32 35
2017-06-30	5	4th	10 15 19 20 29
2017-06-19	6	1st	20 25 26 30 34
2017-06-05	12	1st	20 25 26 28 35
2017-05-08	2	3rd	2 14 20 26 33
2017-05-03	14	3rd	6 16 20 23 30
2017-03-31	9	2nd	19 20 22 31 35
2017-03-10	5	4th	2 4 14 20 35
2017-02-27	2	3rd	12 16 20 29 34
2017-02-22	3	2nd	5 20 24 26 28
2017-02-15	1	3rd	8 11 20 21 26
2017-02-13	1	2nd	2 20 22 24 30
2017-02-10	17	4th	3 6 19 20 22
2017-01-02	6	4th	6 8 10 20 35
2016-12-19	10	3rd	9 15 20 27 34
2016-11-25	17	2nd	19 20 30 32 33
2016-10-17	1	3rd	9 13 20 25 30
2016-10-14	14	4th	11 16 19 20 29
2016-09-12	5	3rd	10 15 20 29 34
2016-08-31	4	2nd	13 20 23 26 28
2016-08-22	2	4th	12 14 17 20 29
2016-08-17	16	4th	1 3 18 20 22
2016-07-11	2	4th	1 9 18 20 26
2016-07-06	8	4th	4 5 15 20 28
2016-06-17	2	2nd	8 20 23 24 30
2016-06-13	2	4th	2 7 11 20 34
2016-06-08	11	3rd	6 18 20 28 34
2016-05-13	1	4th	6 10 12 20 27
2016-05-11	5	4th	4 9 19 20 23
2016-04-29	7	4th	4 5 19 20 26
2016-04-13	8	2nd	4 20 25 27 31
2016-03-25	2	3rd	13 15 20 24 30
2016-03-21	3	2nd	10 20 28 29 35
2016-03-14	5	3rd	2 9 20 28 30
2016-03-02	10	3rd	4 14 20 27 29
2016-02-08	1	4th	3 12 19 20 22
2016-02-05	4	3rd	3 12 20 25 31
2016-01-27	1	2nd	2 20 23 27 30
2016-01-25	6	3rd	12 19 20 28 29
2016-01-11	5	3rd	3 9 20 30 31
2015-12-30	4	2nd	6 20 25 30 34
2015-12-21	2	2nd	14 20 23 24 30
2015-12-16	1	4th	9 14 16 20 28
2015-12-14	5	3rd	4 9 20 26 30
2015-12-02	4	2nd	11 20 24 28 35
2015-11-23	5	5th	7 10 12 17 20
2015-11-11	16	4th	7 15 19 20 30
2015-10-05	1	4th	2 10 16 20 21
2015-10-02	8	5th	6 8 9 15 20
2015-09-14	2	3rd	1 16 20 34 35
2015-09-09	5	3rd	10 18 20 24 28
2015-08-28	4	4th	4 12 15 20 26
2015-08-19	5	4th	7 8 14 20 29
2015-08-07	1	4th	5 13 19 20 33
2015-08-05	2	2nd	15 20 25 27 31
2015-07-31	3	2nd	6 20 22 24 29
2015-07-24	7	4th	3 7 17 20 27
2015-07-08	2	5th	4 11 12 15 20
2015-07-03	5	4th	2 9 15 20 32
2015-06-22	5	3rd	12 15 20 21 25
2015-06-10	2	1st	20 26 27 28 32
2015-06-05	1	3rd	3 5 20 27 31
2015-06-03	13	4th	1 8 16 20 27
2015-05-04	17	1st	20 24 27 30 31
2015-03-25	5	3rd	1 7 20 27 28
2015-03-13	13	2nd	12 20 29 30 32
2015-02-11	1	5th	1 4 8 10 20
2015-02-09	2	4th	8 14 15 20 21
2015-02-04	13	4th	5 11 19 20 26
2015-01-05	5	3rd	3 9 20 24 33
2014-12-24	6	4th	1 2 16 20 29
2014-12-10	4	3rd	2 10 20 26 31
2014-12-01	19	1st	20 24 27 31 34
2014-10-17	12	4th	11 17 18 20 21
2014-09-19	22	3rd	4 12 20 27 35
2014-07-30	6	2nd	13 20 27 28 33
2014-07-16	10	2nd	9 20 25 27 32
2014-06-23	5	2nd	11 20 26 31 34
2014-06-11	19	5th	1 15 16 18 20
2014-04-28	7	3rd	3 8 20 24 29
2014-04-11	16	3rd	10 14 20 21 22
2014-03-05	9	4th	3 7 16 20 33
2014-02-12	2	2nd	7 20 22 25 27
2014-02-07	11	2nd	8 20 21 22 31
2014-01-13	2	4th	4 6 11 20 29
2014-01-08	4	2nd	9 20 25 30 33
2013-12-30	3	3rd	6 15 20 27 31
2013-12-23	3	4th	5 8 13 20 27
2013-12-16	2	3rd	8 10 20 23 25
2013-12-11	5	4th	8 10 13 20 28
2013-11-29	5	3rd	11 18 20 27 35
2013-11-18	1	4th	4 6 10 20 27
2013-11-15	2	4th	1 10 15 20 27
2013-11-11	6	5th	6 11 12 14 20
2013-10-28	9	3rd	11 12 20 29 31
2013-10-07	5	4th	9 14 15 20 35
2013-09-25	4	4th	5 11 16 20 28
2013-09-16	3	5th	5 8 10 17 20
2013-09-09	2	3rd	10 12 20 30 31
2013-09-04	5	3rd	4 6 20 24 30
2013-08-23	10	5th	4 12 13 15 20
2013-07-31	2	2nd	2 20 23 27 35
2013-07-26	4	4th	5 9 14 20 31
2013-07-17	12	3rd	4 12 20 21 23
2013-06-19	11	4th	6 12 14 20 26
2013-05-24	5	3rd	6 19 20 23 30
2013-05-13	2	2nd	3 20 21 26 31
2013-05-08	2	3rd	3 18 20 22 33
2013-05-03	2	4th	8 12 19 20 33
2013-04-29	3	2nd	17 20 21 27 28
2013-04-22	14	3rd	12 17 20 22 25
2013-03-20	2	4th	1 6 14 20 28
2013-03-15	13	2nd	3 20 25 29 30
2013-02-13	4	2nd	11 20 23 25 30
2013-02-04	10	1st	20 22 23 27 33
2013-01-11	9	3rd	9 16 20 21 25
2012-12-21	10	4th	13 15 17 20 31
2012-11-28	10	4th	6 9 16 20 34
2012-11-05	13	4th	5 11 17 20 28
2012-10-05	1	2nd	8 20 21 26 30
2012-10-03	5	3rd	3 6 20 31 32
2012-09-21	3	3rd	3 11 20 26 34
2012-09-14	1	2nd	17 20 24 28 30
2012-09-12	8	5th	4 6 13 17 20
2012-08-24	19	2nd	18 20 23 29 32
2012-07-11	6	3rd	4 16 20 24 31
2012-06-27	3	5th	6 8 12 13 20
2012-06-20	2	3rd	13 17 20 21 35
2012-06-15	4	3rd	12 17 20 22 31
2012-06-06	18	3rd	7 16 20 21 35
2012-04-25	12	4th	3 10 12 20 30
2012-03-28	1	3rd	15 16 20 22 24
2012-03-26	10	4th	6 13 14 20 25
2012-03-02	8	2nd	15 20 21 22 26
2012-02-13	20	4th	4 7 12 20 30
2011-12-28	6	3rd	2 9 20 28 29
2011-12-14	9	4th	12 13 14 20 33
2011-11-23	1	1st	20 23 24 26 28
2011-11-21	1	3rd	3 11 20 26 34
2011-11-18	10	3rd	5 13 20 26 29
2011-10-26	4	3rd	5 9 20 24 30
2011-10-17	15	2nd	13 20 28 33 35
2011-09-12	5	5th	2 7 10 12 20
2011-08-31	6	4th	2 5 19 20 25
2011-08-17	1	2nd	8 20 27 29 32
2011-08-15	1	3rd	3 9 20 27 28
2011-08-12	2	3rd	4 6 20 24 31
2011-08-08	11	5th	9 14 16 17 20
2011-07-13	35	4th	9 14 15 20 33
2011-04-22	4	3rd	12 18 20 21 27
2011-04-13	8	2nd	5 20 25 26 31
2011-03-25	5	4th	1 4 19 20 22
2011-03-14	1	2nd	2 20 24 25 29
2011-03-11	3	2nd	11 20 23 28 29
2011-03-04	7	2nd	10 20 22 25 33
2011-02-16	11	4th	4 9 10 20 33
2011-01-21	8	4th	3 8 15 20 32
2011-01-03	1	3rd	2 12 20 31 33
2010-12-31	5	2nd	11 20 24 34 35
2010-12-20	6	4th	2 3 6 20 23
2010-12-06	2	4th	8 11 17 20 31
2010-12-01	16	5th	2 10 16 18 20
2010-10-25	—	4th	6 11 15 20 32