Number 20

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Oct 2023 rules — 1,089 draws, 5 from 1–45.

128times drawn · chance expected 121 +0.67σ

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

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

43longest completed wait · 60% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 128 times in 1,089 draws against 121.0 expected, +0.67σ. 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 128 times in 1,089 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 43 · 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest17 · chance 11.9
2nd smallest40 · chance 41.2
3rd smallest48 · chance 48.4
4th smallest18 · chance 22.8
5th smallest5 · chance 3.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

41 16 37 6 32 40

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
2026-10-10	11	2nd	11 20 32 41 44
2026-09-29	1	2nd	16 20 30 33 39
2026-09-28	1	4th	4 10 15 20 23
2026-09-27	8	2nd	12 20 25 37

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.

2026-05-08	6	3rd	15 16 20 37 44
2026-05-02	1	1st	20 29 31 37 43
2026-05-01	4	3rd	8 17 20 25 45
2026-04-27	4	4th	7 8 14 20 21
2026-04-23	7	3rd	5 17 20 24 40
2026-04-16	12	4th	2 6 7 20 26
2026-04-04	2	3rd	5 15 20 27 42
2026-04-02	1	1st	20 24 28 33 35
2026-04-01	13	2nd	12 20 21 25 34
2026-03-19	4	3rd	7 14 20 32 38
2026-03-15	12	2nd	3 20 28 38 41
2026-03-03	13	5th	6 8 13 16 20
2026-02-18	17	2nd	8 20 21 23 28
2026-02-01	5	2nd	2 20 33 39 41
2026-01-27	12	1st	20 26 27 37 39
2026-01-15	6	3rd	14 16 20 22 41
2026-01-09	9	3rd	8 11 20 27 45
2025-12-31	1	2nd	12 20 37 40 44
2025-12-30	1	3rd	7 12 20 31 33
2025-12-29	38	3rd	14 19 20 44 45
2025-11-21	1	4th	2 11 17 20 41
2025-11-20	2	2nd	16 20 25 29 40
2025-11-18	18	3rd	2 8 20 34 41
2025-10-31	36	2nd	2 20 23 32 45
2025-09-25	5	2nd	2 20 24 35 37
2025-09-20	21	1st	20 23 26 28 33
2025-08-30	19	1st	20 22 30 35 45
2025-08-11	6	3rd	7 9 20 28 41
2025-08-05	2	4th	3 4 15 20 24
2025-08-03	1	2nd	14 20 31 33 43
2025-08-02	7	2nd	16 20 22 23 41
2025-07-26	1	1st	20 25 32 42 44
2025-07-25	3	1st	20 33 39 40 43
2025-07-22	11	2nd	4 20 31 32 40
2025-07-11	7	1st	20 36 38 42 43
2025-07-04	13	3rd	7 13 20 40 42
2025-06-21	5	2nd	14 20 24 25 35
2025-06-16	1	5th	2 13 16 19 20
2025-06-15	6	3rd	5 13 20 23 36
2025-06-09	19	3rd	6 7 20 27 32
2025-05-21	6	2nd	14 20 32 36 43
2025-05-15	2	2nd	1 20 32 41 42
2025-05-13	10	2nd	3 20 28 37 43
2025-05-03	7	2nd	2 20 28 40 44
2025-04-26	10	4th	6 8 18 20 21
2025-04-16	2	1st	20 23 25 41 45
2025-04-14	2	5th	2 9 13 16 20
2025-04-12	13	1st	20 22 28 32 38
2025-03-30	5	3rd	1 5 20 30 44
2025-03-25	9	2nd	9 20 21 30 34
2025-03-16	17	3rd	1 8 20 26 38
2025-02-27	5	2nd	14 20 28 33 45
2025-02-22	27	2nd	15 20 21 39 41
2025-01-26	18	4th	1 4 11 20 36
2025-01-08	2	4th	6 9 12 20 21
2025-01-06	1	3rd	1 13 20 21 32
2025-01-05	5	3rd	17 19 20 29 45
2024-12-31	23	4th	2 8 16 20 29
2024-12-08	7	2nd	9 20 30 42 43
2024-12-01	17	3rd	15 19 20 32 37
2024-11-14	1	3rd	4 5 20 31 40
2024-11-13	12	3rd	1 18 20 40 43
2024-11-01	1	2nd	5 20 23 37 45
2024-10-31	15	3rd	1 4 20 22 25
2024-10-16	9	3rd	10 18 20 33 40
2024-10-07	7	3rd	12 19 20 37 40
2024-09-30	6	2nd	6 20 32 36 43
2024-09-24	7	3rd	6 16 20 22 45
2024-09-17	7	2nd	18 20 29 31 34
2024-09-10	43	4th	6 11 17 20 37
2024-07-29	10	1st	20 22 35 36 38
2024-07-19	8	3rd	8 18 20 24 27
2024-07-11	3	1st	20 21 34 36 42
2024-07-08	10	3rd	3 16 20 28 45
2024-06-28	8	3rd	5 14 20 40 41
2024-06-20	7	2nd	5 20 25 40 44
2024-06-13	13	4th	3 7 11 20 44
2024-05-31	1	3rd	6 9 20 23 24
2024-05-30	3	2nd	1 20 22 40 44
2024-05-27	3	1st	20 24 26 31 43
2024-05-24	1	3rd	16 18 20 40 43
2024-05-23	9	3rd	10 19 20 38 41
2024-05-14	2	4th	1 3 5 20 21
2024-05-12	13	2nd	17 20 32 35 39
2024-04-29	14	2nd	19 20 26 36 39
2024-04-15	2	3rd	5 14 20 24 43
2024-04-13	21	4th	6 9 14 20 41
2024-03-23	13	3rd	4 9 20 22 29
2024-03-10	4	4th	1 6 12 20 42
2024-03-06	5	2nd	1 20 37 41 45
2024-03-01	5	3rd	13 16 20 24 37
2024-02-25	7	2nd	4 20 22 27 41
2024-02-18	7	2nd	17 20 21 25 39
2024-02-11	20	2nd	9 20 24 26 35
2024-01-22	9	3rd	7 16 20 29 37
2024-01-13	1	3rd	5 9 20 29 43
2024-01-12	6	2nd	15 20 28 39 44
2024-01-06	7	2nd	10 20 27 31 33
2023-12-30	1	2nd	6 20 25 34 39
2023-12-29	1	3rd	1 5 20 31 32
2023-12-28	22	1st	20 30 36 38 42
2023-12-06	1	1st	20 25 31 36 37
2023-12-05	10	1st	20 25 28 41 42
2023-11-25	—	5th	8 9 15 16 20