Number 20

In Cowboy Draw under the 5/45 · since Mar 2015 rules — 1,206 draws, 5 from 1–45.

148times drawn · chance expected 134 +1.28σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 49% for any number

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

50longest completed wait · 37% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 148 times in 1,206 draws against 134.0 expected, +1.28σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 148 times in 1,206 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 7 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 smallest12 · chance 13.8
2nd smallest41 · chance 47.6
3rd smallest63 · chance 55.9
4th smallest29 · chance 26.4
5th smallest3 · chance 4.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 27 44 45 10 15

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
2026-09-17	14	1st	20 21 32 33 35
2026-07-30	4	3rd	6 17 20 26 32
2026-07-16	21	3rd	1 7 20 30 38
2026-05-04	3	3rd	7 9 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-05-30	19	3rd	6 10 20 29 44
2024-03-25	2	3rd	11 18 20 28 32
2024-03-18	8	2nd	2 20 31 41 45
2024-02-19	7	4th	8 9 13 20 39
2024-01-25	2	3rd	10 18 20 23 25
2024-01-18	21	3rd	8 17 20 30 40
2023-11-06	3	5th	2 9 18 19 20
2023-10-26	22	3rd	6 11 20 40 44
2023-08-10	22	3rd	13 14 20 22 45
2023-05-25	3	4th	6 8 16 20 30
2023-05-15	3	4th	3 4 14 20 26
2023-05-04	1	2nd	14 20 27 39 41
2023-05-01	15	1st	20 21 25 44 45
2023-03-09	6	2nd	8 20 25 28 37
2023-02-16	7	2nd	17 20 26 37 41
2023-01-23	4	3rd	5 14 20 31 42
2023-01-09	11	3rd	1 16 20 32 35
2022-12-01	5	2nd	6 20 27 43 45
2022-11-14	15	4th	2 10 17 20 30
2022-09-22	2	4th	4 9 16 20 28
2022-09-15	1	3rd	2 14 20 42 44
2022-09-12	1	3rd	6 12 20 24 40
2022-09-08	8	3rd	8 14 20 29 34
2022-08-11	5	2nd	4 20 31 34 41
2022-07-25	4	4th	3 10 11 20 28
2022-07-11	6	4th	2 5 6 20 22
2022-06-20	12	3rd	13 17 20 21 28
2022-05-09	10	3rd	12 15 20 34 45
2022-04-04	2	4th	9 11 15 20 25
2022-03-28	1	1st	20 22 24 26 38
2022-03-24	9	4th	1 2 7 20 33
2022-02-21	1	2nd	12 20 23 38 44
2022-02-17	5	2nd	13 20 24 44 45
2022-01-31	1	4th	9 13 16 20 27
2022-01-27	1	4th	4 9 18 20 40
2022-01-24	12	4th	2 3 17 20 28
2021-12-13	2	4th	9 10 12 20 37
2021-12-06	2	4th	6 9 15 20 32
2021-11-29	6	3rd	4 19 20 29 45
2021-11-08	5	3rd	10 19 20 25 42
2021-10-21	7	4th	6 15 19 20 35
2021-09-27	1	3rd	1 5 20 29 30
2021-09-23	29	3rd	15 19 20 27 35
2021-06-14	2	2nd	19 20 39 41 43
2021-06-07	2	3rd	2 9 20 25 45
2021-05-31	12	2nd	15 20 24 25 44
2021-04-19	5	3rd	3 4 20 32 44
2021-04-01	18	2nd	9 20 26 27 43
2021-01-28	6	1st	20 28 31 41 42
2021-01-07	2	4th	3 5 8 20 43
2020-12-31	1	3rd	17 18 20 31 42
2020-12-28	4	4th	1 13 14 20 29
2020-12-14	5	3rd	15 17 20 39 41
2020-11-26	1	2nd	17 20 25 27 29
2020-11-23	17	3rd	15 19 20 34 42
2020-09-24	7	2nd	3 20 29 31 32
2020-08-31	1	3rd	2 5 20 21 30
2020-08-27	5	5th	7 10 14 16 20
2020-08-10	6	3rd	2 17 20 27 39
2020-07-20	22	2nd	5 20 32 36 43
2020-05-04	40	2nd	8 20 32 37 43
2019-12-16	7	2nd	14 20 27 40 44
2019-11-21	11	3rd	9 15 20 23 45
2019-10-14	7	4th	3 5 7 20 29
2019-09-19	24	2nd	12 20 28 38 40
2019-06-27	7	2nd	3 20 27 31 36
2019-06-03	5	4th	9 14 17 20 27
2019-05-16	8	5th	2 7 10 12 20
2019-04-18	3	1st	20 21 26 36 42
2019-04-08	2	3rd	2 7 20 21 33
2019-04-01	14	2nd	10 20 22 25 36
2019-02-11	50	1st	20 27 35 44 45
2018-08-20	2	2nd	3 20 27 37 42
2018-08-13	2	4th	9 12 13 20 28
2018-08-06	1	3rd	7 14 20 38 40
2018-08-02	3	3rd	3 12 20 30 36
2018-07-23	22	3rd	13 16 20 27 40
2018-05-07	1	3rd	2 15 20 36 45
2018-05-03	3	2nd	10 20 35 37 40
2018-04-23	8	3rd	5 8 20 27 31
2018-03-26	8	4th	9 13 16 20 30
2018-02-26	6	2nd	6 20 24 25 45
2018-02-05	1	2nd	1 20 27 31 37
2018-02-01	8	3rd	1 7 20 31 37
2018-01-04	2	2nd	18 20 29 37 38
2017-12-28	2	3rd	4 9 20 25 35
2017-12-21	5	3rd	3 5 20 35 42
2017-12-04	2	1st	20 23 24 25 33
2017-11-27	1	3rd	4 10 20 31 45
2017-11-23	6	2nd	8 20 23 31 33
2017-11-02	3	1st	20 22 26 35 44
2017-10-23	3	3rd	14 15 20 21 44
2017-10-12	7	4th	15 18 19 20 44
2017-09-18	4	3rd	2 5 20 44 45
2017-09-04	5	3rd	8 10 20 24 37
2017-08-17	4	2nd	14 20 27 40 41
2017-08-03	5	3rd	10 11 20 25 42
2017-07-17	7	3rd	7 9 20 23 39
2017-06-22	5	4th	1 15 19 20 36
2017-06-05	6	4th	7 13 14 20 23
2017-05-15	1	2nd	12 20 29 38 40
2017-05-11	5	2nd	13 20 21 37 44
2017-04-24	6	3rd	12 19 20 34 36
2017-04-03	14	3rd	10 11 20 34 42
2017-02-13	14	3rd	11 15 20 27 40
2016-12-26	3	3rd	3 8 20 23 43
2016-12-15	11	3rd	5 7 20 33 38
2016-11-07	23	1st	20 28 31 43 44
2016-08-18	4	3rd	5 11 20 41 45
2016-08-04	8	2nd	9 20 26 27 45
2016-07-07	29	3rd	13 15 20 32 40
2016-03-28	2	2nd	18 20 21 27 35
2016-03-21	5	2nd	11 20 28 29 33
2016-03-03	2	2nd	19 20 28 39 42
2016-02-25	1	2nd	16 20 22 39 44
2016-02-22	16	1st	20 30 33 36 45
2015-12-28	8	3rd	13 19 20 35 37
2015-11-30	5	3rd	8 11 20 25 40
2015-11-12	8	3rd	5 16 20 21 24
2015-10-15	1	4th	3 7 16 20 33
2015-10-12	14	2nd	19 20 26 41 43
2015-08-24	25	1st	20 22 23 32 36
2015-05-25	1	3rd	7 10 20 32 36
2015-05-21	—	1st	20 23 29 31 36