Number 20

In PowerBall under the 5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018 rules — 865 draws, 5 from 1–50.

99times drawn · chance expected 87 +1.42σ

15draws waiting · a wait this long: 23% for any number

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

25longest completed wait · >99% chance of one at least that long

20 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 99 times in 865 draws against 86.5 expected, +1.42σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 20, draw by draw

Drawn 99 times in 865 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 25 · waiting 15 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 12.8
2nd smallest34 · chance 36.0
3rd smallest29 · chance 34.8
4th smallest17 · chance 13.6
5th smallest2 · chance 1.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 19 43 28 35 48

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-08-18	11	3rd	3 7 20 31 39
2026-07-10	7	4th	2 12 13 20 23
2026-06-16	9	3rd	2 19 20 40 43
2026-05-15	19	1st	20 24 29 38

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-07-02	9	3rd	6 15 20 32 42
2024-05-31	11	2nd	17 20 22 35 43
2024-04-23	6	2nd	13 20 26 37 42
2024-04-02	5	2nd	13 20 28 39 47
2024-03-15	14	3rd	4 9 20 22 33
2024-01-26	2	4th	1 6 13 20 21
2024-01-19	3	3rd	11 18 20 41 46
2024-01-09	2	2nd	12 20 24 33 43
2024-01-02	8	2nd	9 20 23 46 50
2023-12-05	5	2nd	19 20 21 30 39
2023-11-17	11	2nd	4 20 24 30 42
2023-10-10	21	4th	7 15 19 20 49
2023-07-28	5	4th	2 6 11 20 47
2023-07-11	6	3rd	10 19 20 22 48
2023-06-20	8	1st	20 24 33 44 48
2023-05-23	5	1st	20 24 26 28 38
2023-05-05	2	2nd	2 20 24 29 43
2023-04-28	4	1st	20 21 28 35 44
2023-04-14	4	2nd	16 20 33 37 44
2023-03-31	5	2nd	7 20 41 42 49
2023-03-14	3	2nd	8 20 29 42 44
2023-03-03	16	2nd	18 20 41 47 50
2023-01-06	21	2nd	6 20 31 37 46
2022-10-25	12	1st	20 23 27 39 46
2022-09-13	3	4th	1 10 11 20 33
2022-09-02	9	4th	1 12 18 20 41
2022-08-02	3	3rd	13 14 20 43 45
2022-07-22	14	4th	5 18 19 20 48
2022-06-03	11	3rd	12 17 20 21 33
2022-04-26	1	2nd	2 20 38 43 46
2022-04-22	7	2nd	13 20 30 38 42
2022-03-29	2	2nd	1 20 35 42 46
2022-03-22	20	1st	20 30 35 43 48
2022-01-11	11	1st	20 23 27 38 45
2021-12-03	17	3rd	9 19 20 30 31
2021-10-05	2	3rd	2 13 20 42 47
2021-09-28	15	3rd	13 15 20 28 29
2021-08-06	6	4th	7 13 18 20 25
2021-07-16	4	1st	20 22 25 41 45
2021-07-02	16	1st	20 30 34 38 43
2021-05-07	15	4th	4 7 19 20 49
2021-03-16	7	2nd	11 20 21 32 36
2021-02-19	4	3rd	3 17 20 25 47
2021-02-05	13	4th	8 16 19 20 50
2020-12-18	17	1st	20 22 24 28 47
2020-10-20	2	2nd	15 20 29 32 45
2020-10-13	14	3rd	13 15 20 27 28
2020-08-25	10	2nd	7 20 32 34 48
2020-07-21	2	2nd	17 20 22 32 41
2020-07-14	2	1st	20 21 28 48 49
2020-07-07	3	4th	2 7 13 20 45
2020-06-26	16	2nd	11 20 21 34 50
2020-05-01	4	2nd	12 20 43 48 49
2020-04-17	5	3rd	16 19 20 23 25
2020-03-31	12	2nd	14 20 28 43 49
2020-02-18	25	3rd	14 17 20 36 49
2019-11-22	22	4th	5 17 18 20 26
2019-09-06	4	2nd	2 20 25 40 49
2019-08-23	1	4th	8 9 15 20 24
2019-08-20	9	3rd	11 19 20 39 41
2019-07-19	1	4th	3 12 13 20 41
2019-07-16	8	3rd	3 5 20 23 40
2019-06-18	13	4th	2 3 17 20 33
2019-05-03	1	3rd	13 18 20 35 36
2019-04-30	18	3rd	1 3 20 46 48
2019-02-26	3	2nd	10 20 28 31 33
2019-02-15	6	2nd	19 20 37 42 43
2019-01-25	11	1st	20 27 31 40 41
2018-12-18	1	4th	3 5 14 20 32
2018-12-14	3	5th	4 5 9 16 20
2018-12-04	5	3rd	5 13 20 33 34
2018-11-16	3	1st	20 24 32 33 35
2018-11-06	2	2nd	10 20 48 49 50
2018-10-30	15	2nd	19 20 24 27 29
2018-09-07	—	3rd	9 11 20 28 44