Number 25

In Oz Lotto under the 7/45 + 2/45 · Jan 2009 – May 2022 rules — 697 draws, 7 from 1–45 (an earlier era).

119times drawn · chance expected 108 +1.11σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 60% for any number

5.8average wait between appearances · chance says 6.4

25longest completed wait · 87% chance of one at least that long

25 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 119 times in 697 draws against 108.4 expected, +1.11σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 29 times, counted separately.

Number 25, draw by draw

Drawn 119 times in 697 draws · average wait 5.8 draws · longest completed wait 25 · waiting 4 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 25 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 smallest1 · chance 0.7
2nd smallest8 · chance 6.3
3rd smallest27 · chance 22.5
4th smallest33 · chance 38.9
5th smallest33 · chance 34.0
6th smallest16 · chance 14.3
7th smallest1 · chance 2.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 29 33 36 42 22

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, 25 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th 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

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 25 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2022-04-12	9	4th	2 14 23 25 26 27 30
2022-02-08	5	5th	1 4 7 17 25 32 45
2022-01-04	1	5th	5 6 11 24 25 26

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: 25 is drawn with probability 7/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2019-04-30	5	6th	6 10 18 22 24 25 32
2019-03-26	2	5th	9 12 18 24 25 28 29
2019-03-12	7	3rd	7 9 25 27 28 36 37
2019-01-22	8	3rd	4 7 25 26 32 35 36
2018-11-27	7	5th	4 7 13 18 25 30 38
2018-10-09	5	2nd	4 25 26 30 32 41 45
2018-09-04	3	3rd	11 15 25 30 33 36 41
2018-08-14	2	4th	5 11 24 25 28 37 38
2018-07-31	16	5th	1 7 10 13 25 26 40
2018-04-10	4	5th	3 15 17 23 25 31 40
2018-03-13	2	4th	5 18 23 25 29 35 39
2018-02-27	5	3rd	2 16 25 29 31 33 39
2018-01-23	10	3rd	16 21 25 28 31 33 44
2017-11-14	13	6th	1 3 5 15 16 25 30
2017-08-15	1	5th	4 8 13 17 25 33 43
2017-08-08	7	4th	6 15 21 25 40 43 45
2017-06-20	10	6th	13 16 17 21 23 25 28
2017-04-11	3	4th	1 21 23 25 28 38 45
2017-03-21	1	3rd	6 15 25 27 31 33 44
2017-03-14	11	5th	2 6 10 14 25 28 31
2016-12-27	1	2nd	7 25 27 28 33 34 35
2016-12-20	10	3rd	14 16 25 26 29 36 45
2016-10-11	17	5th	3 8 18 21 25 27 38
2016-06-14	3	4th	18 20 22 25 29 44 45
2016-05-24	5	5th	4 5 11 22 25 32 38
2016-04-19	13	3rd	5 22 25 29 33 40 42
2016-01-19	2	5th	1 10 12 13 25 31 34
2016-01-05	6	3rd	18 19 25 31 33 37 43
2015-11-24	2	6th	1 9 12 22 24 25 30
2015-11-10	10	4th	20 22 23 25 33 34 36
2015-09-01	1	5th	13 18 22 24 25 43 45
2015-08-25	1	5th	15 18 19 21 25 34 45
2015-08-18	3	4th	3 6 7 25 29 32 42
2015-07-28	10	4th	14 18 20 25 33 36 38
2015-05-19	4	6th	2 4 6 14 16 25 27
2015-04-21	6	4th	2 8 10 25 28 33 37
2015-03-10	3	4th	3 5 22 25 27 36 45
2015-02-17	8	4th	2 4 19 25 30 31 38
2014-12-23	1	5th	6 13 17 19 25 34 37
2014-12-16	1	5th	4 11 20 21 25 42 45
2014-12-09	2	5th	7 13 15 21 25 42 43
2014-11-25	2	6th	8 9 13 16 24 25 42
2014-11-11	1	4th	2 10 21 25 33 41 43
2014-11-04	2	6th	13 14 18 21 23 25 31
2014-10-21	6	5th	6 14 17 19 25 32 34
2014-09-09	5	3rd	15 23 25 28 38 43 44
2014-08-05	2	4th	3 9 21 25 33 35 42
2014-07-22	11	6th	3 16 17 19 24 25 35
2014-05-06	1	4th	3 11 15 25 28 29 41
2014-04-29	3	6th	1 4 7 10 12 25 35
2014-04-08	10	6th	6 12 18 19 24 25 35
2014-01-28	25	4th	4 14 22 25 26 31 36
2013-08-06	8	2nd	16 25 27 29 30 33 37
2013-06-11	2	4th	3 6 24 25 26 29 38
2013-05-28	9	3rd	1 14 25 26 30 31 35
2013-03-26	12	5th	14 18 19 21 25 43 44
2013-01-01	3	3rd	8 19 25 28 30 39 42
2012-12-11	7	6th	3 5 12 15 21 25 30
2012-10-23	8	5th	2 14 16 21 25 27 41
2012-08-28	9	2nd	12 25 26 28 35 39 42
2012-06-26	8	6th	1 7 11 17 19 25 43
2012-05-01	11	3rd	2 6 25 29 34 36 37
2012-02-14	1	4th	7 10 23 25 27 31 43
2012-02-07	8	5th	1 5 20 21 25 33 39
2011-12-13	3	4th	11 18 21 25 29 42 45
2011-11-22	3	6th	5 10 11 16 21 25 37
2011-11-01	3	5th	5 12 17 23 25 31 44
2011-10-11	1	4th	6 8 12 25 32 39 44
2011-10-04	7	5th	1 2 9 19 25 36 42
2011-08-16	2	5th	5 18 22 24 25 39 41
2011-08-02	9	4th	2 4 20 25 27 29 42
2011-05-31	1	2nd	4 25 33 36 41 43 45
2011-05-24	4	6th	7 9 15 21 24 25 40
2011-04-26	4	2nd	22 25 29 36 41 42 44
2011-03-29	2	4th	3 17 24 25 27 34 41
2011-03-15	14	4th	8 15 16 25 26 28 41
2010-12-07	1	4th	1 19 23 25 27 36 40
2010-11-30	3	5th	7 8 20 22 25 26 39
2010-11-09	6	3rd	4 10 25 27 35 36 39
2010-09-28	2	3rd	6 15 25 26 32 33 40
2010-09-14	5	4th	18 23 24 25 29 34 41
2010-08-10	11	5th	11 16 21 22 25 28 41
2010-05-25	8	3rd	15 24 25 28 36 37 44
2010-03-30	3	2nd	2 25 28 29 35 39 40
2010-03-09	16	2nd	8 25 39 42 43 44 45
2009-11-17	1	3rd	4 6 25 27 31 33 34
2009-11-10	2	4th	1 16 24 25 31 35 36
2009-10-27	1	4th	4 7 20 25 42 43 45
2009-10-20	3	3rd	6 24 25 27 32 36 38
2009-09-29	8	3rd	7 12 25 27 28 35 36
2009-08-04	11	5th	2 11 13 22 25 39 42
2009-05-19	1	7th	11 12 17 18 21 22 25
2009-05-12	2	3rd	2 7 25 28 32 35 40
2009-04-28	6	5th	1 13 21 24 25 36 43
2009-03-17	—	4th	6 16 23 25 27 32 37