Number 25

In UK Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Nov 1994 – Oct 2015 rules — 2,065 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).

269times drawn · chance expected 253 +1.08σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 18% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

38longest completed wait · 88% chance of one at least that long

25 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 269 times in 2,065 draws against 252.9 expected, +1.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 51 times, counted separately.

Number 25, draw by draw

Drawn 269 times in 2,065 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 14 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 smallest4 · chance 6.7
2nd smallest53 · chance 40.1
3rd smallest98 · chance 87.8
4th smallest81 · chance 87.8
5th smallest31 · chance 40.1
6th smallest2 · chance 6.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 28.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

32 45 31 33 30 47

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2015-08-19	2	4th	5 6 7 25 27 33
2015-08-12	15	6th	6 15 17 20 24 25
2015-06-20	2	4th	1 6 23 25 32 35
2015-06-13	13	3rd

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2013-11-27	17	4th	15 19 22 25 42 48
2013-09-28	12	4th	10 12 14 25 46 48
2013-08-17	14	2nd	15 25 26 33 34 41
2013-06-29	9	3rd	7 13 25 31 34 45
2013-05-29	5	3rd	3 5 25 33 34 35
2013-05-11	4	4th	9 12 24 25 26 43
2013-04-27	14	3rd	1 13 25 39 41 44
2013-03-09	4	3rd	12 19 25 36 44 46
2013-02-23	13	3rd	2 16 25 30 31 32
2013-01-09	15	4th	5 21 24 25 39 48
2012-11-17	2	5th	17 19 20 21 25 26
2012-11-10	12	4th	10 23 24 25 30 37
2012-09-29	28	5th	1 6 7 8 25 42
2012-06-23	3	2nd	3 25 28 30 39 45
2012-06-13	3	2nd	12 25 29 34 45 47
2012-06-02	1	4th	16 18 20 25 29 34
2012-05-30	1	3rd	7 14 25 33 45 48
2012-05-26	7	5th	2 6 7 15 25 44
2012-05-02	3	3rd	18 22 25 35 39 41
2012-04-21	4	3rd	10 23 25 34 41 47
2012-04-07	5	4th	12 16 23 25 31 42
2012-03-21	7	4th	10 14 21 25 39 45
2012-02-25	8	2nd	7 25 26 27 29 32
2012-01-28	4	3rd	10 12 25 28 31 40
2012-01-14	9	5th	7 10 12 15 25 42
2011-12-14	4	3rd	3 10 25 28 30 43
2011-11-30	1	4th	13 23 24 25 26 30
2011-11-26	13	3rd	13 16 25 26 36 46
2011-10-12	4	3rd	13 24 25 26 37 40
2011-09-28	30	3rd	15 19 25 36 44 45
2011-06-15	3	2nd	9 25 29 32 37 38
2011-06-04	15	3rd	7 21 25 32 43 44
2011-04-13	12	3rd	1 14 25 33 34 43
2011-03-02	9	2nd	1 25 27 41 46 49
2011-01-29	10	3rd	5 20 25 30 36 47
2010-12-25	5	4th	13 15 22 25 33 34
2010-12-08	19	5th	14 16 23 24 25 43
2010-10-02	1	3rd	10 16 25 26 32 40
2010-09-29	12	2nd	21 25 29 32 38 44
2010-08-18	2	5th	2 13 16 24 25 40
2010-08-11	1	3rd	4 21 25 27 31 34
2010-08-07	5	4th	13 16 22 25 31 39
2010-07-21	2	3rd	8 16 25 27 28 34
2010-07-14	4	3rd	1 15 25 26 40 43
2010-06-30	8	4th	6 18 20 25 35 36
2010-06-02	21	4th	2 12 17 25 33 39
2010-03-20	2	5th	5 11 13 18 25 46
2010-03-13	22	2nd	23 25 28 33 44 49
2009-12-26	7	4th	2 8 23 25 36 42
2009-12-02	10	4th	2 19 22 25 34 47
2009-10-28	3	2nd	24 25 34 38 41 43
2009-10-17	7	2nd	11 25 27 32 37 43
2009-09-23	25	2nd	23 25 28 41 46 47
2009-06-27	16	3rd	9 17 25 26 31 42
2009-05-02	7	3rd	10 17 25 32 34 40
2009-04-08	6	5th	8 10 21 23 25 48
2009-03-18	1	4th	2 5 22 25 39 41
2009-03-14	3	3rd	9 16 25 29 31 37
2009-03-04	1	3rd	3 21 25 32 37 46
2009-02-28	1	2nd	6 25 33 37 42 43
2009-02-25	5	3rd	6 19 25 32 37 39
2009-02-07	4	4th	3 7 24 25 26 41
2009-01-24	1	2nd	24 25 26 38 39 40
2009-01-21	23	2nd	3 25 28 29 32 45
2008-11-01	7	3rd	18 19 25 30 33 43
2008-10-08	38	4th	9 13 24 25 42 48
2008-05-28	20	2nd	10 25 28 36 45 48
2008-03-19	7	4th	5 21 22 25 27 35
2008-02-23	6	4th	8 11 16 25 39 46
2008-02-02	9	5th	5 7 18 22 25 34
2008-01-02	5	3rd	13 15 25 31 37 39
2007-12-15	5	3rd	12 22 25 43 46 49
2007-11-28	1	3rd	11 15 25 33 44 45
2007-11-24	1	3rd	1 14 25 37 39 47
2007-11-21	3	4th	6 8 24 25 32 47
2007-11-10	2	5th	5 11 13 18 25 35
2007-11-03	1	4th	3 10 22 25 31 49
2007-10-31	3	4th	9 12 20 25 33 35
2007-10-20	9	3rd	4 15 25 27 33 40
2007-09-19	1	5th	2 5 6 13 25 47
2007-09-15	12	5th	3 7 12 21 25 36
2007-08-04	4	3rd	12 23 25 26 34 49
2007-07-21	8	4th	3 10 21 25 29 49
2007-06-23	7	4th	6 12 19 25 31 41
2007-05-30	8	4th	2 20 22 25 41 47
2007-05-02	2	3rd	11 18 25 27 39 44
2007-04-25	14	3rd	1 7 25 31 32 39
2007-03-07	14	3rd	4 14 25 35 42 48
2007-01-17	3	4th	12 17 21 25 31 37
2007-01-06	5	2nd	15 25 29 35 39 40
2006-12-20	36	5th	4 10 21 22 25 38
2006-08-16	8	5th	4 8 16 20 25 31
2006-07-19	9	3rd	4 21 25 37 45 46
2006-06-17	7	1st	25 26 33 40 41 47
2006-05-24	29	3rd	1 17 25 29 41 46
2006-02-11	6	4th	4 9 15 25 30 40
2006-01-21	8	2nd	1 25 26 27 39 49
2005-12-24	4	3rd	17 21 25 27 30 37
2005-12-10	8	3rd	20 23 25 30 31 48
2005-11-12	3	3rd	12 13 25 30 45 47
2005-11-02	7	2nd	19 25 32 47 48 49
2005-10-08	7	5th	1 14 20 22 25 26
2005-09-14	18	4th	15 20 22 25 35 39
2005-07-13	3	2nd	3 25 36 39 42 47
2005-07-02	6	2nd	8 25 33 35 38 40
2005-06-11	14	4th	1 2 18 25 34 45
2005-04-23	2	3rd	3 18 25 29 31 43
2005-04-16	2	1st	25 26 32 39 40 42
2005-04-09	5	3rd	14 22 25 27 45 47
2005-03-23	4	3rd	12 14 25 30 32 38
2005-03-09	3	3rd	14 21 25 39 40 47
2005-02-26	1	3rd	8 14 25 40 43 48
2005-02-23	19	2nd	17 25 30 32 36 37
2004-12-18	1	4th	5 16 22 25 27 30
2004-12-15	12	4th	7 11 19 25 31 39
2004-11-03	4	2nd	5 25 33 35 36 39
2004-10-20	1	4th	10 13 19 25 31 33
2004-10-16	12	1st	25 32 33 36 45 46
2004-09-04	1	4th	3 5 10 25 43 47
2004-09-01	10	2nd	12 25 27 32 37 49
2004-07-28	7	5th	10 11 14 21 25 42
2004-07-03	12	4th	6 8 21 25 43 47
2004-05-22	12	4th	1 4 5 25 34 46
2004-04-10	1	1st	25 30 34 39 40 47
2004-04-07	3	2nd	9 25 33 36 46 49
2004-03-27	14	3rd	19 21 25 33 37 41
2004-02-07	4	3rd	18 22 25 44 45 46
2004-01-24	1	2nd	16 25 27 32 35 43
2004-01-21	15	3rd	3 11 25 28 34 45
2003-11-29	9	3rd	9 23 25 26 33 36
2003-10-29	6	3rd	9 19 25 29 30 38
2003-10-08	8	3rd	6 22 25 26 28 44
2003-09-10	1	2nd	9 25 28 37 41 48
2003-09-06	4	3rd	1 21 25 27 39 42
2003-08-23	4	4th	10 15 18 25 42 48
2003-08-09	20	4th	11 14 19 25 30 41
2003-05-31	1	5th	2 9 12 22 25 26
2003-05-28	1	4th	1 7 15 25 27 32
2003-05-24	12	3rd	4 22 25 30 34 42
2003-04-12	1	4th	3 5 16 25 43 45
2003-04-09	7	3rd	7 20 25 27 33 45
2003-03-15	31	3rd	4 24 25 28 38 47
2002-11-27	12	2nd	11 25 35 36 42 47
2002-10-16	2	3rd	13 19 25 28 34 45
2002-10-09	29	3rd	7 22 25 31 44 47
2002-06-29	1	2nd	4 25 28 36 42 49
2002-06-26	9	3rd	6 7 25 33 38 43
2002-05-25	4	4th	7 14 15 25 27 40
2002-05-11	12	2nd	1 25 27 35 43 46
2002-03-30	3	3rd	8 14 25 36 38 47
2002-03-20	5	3rd	10 18 25 28 37 43
2002-03-02	3	3rd	8 11 25 33 37 43
2002-02-20	7	4th	17 21 24 25 46 49
2002-01-26	13	4th	10 13 20 25 27 32
2001-12-12	6	3rd	9 23 25 33 38 44
2001-11-21	3	2nd	10 25 30 38 44 46
2001-11-10	15	4th	6 23 24 25 30 49
2001-09-19	2	4th	6 8 21 25 30 45
2001-09-12	9	3rd	11 21 25 27 30 35
2001-08-11	7	3rd	18 19 25 36 38 40
2001-07-18	7	2nd	2 25 31 37 41 45
2001-06-23	2	5th	7 15 16 24 25 46
2001-06-16	9	2nd	7 25 31 35 39 45
2001-05-16	5	2nd	1 25 27 33 38 45
2001-04-28	9	2nd	2 25 33 40 44 47
2001-03-28	1	2nd	2 25 34 35 36 39
2001-03-24	14	2nd	6 25 31 32 42 43
2001-02-03	16	5th	2 15 16 17 25 26
2000-12-09	23	3rd	11 16 25 31 32 33
2000-09-20	2	2nd	7 25 30 34 38 39
2000-09-13	1	3rd	14 20 25 32 47 49
2000-09-09	19	4th	3 4 24 25 35 43
2000-07-05	5	5th	6 11 19 23 25 28
2000-06-17	8	4th	4 22 24 25 40 43
2000-05-20	14	5th	7 11 18 21 25 44
2000-04-01	5	4th	3 11 19 25 29 30
2000-03-15	20	3rd	7 12 25 28 30 40
2000-01-05	3	3rd	5 22 25 30 31 33
1999-12-24	6	5th	2 21 23 24 25 35
1999-12-04	9	3rd	16 23 25 31 35 47
1999-11-03	2	3rd	3 22 25 31 35 37
1999-10-27	1	5th	4 9 13 22 25 32
1999-10-23	2	5th	4 8 10 15 25 39
1999-10-16	24	2nd	11 25 27 31 40 41
1999-07-24	7	2nd	8 25 26 37 38 48
1999-06-30	4	4th	2 14 19 25 32 49
1999-06-16	15	3rd	17 21 25 37 38 45
1999-04-24	3	4th	3 8 11 25 46 47
1999-04-14	1	4th	5 9 12 25 30 32
1999-04-10	4	3rd	10 18 25 32 35 36
1999-03-27	2	2nd	9 25 30 36 44 48
1999-03-20	5	3rd	13 17 25 29 45 49
1999-03-03	14	4th	20 22 24 25 36 40
1999-01-13	7	2nd	6 25 27 35 42 48
1998-12-19	6	4th	9 10 18 25 28 48
1998-11-28	5	2nd	4 25 26 30 37 45
1998-11-11	1	4th	5 11 19 25 29 49
1998-11-07	6	3rd	13 24 25 31 32 44
1998-10-17	9	2nd	3 25 36 37 41 45
1998-09-16	1	2nd	18 25 28 36 40 45
1998-09-12	9	4th	3 15 23 25 28 33
1998-08-12	5	4th	12 21 23 25 44 49
1998-07-25	6	2nd	18 25 36 38 43 44
1998-07-04	3	3rd	9 15 25 29 32 49
1998-06-24	13	4th	2 14 19 25 26 33
1998-05-09	13	3rd	2 9 25 26 35 40
1998-03-25	2	4th	1 6 10 25 31 45
1998-03-18	7	2nd	12 25 31 39 46 47
1998-02-21	1	3rd	2 16 25 27 37 45
1998-02-18	3	5th	1 5 10 13 25 32
1998-02-07	9	2nd	9 25 27 31 42 45
1998-01-07	20	3rd	7 14 25 32 36 38
1997-10-29	3	3rd	2 4 25 32 33 45
1997-10-18	15	3rd	4 9 25 28 32 46
1997-08-27	1	4th	1 7 22 25 31 47
1997-08-23	4	3rd	4 10 25 36 44 47
1997-08-09	15	4th	1 18 20 25 30 31
1997-06-18	3	5th	4 14 19 23 25 48
1997-06-07	3	4th	12 14 21 25 30 40
1997-05-28	1	4th	3 19 24 25 36 48
1997-05-24	4	4th	3 21 23 25 26 33
1997-05-10	4	5th	12 19 22 23 25 44
1997-04-26	2	4th	6 10 14 25 27 38
1997-04-19	5	4th	1 14 16 25 32 37
1997-04-02	6	4th	5 10 17 25 40 43
1997-03-12	10	6th	3 4 5 16 22 25
1997-02-05	10	2nd	9 25 28 29 31 35
1996-11-30	7	4th	4 5 12 25 26 49
1996-10-12	1	3rd	15 16 25 30 39 45
1996-10-05	11	3rd	6 9 25 45 47 48
1996-07-20	5	4th	6 14 20 25 34 44
1996-06-15	1	3rd	13 18 25 44 46 47
1996-06-08	5	4th	11 15 17 25 32 46
1996-05-04	15	2nd	6 25 26 33 34 47
1996-01-20	14	3rd	5 23 25 30 33 37
1995-10-14	4	4th	4 5 9 25 30 47
1995-09-16	5	4th	2 10 14 25 37 41
1995-08-12	1	2nd	11 25 28 33 34 47
1995-08-05	5	3rd	1 8 25 30 35 45
1995-07-01	5	4th	5 7 8 25 44 48
1995-05-27	2	3rd	12 13 25 37 44 45
1995-05-13	6	3rd	7 16 25 26 28 41
1995-04-01	9	2nd	22 25 30 32 41 43
1995-01-28	3	3rd	4 16 25 26 31 43
1995-01-07	—	5th	2 5 21 22 25 32