Number 25

In SuperEnalotto under the 6/90 + 1/90 · Dec 1997 – Jul 2009 rules — 1,425 draws, 6 from 1–90 (an earlier era).

90times drawn · chance expected 95 −0.53σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 66% for any number

15.9average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

68longest completed wait · 58% chance of one at least that long

25 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 90 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, −0.53σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 13 times, counted separately.

Number 25, draw by draw

Drawn 90 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 15.9 draws · longest completed wait 68 · 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 25 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 smallest22 · chance 17.9
2nd smallest36 · chance 35.2
3rd smallest23 · chance 26.1
4th smallest8 · chance 9.1
5th smallest1 · chance 1.5
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 57 76 19 54 71

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 numbers; chance expected about 0.6 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 90. 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
2009-06-13	9	3rd	8 19 25 73 76 84
2009-05-23	9	2nd	9 25 29 43 48 54
2009-05-02	28	2nd	2 25 31 38 45 84

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 6/90 tonight whatever it did last week.

2007-05-12	17	1st	25 46 48 52 57 81
2007-04-03	18	4th	12 16 21 25 27 64
2007-02-20	34	2nd	19 25 31 56 82 90
2006-12-02	17	1st	25 45 63 71 74 88
2006-10-24	29	2nd	4 25 43 45 71 90
2006-08-17	1	2nd	4 25 30 40 41 62
2006-08-16	5	2nd	8 25 28 57 71 72
2006-08-03	10	3rd	21 22 25 53 76 85
2006-07-11	18	4th	2 12 19 25 31 76
2006-05-30	24	3rd	1 16 25 33 54 71
2006-04-04	3	2nd	13 25 45 70 78 88
2006-03-28	25	2nd	24 25 33 42 57 89
2006-01-28	4	1st	25 39 74 76 85 88
2006-01-19	24	1st	25 55 60 69 77 81
2005-11-24	7	1st	25 28 34 44 57 80
2005-11-08	12	4th	1 13 14 25 72 86
2005-10-11	1	2nd	10 25 35 83 87 90
2005-10-08	2	2nd	15 25 58 61 83 86
2005-10-04	28	2nd	5 25 44 54 65 70
2005-07-30	1	1st	25 28 29 54 74 88
2005-07-28	25	3rd	8 18 25 38 41 43
2005-05-21	38	3rd	4 15 25 39 45 79
2005-01-08	29	2nd	11 25 63 72 76 87
2004-09-29	59	4th	2 11 22 25 60 78
2004-03-06	16	3rd	8 19 25 49 50 54
2004-01-10	20	2nd	15 25 26 32 51 61
2003-11-03	6	2nd	9 25 37 73 80 81
2003-10-11	7	3rd	13 16 25 45 47 55
2003-09-17	27	1st	25 33 64 67 68 73
2003-06-14	68	2nd	6 25 46 59 71 83
2002-11-06	9	3rd	11 13 25 59 61 87
2002-10-05	12	3rd	9 15 25 40 44 71
2002-08-24	3	2nd	8 25 26 38 66 79
2002-08-14	28	4th	5 7 20 25 38 59
2002-05-08	29	1st	25 55 57 67 69 86
2002-01-26	12	1st	25 33 41 51 66 76
2001-12-19	15	2nd	19 25 49 53 81 84
2001-10-27	14	1st	25 32 36 46 57 58
2001-09-08	8	2nd	12 25 49 53 67 73
2001-08-11	15	2nd	21 25 31 44 49 52
2001-06-20	33	1st	25 32 34 54 64 83
2001-02-24	10	1st	25 26 75 78 79 80
2001-01-20	5	2nd	14 25 28 42 82 90
2001-01-03	12	2nd	15 25 26 33 41 62
2000-11-22	2	2nd	14 25 39 50 72 89
2000-11-15	13	2nd	1 25 26 28 53 79
2000-09-30	31	1st	25 35 52 55 60 68
2000-06-14	5	2nd	15 25 50 64 80 89
2000-05-27	28	2nd	3 25 39 50 53 67
2000-02-19	33	1st	25 28 37 51 54 81
1999-10-27	13	2nd	6 25 34 72 76 82
1999-09-11	5	1st	25 40 57 59 76 82
1999-08-25	37	2nd	1 25 28 39 51 89
1999-04-17	2	3rd	4 6 25 32 73 83
1999-04-10	3	5th	4 11 14 17 25 32
1999-03-31	41	1st	25 60 64 71 75 85
1998-11-07	17	3rd	15 19 25 33 40 68
1998-09-09	12	2nd	10 25 56 68 71 77
1998-07-29	1	1st	25 60 62 68 83 89
1998-07-25	7	1st	25 37 54 63 70 76
1998-07-01	12	1st	25 33 37 47 48 79
1998-05-20	1	4th	5 13 22 25 43 50
1998-05-16	19	3rd	7 19 25 68 71 85
1998-03-11	14	3rd	3 23 25 44 74 89
1998-01-21	13	2nd	22 25 26 49 59 85
1997-12-06	—	3rd	2 4 25 29 30 52