Number 25

In Lotto under the 6/40 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2020 rules — 1,077 draws, 6 from 1–40 (an earlier era).

161times drawn · chance expected 162 −0.05σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 44% for any number

6.7average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

43longest completed wait · 16% chance of one at least that long

25 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 161 times in 1,077 draws against 161.5 expected, −0.05σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 25, draw by draw

Drawn 161 times in 1,077 draws · average wait 6.7 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 6 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 0.8
2nd smallest5 · chance 9.2
3rd smallest40 · chance 35.1
4th smallest65 · chance 59.4
5th smallest36 · chance 44.6
6th smallest14 · chance 11.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 5 10 19 37 7

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2020-07-18	3	4th	2 8 20 25 27 37
2020-07-08	1	5th	3 10 18 22 25 29
2020-07-04	2	4th	2 12 13 25 32 36
2020-06-27	7

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

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