Number 25

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,156 draws, 5 from 1–52.

115times drawn · chance expected 111 +0.38σ

23draws waiting · a wait this long: 11% for any number

9.9average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

57longest completed wait · 33% chance of one at least that long

25 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 115 times in 1,156 draws against 111.2 expected, +0.38σ. Each draw is independent: after 23 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 25, draw by draw

Drawn 115 times in 1,156 draws · average wait 9.9 draws · longest completed wait 57 · waiting 23 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 smallest7 · chance 8.1
2nd smallest29 · chance 32.3
3rd smallest37 · chance 44.6
4th smallest37 · chance 25.1
5th smallest5 · chance 4.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

6 4 14 17 24 46

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2026-08-29	35	3rd	7 10 25 30 33
2026-06-08	18	3rd	4 23 25 30 47
2026-04-27	19	2nd	20 25 26 31 36
2026-03-14	10	3rd	8 9 25

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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-03-03	42	2nd	12 25 29 40 49
2024-11-25	2	4th	12 14 16 25 33
2024-11-20	11	3rd	11 17 25 38 47
2024-10-26	5	3rd	2 3 25 42 47
2024-10-14	23	2nd	6 25 31 43 51
2024-08-21	18	2nd	6 25 41 45 46
2024-07-10	2	3rd	6 21 25 42 51
2024-07-06	5	3rd	11 15 25 38 42
2024-06-24	6	4th	6 18 22 25 35
2024-06-10	6	4th	5 11 14 25 26
2024-05-27	5	2nd	9 25 32 40 51
2024-05-15	5	2nd	17 25 27 47 51
2024-05-04	28	3rd	5 11 25 37 42
2024-02-28	9	3rd	16 18 25 37 46
2024-02-07	19	5th	2 5 17 20 25
2023-12-25	4	3rd	4 10 25 48 52
2023-12-16	1	4th	13 14 23 25 31
2023-12-13	7	2nd	4 25 34 38 46
2023-11-27	7	4th	1 8 23 25 50
2023-11-11	6	2nd	5 25 27 38 50
2023-10-28	13	2nd	12 25 36 39 46
2023-09-27	4	3rd	21 22 25 46 50
2023-09-18	2	3rd	4 24 25 32 51
2023-09-13	21	3rd	11 12 25 36 40
2023-07-26	4	3rd	4 8 25 36 42
2023-07-17	57	1st	25 28 29 40 51
2023-03-06	5	3rd	2 17 25 35 50
2023-02-22	2	3rd	6 24 25 31 38
2023-02-18	12	3rd	5 17 25 48 52
2023-01-21	3	1st	25 27 29 35 50
2023-01-14	11	1st	25 35 37 38 48
2022-12-19	19	3rd	4 10 25 34 50
2022-11-05	42	3rd	5 20 25 40 46
2022-07-30	3	4th	17 22 24 25 36
2022-07-23	13	4th	14 22 24 25 48
2022-06-11	15	2nd	14 25 29 33 37
2022-04-20	2	3rd	1 3 25 29 30
2022-04-13	16	2nd	10 25 32 33 52
2022-02-16	4	5th	14 15 17 21 25
2022-02-02	13	4th	2 8 18 25 31
2021-12-18	1	2nd	15 25 31 45 46
2021-12-15	15	4th	1 9 24 25 47
2021-10-23	10	2nd	13 25 40 46 48
2021-09-18	4	2nd	15 25 27 37 49
2021-09-04	12	4th	1 5 24 25 28
2021-07-24	7	4th	7 8 12 25 31
2021-06-30	49	4th	4 6 14 25 32
2021-01-09	1	2nd	9 25 29 30 39
2021-01-06	2	4th	4 8 17 25 44
2020-12-30	9	2nd	18 25 26 30 49
2020-11-28	13	4th	7 16 23 25 52
2020-10-14	12	4th	4 14 24 25 33
2020-09-02	12	1st	25 34 37 40 47
2020-07-22	19	2nd	18 25 46 49 51
2020-05-16	3	3rd	8 14 25 29 49
2020-05-06	17	2nd	18 25 31 35 42
2020-03-07	4	5th	1 13 14 24 25
2020-02-22	7	1st	25 35 36 40 46
2020-01-29	5	4th	9 11 12 25 43
2020-01-11	13	3rd	1 21 25 30 34
2019-11-27	10	2nd	16 25 27 33 44
2019-10-23	3	4th	9 10 15 25 34
2019-10-12	2	4th	1 17 20 25 44
2019-10-05	9	4th	1 3 21 25 32
2019-09-04	4	2nd	13 25 35 37 45
2019-08-21	4	2nd	9 25 31 34 37
2019-08-07	5	2nd	6 25 44 50 51
2019-07-20	2	4th	5 8 9 25 38
2019-07-13	7	4th	6 15 18 25 37
2019-06-19	12	4th	6 8 17 25 44
2019-05-08	11	4th	14 17 19 25 34
2019-03-30	7	3rd	9 17 25 27 30
2019-03-06	3	3rd	12 17 25 34 45
2019-02-23	4	4th	6 10 21 25 48
2019-02-09	12	2nd	6 25 38 47 50
2018-12-29	11	1st	25 26 33 49 50
2018-11-21	9	3rd	3 24 25 33 39
2018-10-20	9	4th	10 18 22 25 32
2018-09-19	8	3rd	12 13 25 33 40
2018-08-22	6	3rd	20 22 25 26 51
2018-08-01	21	4th	3 8 24 25 50
2018-05-19	1	4th	4 8 17 25 31
2018-05-16	7	2nd	24 25 29 38 50
2018-04-21	2	4th	10 12 16 25 46
2018-04-14	7	2nd	22 25 27 40 46
2018-03-21	8	3rd	6 18 25 26 28
2018-02-21	4	4th	14 16 23 25 33
2018-02-07	17	2nd	15 25 36 45 51
2017-12-09	4	5th	2 5 7 22 25
2017-11-25	2	4th	1 7 16 25 26
2017-11-18	—	2nd	4 25 26 41 47