Number 25

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,908 draws, 6 from 1–49.

216times drawn · chance expected 234 −1.23σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

47longest completed wait · 41% chance of one at least that long

25 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 216 times in 1,908 draws against 233.6 expected, −1.23σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 25, draw by draw

Drawn 216 times in 1,908 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 12 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 smallest3 · chance 5.4
2nd smallest30 · chance 32.2
3rd smallest78 · chance 70.5
4th smallest62 · chance 70.5
5th smallest34 · chance 32.2
6th smallest9 · chance 5.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 24 7 12 20 26

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
2026-09-23	6	3rd	3 15 25 29 41 44
2026-09-09	8	3rd	11 23 25 33 35 39
2026-08-22	42	3rd	2 22 25 29 41 44
2026-05-16	1	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.

2025-04-12	8	5th	10 15 18 21 25 40
2025-03-24	14	6th	1 7 14 21 22 25
2025-02-19	2	5th	2 6 13 20 25 28
2025-02-15	3	3rd	12 17 25 32 33 43
2025-02-08	4	3rd	21 22 25 34 37 41
2025-01-29	17	4th	4 11 23 25 30 40
2024-12-21	5	4th	2 14 15 25 38 39
2024-12-09	1	3rd	13 14 25 31 33 42
2024-12-07	6	5th	8 10 21 24 25 37
2024-11-23	29	6th	1 5 13 14 24 25
2024-09-16	11	6th	4 15 17 21 24 25
2024-08-21	2	5th	11 16 21 23 25 34
2024-08-17	5	5th	7 10 11 19 25 39
2024-08-05	7	3rd	3 9 25 27 31 33
2024-07-20	21	4th	3 12 13 25 27 39
2024-06-01	10	4th	2 17 22 25 26 43
2024-05-08	5	4th	9 18 22 25 34 38
2024-04-27	5	3rd	11 14 25 27 28 44
2024-04-15	4	4th	6 11 12 25 28 43
2024-04-06	17	4th	13 17 23 25 29 42
2024-02-26	3	5th	3 10 12 23 25 39
2024-02-19	9	2nd	13 25 27 30 41 44
2024-01-29	5	4th	3 15 18 25 33 40
2024-01-17	3	4th	15 16 21 25 28 39
2024-01-10	11	3rd	19 20 25 28 40 42
2023-12-16	2	6th	2 4 6 14 18 25
2023-12-11	13	2nd	4 25 26 30 38 41
2023-11-11	5	4th	7 11 13 25 30 32
2023-10-25	20	4th	1 4 24 25 36 47
2023-08-16	1	4th	7 11 20 25 33 45
2023-08-12	28	5th	2 7 15 18 25 29
2023-05-06	6	3rd	2 20 25 37 45 47
2023-04-15	12	3rd	4 15 25 29 40 46
2023-03-04	1	4th	8 11 16 25 33 49
2023-03-01	1	4th	1 11 12 25 28 33
2023-02-25	24	4th	8 15 23 25 31 45
2022-12-03	1	2nd	20 25 30 34 44 47
2022-11-30	5	3rd	10 22 25 27 32 33
2022-11-12	6	4th	3 20 23 25 33 45
2022-10-22	13	4th	1 16 17 25 37 45
2022-09-07	1	3rd	7 15 25 34 37 47
2022-09-03	7	5th	5 13 18 22 25 28
2022-08-10	8	3rd	17 22 25 32 41 46
2022-07-13	6	6th	2 3 19 20 22 25
2022-06-22	28	4th	1 5 7 25 38 41
2022-03-16	2	2nd	9 25 30 31 32 48
2022-03-09	1	3rd	11 13 25 28 31 45
2022-03-05	9	4th	3 8 24 25 33 47
2022-02-02	10	5th	3 10 19 20 25 31
2021-12-29	10	4th	1 7 9 25 31 39
2021-11-24	6	3rd	1 7 25 30 34 35
2021-11-03	1	2nd	20 25 31 42 44 45
2021-10-30	11	3rd	14 17 25 36 38 42
2021-09-22	18	4th	6 12 13 25 36 37
2021-07-21	1	4th	3 16 20 25 38 47
2021-07-17	10	5th	1 5 14 24 25 34
2021-06-12	4	3rd	7 17 25 39 40 48
2021-05-29	34	2nd	15 25 27 38 46 48
2021-01-30	6	4th	4 9 20 25 32 38
2021-01-09	5	2nd	3 25 33 38 43 48
2020-12-23	18	3rd	5 22 25 31 36 42
2020-10-21	47	5th	6 14 21 23 25 43
2020-05-09	9	3rd	13 14 25 31 33 43
2020-04-08	12	4th	13 21 24 25 30 49
2020-02-26	6	3rd	4 7 25 39 46 48
2020-02-05	3	3rd	1 2 25 35 36 40
2020-01-25	7	3rd	14 24 25 31 46 47
2020-01-01	20	5th	2 10 14 15 25 48
2019-10-23	11	3rd	12 16 25 30 32 37
2019-09-14	12	2nd	14 25 35 41 44 49
2019-08-03	8	4th	12 17 20 25 40 49
2019-07-06	33	3rd	12 18 25 29 32 35
2019-03-13	2	5th	1 3 9 14 25 48
2019-03-06	2	3rd	8 9 25 34 40 49
2019-02-27	3	4th	7 10 24 25 34 48
2019-02-16	12	4th	3 9 23 25 38 46
2019-01-05	13	4th	6 9 11 25 35 36
2018-11-21	8	3rd	11 15 25 26 35 39
2018-10-24	6	4th	5 8 9 25 36 37
2018-10-03	5	4th	8 12 21 25 27 29
2018-09-15	3	2nd	17 25 28 32 38 46
2018-09-05	20	5th	7 12 13 20 25 36
2018-06-27	15	5th	1 7 18 19 25 26
2018-05-05	1	2nd	13 25 26 34 41 44
2018-05-02	11	3rd	5 8 25 26 36 42
2018-03-24	1	3rd	6 21 25 35 47 48
2018-03-21	6	2nd	18 25 32 42 46 49
2018-02-28	1	3rd	7 17 25 29 39 41
2018-02-24	13	5th	9 11 12 18 25 39
2018-01-10	3	3rd	15 18 25 36 38 39
2017-12-30	2	6th	8 11 20 21 24 25
2017-12-23	2	5th	5 11 18 22 25 45
2017-12-16	7	4th	1 9 12 25 32 49
2017-11-22	2	3rd	1 6 25 34 36 46
2017-11-15	34	3rd	7 10 25 35 43 47
2017-07-19	18	2nd	5 25 34 35 42 49
2017-05-17	1	2nd	6 25 33 40 44 48
2017-05-13	1	3rd	4 23 25 29 30 43
2017-05-10	2	3rd	3 4 25 39 42 46
2017-05-03	11	3rd	6 23 25 40 47 48
2017-03-25	3	2nd	4 25 29 42 44 49
2017-03-15	2	5th	2 4 10 21 25 36
2017-03-08	2	3rd	7 9 25 38 42 44
2017-03-01	1	4th	13 21 23 25 39 45
2017-02-25	3	3rd	5 6 25 27 35 46
2017-02-15	4	2nd	1 25 26 27 34 47
2017-02-01	6	3rd	9 11 25 26 30 49
2017-01-11	1	3rd	22 24 25 35 36 43
2017-01-07	2	2nd	19 25 30 33 41 43
2016-12-31	11	5th	8 11 16 20 25 42
2016-11-23	17	2nd	18 25 34 35 46 47
2016-09-24	5	3rd	1 5 25 35 38 48
2016-09-07	7	4th	1 5 11 25 30 44
2016-08-13	7	2nd	12 25 31 33 36 43
2016-07-20	1	3rd	6 24 25 34 41 48
2016-07-16	13	4th	2 21 22 25 27 40
2016-06-01	4	5th	8 9 10 12 25 41
2016-05-18	27	5th	5 12 17 24 25 30
2016-02-13	12	3rd	2 12 25 35 42 44
2016-01-02	16	3rd	13 24 25 31 34 36
2015-11-07	1	2nd	7 25 26 39 41 44
2015-11-04	6	5th	7 9 17 23 25 26
2015-10-14	5	4th	18 22 24 25 26 41
2015-09-26	2	4th	4 10 11 25 26 35
2015-09-19	19	4th	11 14 19 25 26 37
2015-07-15	6	3rd	7 18 25 35 44 49
2015-06-24	1	4th	5 8 12 25 35 42
2015-06-20	22	1st	25 28 32 40 41 43
2015-04-04	6	2nd	11 25 34 45 46 48
2015-03-14	8	2nd	20 25 32 37 39 43
2015-02-14	7	3rd	1 3 25 36 41 46
2015-01-21	6	5th	6 12 15 24 25 37
2014-12-31	8	3rd	12 23 25 36 38 40
2014-12-03	3	2nd	6 25 35 36 41 46
2014-11-22	5	6th	7 14 18 20 24 25
2014-11-05	4	5th	4 6 18 20 25 42
2014-10-22	1	3rd	8 17 25 26 30 35
2014-10-18	1	3rd	12 19 25 35 46 47
2014-10-15	3	3rd	23 24 25 28 40 44
2014-10-04	1	4th	9 15 22 25 28 41
2014-10-01	28	3rd	10 19 25 26 27 30
2014-06-25	5	4th	5 16 22 25 33 43
2014-06-07	17	4th	5 21 23 25 29 41
2014-04-09	6	4th	2 5 7 25 35 45
2014-03-19	1	5th	9 10 20 24 25 34
2014-03-15	20	3rd	11 19 25 40 41 48
2014-01-04	10	4th	2 3 24 25 29 38
2013-11-30	4	2nd	11 25 26 28 45 47
2013-11-16	20	3rd	13 22 25 26 33 37
2013-09-07	1	1st	25 26 31 32 33 35
2013-09-04	3	3rd	11 20 25 29 42 45
2013-08-24	8	3rd	3 9 25 37 41 45
2013-07-27	3	2nd	12 25 26 27 32 40
2013-07-17	8	4th	7 9 12 25 29 35
2013-06-19	25	3rd	15 24 25 35 42 48
2013-03-23	26	4th	12 21 24 25 28 29
2012-12-22	1	4th	1 14 24 25 27 49
2012-12-19	7	3rd	12 16 25 29 39 43
2012-11-24	6	4th	3 4 16 25 26 28
2012-11-03	11	4th	2 11 20 25 31 39
2012-09-26	4	2nd	22 25 29 30 36 37
2012-09-12	6	3rd	4 5 25 27 30 31
2012-08-22	13	5th	10 15 20 21 25 40
2012-07-07	11	5th	10 15 16 19 25 46
2012-05-30	5	3rd	11 15 25 31 37 40
2012-05-12	2	5th	1 3 15 19 25 40
2012-05-05	7	3rd	18 22 25 34 44 48
2012-04-11	4	4th	3 9 10 25 34 42
2012-03-28	20	2nd	16 25 33 37 43 45
2012-01-18	12	4th	9 18 23 25 26 46
2011-12-07	4	1st	25 28 35 42 46 49
2011-11-23	1	3rd	3 17 25 32 45 49
2011-11-19	2	3rd	4 23 25 27 28 49
2011-11-12	1	3rd	1 3 25 30 32 34
2011-11-09	7	5th	3 7 16 17 25 31
2011-10-15	21	3rd	5 11 25 30 31 33
2011-08-03	1	5th	1 5 19 22 25 28
2011-07-30	3	3rd	18 19 25 28 30 40
2011-07-20	40	4th	7 8 18 25 26 38
2011-03-02	6	4th	6 9 13 25 36 45
2011-02-09	1	3rd	2 21 25 42 46 48
2011-02-05	2	5th	7 11 12 14 25 39
2011-01-29	10	3rd	17 22 25 31 32 42
2010-12-25	23	4th	6 16 18 25 28 37
2010-10-06	8	5th	2 4 15 19 25 38
2010-09-08	7	4th	6 19 24 25 35 46
2010-08-14	1	3rd	18 24 25 26 27 31
2010-08-11	3	2nd	2 25 26 39 42 45
2010-07-31	13	3rd	6 9 25 33 43 44
2010-06-16	7	4th	12 14 20 25 26 37
2010-05-22	32	3rd	15 24 25 28 29 40
2010-01-30	—	3rd	14 22 25 40 45 47