In Mega Millions under the 5/70 + 1/25 · Oct 2017 – Apr 2025 rules — 776 draws, 1 from 1–25 (an earlier era).
36times drawn · chance expected 31 +0.91σ
0draws waiting — it came up last time
21.7average wait between appearances · chance says 25.0
89longest completed wait · 62% chance of one at least that long
25 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 36 times in 776 draws against 31.0 expected, +0.91σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
25
Number 25, draw by draw
Drawn 36 times in 776 draws · average wait 21.7 draws · longest completed wait 89 · drawn in the most recent draw
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.
Never drawn alongside 24 of the other 24 numbers; chance expects about 24 such strangers 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 — 14th most popular of 25. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 1/25 tonight whatever it did last week.