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Number 25 In Mega Millions under the 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 rules — 869 draws, 5 from 1–56 (an earlier era).
Main numbers Stars 5/70 + 1/24 · since Apr 2025 5/70 + 1/25 · Oct 2017 – Apr 2025 5/75 + 1/15 · Oct 2013 – Oct 2017 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 5/52 + 1/52 · May 2002 – Jun 2005 5/50 + 1/36 · Jan 1999 – May 2002 5/50 + 1/25 · Sep 1996 – Jan 1999 77 times drawn · chance expected 78 −0.07σ
4 draws waiting · a wait this long: 76% for any number
11.3 average wait between appearances · chance says 11.2
65 longest completed wait · 17% chance of one at least that long
25 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 77 times in 869 draws against 77.6 expected, −0.07σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
25 Number 25, draw by draw Drawn 77 times in 869 draws · average wait 11.3 draws · longest completed wait 65 · waiting 4 draws now
4 draws: 2005-07-01 to 2005-07-15 4 draws: 2005-07-15 to 2005-07-29 22 draws: 2005-07-29 to 2005-10-14 4 draws: 2005-10-14 to 2005-10-28 3 draws: 2005-10-28 to 2005-11-08 5 draws: 2005-11-08 to 2005-11-25 6 draws: 2005-11-25 to 2005-12-16 4 draws: 2005-12-16 to 2005-12-30 11 draws: 2005-12-30 to 2006-02-07 3 draws: 2006-02-07 to 2006-02-17 4 draws: 2006-02-17 to 2006-03-03 9 draws: 2006-03-03 to 2006-04-04 4 draws: 2006-04-04 to 2006-04-18 25 draws: 2006-04-18 to 2006-07-14 13 draws: 2006-07-14 to 2006-08-29 4 draws: 2006-08-29 to 2006-09-12 5 draws: 2006-09-12 to 2006-09-29 7 draws: 2006-09-29 to 2006-10-24 3 draws: 2006-10-24 to 2006-11-03 3 draws: 2006-11-03 to 2006-11-14 1 draws: 2006-11-14 to 2006-11-17 10 draws: 2006-11-17 to 2006-12-22 1 draws: 2006-12-22 to 2006-12-26 21 draws: 2006-12-26 to 2007-03-09 2 draws: 2007-03-09 to 2007-03-16 3 draws: 2007-03-16 to 2007-03-27 5 draws: 2007-03-27 to 2007-04-13 24 draws: 2007-04-13 to 2007-07-06 24 draws: 2007-07-06 to 2007-09-28 21 draws: 2007-09-28 to 2007-12-11 6 draws: 2007-12-11 to 2008-01-01 6 draws: 2008-01-01 to 2008-01-22 15 draws: 2008-01-22 to 2008-03-14 1 draws: 2008-03-14 to 2008-03-18 26 draws: 2008-03-18 to 2008-06-17 1 draws: 2008-06-17 to 2008-06-20 20 draws: 2008-06-20 to 2008-08-29 4 draws: 2008-08-29 to 2008-09-12 7 draws: 2008-09-12 to 2008-10-07 27 draws: 2008-10-07 to 2009-01-09 1 draws: 2009-01-09 to 2009-01-13 9 draws: 2009-01-13 to 2009-02-13 11 draws: 2009-02-13 to 2009-03-24 5 draws: 2009-03-24 to 2009-04-10 24 draws: 2009-04-10 to 2009-07-03 1 draws: 2009-07-03 to 2009-07-07 6 draws: 2009-07-07 to 2009-07-28 5 draws: 2009-07-28 to 2009-08-14 13 draws: 2009-08-14 to 2009-09-29 6 draws: 2009-09-29 to 2009-10-20 11 draws: 2009-10-20 to 2009-11-27 30 draws: 2009-11-27 to 2010-03-12 3 draws: 2010-03-12 to 2010-03-23 65 draws: 2010-03-23 to 2010-11-05 11 draws: 2010-11-05 to 2010-12-14 6 draws: 2010-12-14 to 2011-01-04 10 draws: 2011-01-04 to 2011-02-08 28 draws: 2011-02-08 to 2011-05-17 10 draws: 2011-05-17 to 2011-06-21 10 draws: 2011-06-21 to 2011-07-26 10 draws: 2011-07-26 to 2011-08-30 1 draws: 2011-08-30 to 2011-09-02 11 draws: 2011-09-02 to 2011-10-11 2 draws: 2011-10-11 to 2011-10-18 35 draws: 2011-10-18 to 2012-02-17 2 draws: 2012-02-17 to 2012-02-24 52 draws: 2012-02-24 to 2012-08-24 37 draws: 2012-08-24 to 2013-01-01 1 draws: 2013-01-01 to 2013-01-04 4 draws: 2013-01-04 to 2013-01-18 14 draws: 2013-01-18 to 2013-03-08 6 draws: 2013-03-08 to 2013-03-29 17 draws: 2013-03-29 to 2013-05-28 13 draws: 2013-05-28 to 2013-07-12 6 draws: 2013-07-12 to 2013-08-02 18 draws: 2013-08-02 to 2013-10-04 Still waiting — at least 4 draws since 2013-10-04 2005-07-01 2005-07-15 2005-07-29 2005-10-14 2005-10-28 2005-11-08 2005-11-25 2005-12-16 2005-12-30 2006-02-07 2006-02-17 2006-03-03 2006-04-04 2006-04-18 2006-07-14 2006-08-29 2006-09-12 2006-09-29 2006-10-24 2006-11-03 2006-11-14 2006-11-17 2006-12-22 2006-12-26 2007-03-09 2007-03-16 2007-03-27 2007-04-13 2007-07-06 2007-09-28 2007-12-11 2008-01-01 2008-01-22 2008-03-14 2008-03-18 2008-06-17 2008-06-20 2008-08-29 2008-09-12 2008-10-07 2009-01-09 2009-01-13 2009-02-13 2009-03-24 2009-04-10 2009-07-03 2009-07-07 2009-07-28 2009-08-14 2009-09-29 2009-10-20 2009-11-27 2010-03-12 2010-03-23 2010-11-05 2010-12-14 2011-01-04 2011-02-08 2011-05-17 2011-06-21 2011-07-26 2011-08-30 2011-09-02 2011-10-11 2011-10-18 2012-02-17 2012-02-24 2012-08-24 2013-01-01 2013-01-04 2013-01-18 2013-03-08 2013-03-29 2013-05-28 2013-07-12 2013-08-02 2013-10-04 2005-06-24 2013-10-18
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1st smallest 8 · chance 7.1 2nd smallest 24 · chance 24.4 3rd smallest 23 · chance 29.0 4th smallest 21 · chance 14.2 5th smallest 1 · chance 2.4 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 55 numbers; chance expected about 0.2 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 56. 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 ← number 24 Every number number 26 → 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 5/56 tonight whatever it did last week.