Number 25

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,727 draws, 6 from 1–49.

196times drawn · chance expected 211 −1.14σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 46% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

41longest completed wait · 65% chance of one at least that long

25 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 196 times in 1,727 draws against 211.5 expected, −1.14σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 25, draw by draw

Drawn 196 times in 1,727 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 7 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 smallest6 · chance 4.9
2nd smallest22 · chance 29.2
3rd smallest76 · chance 63.9
4th smallest68 · chance 63.9
5th smallest19 · chance 29.2
6th smallest5 · chance 4.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

47 28 33 5 10 40

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
2026-09-26	6	4th	21 23 24 25 28 49
2026-09-05	3	3rd	14 17 25 27 45 49
2026-08-26	1	3rd	21 23 25 44 48 49
2026-08-22	7	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.

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