Number 25

In Lotto under the 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 rules — 847 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

107times drawn · chance expected 98 +1.00σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 61% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

39longest completed wait · 64% chance of one at least that long

25 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 107 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, +1.00σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 18 times, counted separately.

Number 25, draw by draw

Drawn 107 times in 847 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 5 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 smallest4 · chance 3.7
2nd smallest18 · chance 19.2
3rd smallest46 · chance 36.8
4th smallest26 · chance 32.4
5th smallest12 · chance 13.1
6th smallest1 · chance 1.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 39 51 11 3 1

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
2025-09-03	1	2nd	17 25 26 30 44 48
2025-08-30	8	2nd	8 25 29 36 46 51
2025-08-02	21	3rd	6 16 25 30 50 51
2025-05-21	16	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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

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