Number 25

In UK Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,139 draws, 6 from 1–59.

104times drawn · chance expected 116 −1.16σ

25draws waiting · a wait this long: 8% for any number

10.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

53longest completed wait · 32% chance of one at least that long

25 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 104 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, −1.16σ. Each draw is independent: after 25 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 15 times, counted separately.

Number 25, draw by draw

Drawn 104 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 10.8 draws · longest completed wait 53 · waiting 25 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 smallest8 · chance 6.3
2nd smallest25 · chance 25.3
3rd smallest40 · chance 37.5
4th smallest23 · chance 25.8
5th smallest7 · chance 8.2
6th smallest1 · chance 1.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 11 39 34 52 1

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-06-10	26	3rd	1 12 25 29 40 41
2026-03-11	9	4th	2 3 18 25 40 54
2026-02-07	2	2nd	7 25 27 46 52 59
2026-01-31	12	4th	7 8

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-02-03	7	3rd	8 19 25 28 29 50
2024-01-10	21	4th	1 5 15 25 45 53
2023-10-28	5	1st	25 28 37 38 42 50
2023-10-11	12	6th	3 8 15 18 23 25
2023-08-30	5	4th	11 19 20 25 48 59
2023-08-12	33	5th	14 17 21 24 25 39
2023-04-19	53	3rd	7 22 25 47 54 58
2022-10-15	8	4th	11 13 18 25 36 55
2022-09-17	1	3rd	11 22 25 28 45 55
2022-09-14	3	1st	25 38 45 46 55 57
2022-09-03	3	2nd	9 25 42 43 46 52
2022-08-24	6	3rd	10 14 25 32 35 39
2022-08-03	8	2nd	5 25 28 29 53 58
2022-07-06	3	2nd	9 25 36 41 44 54
2022-06-25	5	3rd	13 23 25 31 43 52
2022-06-08	5	3rd	11 23 25 38 53 58
2022-05-21	34	2nd	12 25 37 48 51 57
2022-01-22	2	3rd	1 20 25 35 46 59
2022-01-15	12	3rd	13 14 25 31 37 39
2021-12-04	23	3rd	8 24 25 32 33 46
2021-09-15	17	3rd	20 24 25 27 34 37
2021-07-17	28	2nd	3 25 33 35 48 56
2021-04-10	22	2nd	20 25 26 48 49 50
2021-01-23	1	3rd	1 6 25 45 49 52
2021-01-20	19	5th	3 5 7 13 25 57
2020-11-14	13	1st	25 37 39 44 50 56
2020-09-30	13	2nd	10 25 34 41 46 55
2020-08-15	32	5th	10 14 16 22 25 34
2020-04-25	3	4th	3 9 21 25 28 59
2020-04-15	6	1st	25 37 38 43 54 57
2020-03-25	7	3rd	11 24 25 39 53 57
2020-02-29	2	1st	25 32 34 52 55 58
2020-02-22	9	3rd	21 23 25 27 36 47
2020-01-22	2	3rd	19 23 25 29 30 36
2020-01-15	12	2nd	15 25 50 52 54 55
2019-12-04	3	4th	9 13 21 25 28 31
2019-11-23	2	2nd	23 25 28 38 47 58
2019-11-16	3	3rd	2 10 25 51 56 59
2019-11-06	14	3rd	17 22 25 27 32 35
2019-09-18	19	2nd	1 25 28 34 39 57
2019-07-13	31	2nd	18 25 29 32 35 58
2019-03-27	13	3rd	13 18 25 35 39 50
2019-02-09	10	1st	25 27 31 36 38 47
2019-01-05	20	2nd	18 25 27 28 32 47
2018-10-27	7	3rd	1 6 25 26 31 39
2018-10-03	3	4th	3 5 11 25 27 45
2018-09-22	1	5th	5 16 18 20 25 55
2018-09-19	1	3rd	7 20 25 26 34 40
2018-09-15	7	1st	25 42 48 50 55 58
2018-08-22	5	4th	15 20 21 25 34 47
2018-08-04	4	4th	5 17 23 25 34 51
2018-07-21	3	4th	9 13 16 25 40 46
2018-07-11	5	4th	8 11 17 25 33 46
2018-06-23	13	4th	1 10 15 25 31 47
2018-05-09	8	3rd	18 21 25 30 56 59
2018-04-11	14	2nd	21 25 32 52 56 59
2018-02-21	19	2nd	14 25 29 30 35 53
2017-12-16	11	2nd	22 25 35 45 46 57
2017-11-08	14	3rd	2 17 25 32 42 49
2017-09-20	7	3rd	8 20 25 50 51 58
2017-08-26	2	2nd	20 25 34 41 42 52
2017-08-19	3	2nd	12 25 39 46 52 55
2017-08-09	6	3rd	5 9 25 34 51 59
2017-07-19	4	5th	2 6 14 16 25 36
2017-07-05	27	3rd	16 18 25 27 29 57
2017-04-01	35	5th	1 2 11 23 25 54
2016-11-30	2	3rd	10 20 25 39 45 55
2016-11-23	11	4th	2 4 8 25 38 39
2016-10-15	3	3rd	14 16 25 42 46 51
2016-10-05	5	3rd	11 16 25 37 43 44
2016-09-17	25	3rd	10 14 25 29 52 54
2016-06-22	21	2nd	11 25 36 39 40 57
2016-04-09	17	3rd	20 22 25 34 47 51
2016-02-10	2	3rd	2 13 25 32 37 39
2016-02-03	5	2nd	23 25 34 36 37 54
2016-01-16	4	4th	1 8 12 25 43 52
2016-01-02	6	2nd	12 25 29 40 48 56
2015-12-12	11	3rd	15 22 25 40 53 57
2015-11-04	4	4th	11 13 18 25 29 47
2015-10-21	—	4th	13 14 21 25 51 53