Number 25

In Set for Life under the 5/47 + 1/10 · since Mar 2019 rules — 791 draws, 5 from 1–47.

72times drawn · chance expected 84 −1.40σ

29draws waiting · a wait this long: 4% for any number

10.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

48longest completed wait · 30% chance of one at least that long

25 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 72 times in 791 draws against 84.1 expected, −1.40σ. Each draw is independent: after 29 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 25, draw by draw

Drawn 72 times in 791 draws · average wait 10.7 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 29 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 smallest1 · chance 3.2
2nd smallest17 · chance 16.3
3rd smallest33 · chance 28.1
4th smallest16 · chance 19.6
5th smallest5 · chance 4.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 30 33 34 8 11

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 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 47. 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
2026-07-02	23	4th	16 22 23 25 30
2026-04-13	30	4th	12 13 19 25 44
2025-12-29	14	4th	8 13 15 25 39
2025-11-10	5	3rd	1 7 25 27

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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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