Number 25

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Aug 2020 rules — 642 draws, 6 from 1–42.

83times drawn · chance expected 92 −0.98σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 73% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

40longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long

25 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 83 times in 642 draws against 91.7 expected, −0.98σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 25, draw by draw

Drawn 83 times in 642 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 3 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 0.7
2nd smallest8 · chance 6.3
3rd smallest23 · chance 20.8
4th smallest28 · chance 30.5
5th smallest17 · chance 20.0
6th smallest6 · chance 4.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 20 31 9 30 32

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-09-30	7	3rd	11 16 25 26 30 35
2026-09-05	1	3rd	20 21 25 30 32 42
2026-09-02	19	4th	20 21 23 25 32 38
2026-06-27	8	5th	1

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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-08-28	1	4th	10 12 13 25 26 29
2024-08-24	29	5th	1 10 11 19 25 42
2024-05-15	7	6th	8 16 17 19 20 25
2024-04-20	6	2nd	16 25 30 32 40 42
2024-03-30	4	2nd	3 25 26 27 29 38
2024-03-16	13	3rd	2 9 25 33 34 42
2024-01-31	26	2nd	6 25 30 33 36 39
2023-11-01	1	1st	25 31 35 36 38 42
2023-10-28	3	5th	2 4 11 19 25 36
2023-10-18	9	4th	8 10 16 25 28 38
2023-09-16	11	6th	2 12 15 18 21 25
2023-08-09	11	3rd	6 18 25 28 37 38
2023-07-01	7	3rd	7 12 25 31 39 41
2023-06-07	9	4th	12 17 21 25 28 41
2023-05-06	2	4th	17 21 22 25 30 42
2023-04-29	9	5th	5 10 16 18 25 37
2023-03-29	11	4th	11 19 22 25 26 29
2023-02-18	20	5th	1 13 18 19 25 28
2022-12-10	5	2nd	12 25 28 32 37 40
2022-11-23	2	4th	1 3 10 25 28 31
2022-11-16	1	3rd	14 21 25 30 32 36
2022-11-12	4	3rd	7 9 25 27 29 31
2022-10-29	7	3rd	1 20 25 27 30 37
2022-10-05	6	4th	6 21 24 25 27 37
2022-09-14	10	5th	2 11 12 15 25 33
2022-08-10	2	4th	2 11 15 25 36 39
2022-08-03	3	4th	4 15 20 25 27 30
2022-07-23	5	2nd	14 25 30 34 39 42
2022-07-06	8	4th	9 11 24 25 34 40
2022-06-08	6	6th	13 17 18 20 22 25
2022-05-18	9	4th	8 14 24 25 28 32
2022-04-16	1	4th	9 16 24 25 36 37
2022-04-13	5	4th	11 16 17 25 26 33
2022-03-26	16	5th	13 15 18 23 25 36
2022-01-29	11	4th	14 21 24 25 26 35
2021-12-18	6	5th	2 3 15 21 25 28
2021-11-27	6	4th	5 15 24 25 36 42
2021-11-06	3	3rd	2 20 25 31 32 35
2021-10-27	9	6th	8 9 13 21 22 25
2021-09-25	1	5th	3 9 23 24 25 26
2021-09-22	3	4th	9 12 19 25 38 41
2021-09-11	8	4th	1 12 21 25 27 40
2021-08-14	1	4th	4 14 24 25 35 42
2021-08-11	9	3rd	18 21 25 30 31 32
2021-07-10	23	4th	1 17 20 25 28 37
2021-04-21	19	3rd	13 15 25 27 29 35
2021-02-13	4	3rd	16 22 25 32 40 41
2021-01-30	3	4th	4 5 24 25 30 41
2021-01-20	2	3rd	4 20 25 29 39 42
2021-01-13	2	5th	3 8 13 24 25 38
2021-01-06	4	3rd	15 21 25 29 32 40
2020-12-23	1	2nd	7 25 26 31 35 41
2020-12-19	1	4th	1 13 18 25 32 36
2020-12-16	3	3rd	1 7 25 26 31 32
2020-12-05	6	3rd	4 23 25 32 35 36
2020-11-14	6	5th	10 13 17 19 25 33
2020-10-24	13	3rd	16 20 25 31 33 41
2020-09-09	2	5th	6 9 15 17 25 33
2020-09-02	—	6th	2 10 12 20 21 25