Number 25

In Lucky for Life under the 5/48 + 1/18 · since Jan 2015 rules — 2,354 draws, 5 from 1–48.

247times drawn · chance expected 245 +0.12σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 58% for any number

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

62longest completed wait · 26% chance of one at least that long

25 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 247 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, +0.12σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 25, draw by draw

Drawn 247 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 62 · waiting 6 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 smallest13 · chance 12.3
2nd smallest58 · chance 58.9
3rd smallest86 · chance 96.7
4th smallest77 · chance 64.5
5th smallest13 · chance 14.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 30 43 9 28 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-02-15	5	2nd	18 25 30 33 35
2026-02-10	1	3rd	13 18 25 27 30
2026-02-09	9	4th	11 14 23 25 42
2026-01-31	2	3rd	9 13 25

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 5/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-14	4	4th	3 10 17 25 37
2025-08-10	3	3rd	6 11 25 40 46
2025-08-07	3	2nd	16 25 26 27 36
2025-08-04	1	1st	25 26 30 37 45
2025-08-03	3	3rd	4 9 25 33 43
2025-07-31	4	2nd	14 25 33 39 40
2025-07-27	11	4th	4 6 9 25 47
2025-07-16	1	4th	17 21 23 25 47
2025-07-15	27	2nd	21 25 26 39 48
2025-06-18	3	3rd	6 16 25 26 44
2025-06-15	30	3rd	12 17 25 40 44
2025-05-16	17	3rd	14 24 25 29 35
2025-04-29	8	2nd	24 25 39 43 45
2025-04-21	14	2nd	12 25 29 36 47
2025-04-07	17	2nd	21 25 31 37 38
2025-03-21	1	2nd	7 25 28 40 45
2025-03-20	3	3rd	7 14 25 35 40
2025-03-17	10	3rd	6 12 25 29 32
2025-03-07	3	3rd	2 7 25 28 36
2025-03-04	3	3rd	2 11 25 30 31
2025-03-01	4	2nd	12 25 28 30 43
2025-02-25	12	5th	6 10 14 16 25
2025-02-13	2	3rd	1 21 25 37 45
2025-02-11	6	2nd	8 25 28 41 46
2025-02-05	7	3rd	7 9 25 37 39
2025-01-29	7	3rd	1 20 25 30 34
2025-01-22	23	2nd	24 25 37 44 45
2024-12-30	2	4th	7 14 18 25 47
2024-12-28	23	4th	14 19 21 25 30
2024-12-05	1	3rd	4 13 25 44 47
2024-12-04	3	3rd	1 13 25 33 46
2024-12-01	4	3rd	1 7 25 33 46
2024-11-27	25	4th	5 16 22 25 45
2024-11-02	4	2nd	21 25 30 34 35
2024-10-29	6	4th	4 8 9 25 48
2024-10-23	9	4th	9 12 22 25 44
2024-10-14	1	3rd	1 12 25 32 35
2024-10-13	37	4th	2 6 14 25 45
2024-09-06	1	4th	3 23 24 25 30
2024-09-05	2	5th	2 3 18 23 25
2024-09-03	4	1st	25 36 38 39 48
2024-08-30	29	3rd	3 24 25 30 43
2024-08-01	8	2nd	3 25 36 41 42
2024-07-24	1	4th	15 18 21 25 36
2024-07-23	5	4th	1 4 15 25 31
2024-07-18	9	3rd	9 22 25 35 45
2024-07-09	10	1st	25 31 40 41 44
2024-06-29	9	4th	10 11 22 25 44
2024-06-20	6	3rd	22 24 25 28 35
2024-06-14	7	3rd	6 21 25 33 45
2024-06-07	5	4th	3 12 15 25 32
2024-06-02	7	5th	8 16 19 20 25
2024-05-26	27	3rd	2 17 25 26 43
2024-04-29	1	4th	12 14 16 25 46
2024-04-28	13	2nd	4 25 32 35 40
2024-04-15	20	3rd	11 24 25 44 46
2024-03-26	21	2nd	18 25 34 39 48
2024-03-05	37	4th	7 17 22 25 43
2024-01-28	13	4th	4 11 23 25 27
2024-01-15	2	4th	3 12 14 25 39
2024-01-13	5	2nd	3 25 32 36 48
2024-01-08	5	3rd	9 19 25 33 43
2024-01-03	28	4th	3 17 21 25 43
2023-12-06	13	4th	4 9 15 25 40
2023-11-23	7	2nd	7 25 33 43 44
2023-11-16	8	3rd	11 22 25 29 34
2023-11-08	10	2nd	11 25 27 42 45
2023-10-29	18	2nd	17 25 35 40 47
2023-10-11	7	2nd	23 25 26 37 38
2023-10-04	6	2nd	11 25 28 43 45
2023-09-28	4	3rd	16 19 25 30 47
2023-09-24	37	2nd	6 25 26 28 31
2023-08-18	2	3rd	7 8 25 36 46
2023-08-16	2	3rd	13 19 25 33 48
2023-08-14	2	2nd	6 25 37 39 47
2023-08-12	6	2nd	11 25 29 30 42
2023-08-06	3	4th	4 6 22 25 48
2023-08-03	7	4th	5 18 19 25 48
2023-07-27	14	2nd	19 25 32 36 40
2023-07-13	10	5th	19 20 21 22 25
2023-07-03	34	3rd	12 14 25 29 43
2023-05-30	6	1st	25 28 35 43 46
2023-05-24	2	2nd	1 25 26 46 47
2023-05-22	28	2nd	17 25 37 40 41
2023-04-24	3	4th	17 18 21 25 42
2023-04-21	14	4th	4 7 8 25 29
2023-04-07	2	2nd	21 25 31 42 48
2023-04-05	1	4th	6 13 17 25 33
2023-04-04	3	5th	10 13 20 22 25
2023-04-01	11	3rd	1 12 25 39 45
2023-03-21	15	2nd	7 25 36 38 43
2023-03-06	1	4th	3 7 24 25 28
2023-03-05	40	4th	1 7 10 25 43
2023-01-24	7	2nd	1 25 28 39 47
2023-01-17	1	3rd	3 4 25 35 48
2023-01-16	14	3rd	11 17 25 31 38
2023-01-02	8	4th	4 12 15 25 44
2022-12-25	1	2nd	9 25 34 41 48
2022-12-24	6	4th	4 7 15 25 36
2022-12-18	16	4th	11 19 20 25 34
2022-12-02	5	4th	4 8 20 25 34
2022-11-27	3	2nd	2 25 27 30 39
2022-11-24	25	4th	12 15 22 25 43
2022-10-30	15	1st	25 27 28 34 44
2022-10-15	6	3rd	8 15 25 34 43
2022-10-09	5	3rd	18 24 25 27 29
2022-10-04	6	2nd	21 25 32 37 40
2022-09-28	7	3rd	2 4 25 44 46
2022-09-21	7	3rd	8 19 25 28 35
2022-09-14	6	3rd	4 12 25 39 43
2022-09-08	5	4th	4 11 17 25 26
2022-09-03	15	4th	6 8 14 25 42
2022-08-19	1	1st	25 30 40 43 44
2022-08-18	15	5th	7 13 17 22 25
2022-08-03	13	3rd	1 17 25 27 42
2022-07-21	2	3rd	19 24 25 29 31
2022-07-19	11	4th	2 8 19 25 43
2022-07-08	20	3rd	2 20 25 34 43
2022-06-18	4	4th	12 15 16 25 47
2022-06-14	6	3rd	18 24 25 29 37
2022-06-08	17	4th	5 14 16 25 26
2022-05-22	3	3rd	7 11 25 31 46
2022-05-19	4	5th	15 16 18 23 25
2022-05-15	44	4th	4 7 13 25 40
2022-04-01	5	3rd	6 16 25 40 47
2022-03-27	12	4th	1 5 11 25 42
2022-03-15	6	1st	25 33 34 35 46
2022-03-09	12	3rd	6 12 25 38 47
2022-02-25	10	3rd	9 23 25 32 38
2022-02-15	3	1st	25 27 28 31 38
2022-02-12	2	2nd	13 25 27 39 45
2022-02-10	4	3rd	8 16 25 28 48
2022-02-06	1	2nd	24 25 33 37 40
2022-02-05	2	3rd	4 18 25 43 45
2022-02-03	2	4th	6 14 16 25 36
2022-02-01	8	4th	4 10 20 25 36
2022-01-24	3	3rd	9 22 25 29 31
2022-01-21	1	3rd	4 23 25 28 35
2022-01-20	5	2nd	4 25 27 33 43
2022-01-15	29	3rd	2 9 25 28 36
2021-12-17	8	3rd	6 7 25 28 45
2021-12-09	6	4th	8 21 23 25 41
2021-12-03	3	4th	3 12 14 25 44
2021-11-30	1	2nd	9 25 29 40 42
2021-11-29	26	4th	16 17 22 25 29
2021-11-03	8	3rd	7 19 25 32 45
2021-10-26	1	4th	9 11 15 25 37
2021-10-25	4	2nd	13 25 27 35 39
2021-10-21	3	4th	6 13 17 25 28
2021-10-18	6	4th	9 17 18 25 47
2021-10-12	10	4th	1 6 8 25 31
2021-10-02	46	4th	1 12 24 25 37
2021-08-17	11	3rd	2 10 25 29 48
2021-08-06	2	4th	1 4 6 25 26
2021-08-04	22	2nd	1 25 30 36 37
2021-06-28	13	4th	5 7 23 25 48
2021-05-13	10	3rd	3 7 25 31 36
2021-04-08	4	2nd	17 25 30 37 39
2021-03-25	22	3rd	3 24 25 37 44
2021-01-07	7	3rd	3 20 25 28 30
2020-12-14	3	2nd	7 25 34 37 43
2020-12-03	2	4th	11 17 22 25 37
2020-11-26	16	2nd	11 25 31 41 43
2020-10-01	5	4th	5 8 9 25 29
2020-09-14	1	3rd	2 5 25 45 46
2020-09-10	1	3rd	4 13 25 28 33
2020-09-07	2	3rd	4 7 25 30 36
2020-08-31	2	5th	3 9 14 18 25
2020-08-24	20	3rd	18 22 25 31 46
2020-06-15	1	1st	25 28 32 47 48
2020-06-11	19	3rd	9 24 25 29 42
2020-04-06	16	2nd	2 25 26 30 37
2020-02-10	5	4th	3 7 21 25 26
2020-01-23	8	2nd	11 25 28 33 42
2019-12-26	20	2nd	16 25 29 30 35
2019-10-17	7	3rd	8 9 25 27 33
2019-09-23	6	3rd	4 23 25 43 48
2019-09-02	2	4th	6 7 22 25 46
2019-08-26	5	2nd	9 25 30 37 48
2019-08-08	15	1st	25 28 34 45 46
2019-06-17	13	2nd	3 25 29 40 47
2019-05-02	14	4th	5 7 9 25 33
2019-03-14	62	5th	11 12 23 24 25
2018-08-09	14	2nd	13 25 30 33 37
2018-06-21	3	3rd	3 6 25 39 44
2018-06-11	46	3rd	4 5 25 36 46
2018-01-01	5	3rd	15 18 25 31 35
2017-12-14	8	3rd	17 21 25 30 48
2017-11-16	13	5th	14 20 21 22 25
2017-10-02	36	2nd	24 25 28 37 47
2017-05-29	12	2nd	20 25 29 30 37
2017-04-17	9	3rd	11 17 25 32 44
2017-03-16	4	3rd	1 9 25 36 39
2017-03-02	3	3rd	23 24 25 40 41
2017-02-20	10	4th	2 14 18 25 27
2017-01-16	10	4th	5 6 24 25 26
2016-12-12	11	3rd	6 18 25 44 48
2016-11-03	10	4th	6 15 24 25 33
2016-09-29	5	3rd	6 14 25 46 47
2016-09-12	8	1st	25 28 30 41 47
2016-08-15	9	5th	1 4 14 15 25
2016-07-14	7	1st	25 27 30 43 48
2016-06-20	3	2nd	3 25 38 45 46
2016-06-09	1	3rd	2 7 25 36 40
2016-06-06	7	4th	7 9 22 25 37
2016-05-12	7	3rd	1 6 25 29 44
2016-04-18	6	4th	6 11 22 25 46
2016-03-28	12	3rd	12 21 25 30 40
2016-02-15	4	4th	1 4 11 25 27
2016-02-01	8	4th	14 15 22 25 38
2016-01-04	7	2nd	1 25 31 43 45
2015-12-10	7	3rd	19 23 25 42 46
2015-11-16	2	2nd	14 25 28 37 42
2015-11-09	12	3rd	15 20 25 37 39
2015-09-28	7	3rd	8 19 25 32 48
2015-09-03	1	1st	25 39 46 47 48
2015-08-31	3	5th	8 10 16 22 25
2015-08-20	1	4th	12 21 23 25 48
2015-08-17	22	3rd	22 23 25 30 37
2015-06-01	26	4th	3 6 22 25 40
2015-03-02	6	4th	2 16 20 25 39
2015-02-09	1	3rd	8 15 25 33 41
2015-02-05	—	3rd	1 15 25 43 47