In Mega Millions under the 5/70 + 1/24 · since Apr 2025 rules — 158 draws, 5 from 1–70.
10times drawn · chance expected 11 −0.40σ
4draws waiting · a wait this long: 80% for any number
16.6average wait between appearances · chance says 14.0
37longest completed wait · 48% chance of one at least that long
25 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 10 times in 158 draws against 11.3 expected, −0.40σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
25
Number 25, draw by draw
Drawn 10 times in 158 draws · average wait 16.6 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 4 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.
Never drawn alongside 39 of the other 69 numbers; chance expects about 39 such strangers 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 70. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 5/70 tonight whatever it did last week.