Number 25

In Montana Cash under the 5/45 · since May 2014 rules — 1,296 draws, 5 from 1–45.

162times drawn · chance expected 144 +1.59σ

25draws waiting · a wait this long: 6% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

53longest completed wait · 30% chance of one at least that long

25 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 162 times in 1,296 draws against 144.0 expected, +1.59σ. Each draw is independent: after 25 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 25, draw by draw

Drawn 162 times in 1,296 draws · average wait 7.9 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest6 · chance 5.8
2nd smallest32 · chance 32.7
3rd smallest61 · chance 62.6
4th smallest43 · chance 48.3
5th smallest20 · chance 12.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

28 3 9 14 12 27

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-07-15	4	3rd	18 19 25 40 41
2026-07-01	15	3rd	12 21 25 28 44
2026-05-09	2	2nd	14 25 27 31 41
2026-05-02	11	3rd	18 19 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-19	2	3rd	10 21 25 27 36
2024-10-12	28	2nd	12 25 27 29 38
2024-07-06	6	4th	8 9 13 25 27
2024-06-15	4	3rd	3 6 25 29 41
2024-06-01	14	5th	17 18 20 22 25
2024-04-13	19	3rd	9 16 25 28 40
2024-02-07	2	2nd	24 25 31 33 42
2024-01-31	7	3rd	2 3 25 40 43
2024-01-06	4	3rd	13 24 25 28 42
2023-12-23	3	2nd	18 25 35 38 41
2023-12-13	10	4th	1 8 10 25 43
2023-11-08	3	5th	5 17 19 24 25
2023-10-28	22	3rd	4 12 25 40 41
2023-08-12	6	4th	6 15 22 25 39
2023-07-22	4	3rd	5 19 25 35 45
2023-07-08	1	3rd	2 4 25 28 31
2023-07-05	10	4th	3 4 13 25 38
2023-05-31	16	3rd	7 22 25 26 45
2023-04-05	14	2nd	19 25 26 27 28
2023-02-15	4	2nd	4 25 31 33 36
2023-02-01	6	4th	7 13 24 25 31
2023-01-11	3	4th	6 14 24 25 31
2022-12-31	5	3rd	6 17 25 28 30
2022-12-14	10	3rd	3 21 25 37 44
2022-11-09	3	3rd	9 19 25 34 36
2022-10-29	7	5th	10 11 13 23 25
2022-10-05	4	5th	1 16 19 24 25
2022-09-21	6	5th	4 12 18 23 25
2022-08-31	2	4th	6 9 23 25 38
2022-08-24	2	4th	5 6 21 25 44
2022-08-17	3	3rd	14 21 25 35 45
2022-08-06	4	4th	6 13 22 25 30
2022-07-23	13	3rd	10 16 25 29 33
2022-06-08	17	4th	2 6 18 25 33
2022-04-09	6	1st	25 26 29 35 43
2022-03-19	23	2nd	11 25 28 29 42
2021-12-29	1	4th	12 21 22 25 26
2021-12-25	2	5th	2 3 7 12 25
2021-12-18	10	3rd	8 9 25 42 45
2021-11-13	16	2nd	12 25 28 39 43
2021-09-18	2	4th	10 19 20 25 28
2021-09-11	6	3rd	14 19 25 28 33
2021-08-21	2	5th	1 5 13 19 25
2021-08-14	11	3rd	3 10 25 31 38
2021-07-07	3	3rd	5 15 25 30 39
2021-06-26	5	3rd	9 14 25 26 31
2021-06-09	5	2nd	6 25 33 39 43
2021-05-22	2	5th	1 8 14 23 25
2021-05-15	9	4th	8 9 20 25 27
2021-04-14	5	3rd	12 15 25 33 43
2021-03-27	1	1st	25 30 37 44 45
2021-03-24	1	2nd	18 25 37 39 43
2021-03-20	2	5th	1 6 10 12 25
2021-03-13	7	3rd	20 24 25 38 44
2021-02-17	4	3rd	11 22 25 31 44
2021-02-03	3	2nd	1 25 29 33 36
2021-01-23	2	2nd	16 25 34 38 45
2021-01-16	9	2nd	7 25 32 33 37
2020-12-16	12	4th	9 11 22 25 35
2020-11-04	9	2nd	2 25 28 41 42
2020-10-03	15	2nd	21 25 29 31 45
2020-08-12	6	3rd	15 19 25 28 39
2020-07-22	16	5th	3 5 10 17 25
2020-05-27	37	3rd	8 9 25 27 37
2020-01-18	6	2nd	14 25 34 35 43
2019-12-28	1	5th	1 2 10 21 25
2019-12-25	10	5th	3 4 8 24 25
2019-11-20	22	3rd	17 23 25 29 45
2019-09-04	1	1st	25 27 31 39 41
2019-08-31	1	2nd	17 25 36 38 39
2019-08-28	2	2nd	1 25 30 34 44
2019-08-21	16	3rd	2 10 25 27 28
2019-06-26	14	4th	1 17 18 25 42
2019-05-08	3	2nd	24 25 28 29 40
2019-04-27	5	4th	10 11 16 25 42
2019-04-10	11	4th	3 18 22 25 43
2019-03-02	1	4th	14 17 20 25 27
2019-02-27	27	3rd	1 20 25 27 28
2018-11-24	5	3rd	14 15 25 27 45
2018-11-07	2	2nd	2 25 28 40 43
2018-10-31	1	4th	3 15 17 25 29
2018-10-27	2	4th	12 14 15 25 28
2018-10-20	1	3rd	2 13 25 29 41
2018-10-17	53	4th	11 20 23 25 37
2018-04-14	9	4th	9 18 22 25 39
2018-03-14	1	3rd	19 21 25 29 43
2018-03-10	1	4th	3 14 21 25 31
2018-03-07	2	3rd	9 14 25 37 43
2018-02-28	6	4th	2 9 21 25 45
2018-02-07	7	4th	1 7 23 25 38
2018-01-13	10	3rd	14 23 25 27 45
2017-12-09	11	2nd	7 25 26 31 36
2017-11-01	7	3rd	12 14 25 30 42
2017-10-07	2	5th	2 3 7 19 25
2017-09-30	31	5th	12 13 15 16 25
2017-06-14	2	4th	5 11 12 25 39
2017-06-07	5	3rd	2 14 25 28 38
2017-05-20	4	3rd	11 14 25 28 44
2017-05-06	16	3rd	2 12 25 30 36
2017-03-11	7	5th	7 14 22 24 25
2017-02-15	4	4th	7 17 24 25 43
2017-02-01	3	2nd	15 25 31 34 38
2017-01-21	1	4th	6 9 11 25 35
2017-01-18	6	2nd	23 25 27 28 43
2016-12-28	10	4th	9 21 22 25 38
2016-11-23	3	3rd	17 20 25 28 29
2016-11-12	1	3rd	2 9 25 27 45
2016-11-09	14	5th	6 8 17 23 25
2016-09-21	10	4th	3 14 17 25 45
2016-08-17	5	4th	5 16 23 25 30
2016-07-30	33	2nd	22 25 26 30 35
2016-04-06	5	3rd	4 20 25 41 43
2016-03-19	9	2nd	23 25 27 34 41
2016-02-17	1	1st	25 33 38 39 41
2016-02-13	8	4th	3 13 16 25 44
2016-01-16	3	4th	9 14 20 25 43
2016-01-06	16	2nd	14 25 31 36 40
2015-11-11	2	5th	1 6 9 21 25
2015-11-04	2	3rd	11 24 25 30 35
2015-10-28	2	5th	9 16 22 23 25
2015-10-21	6	4th	4 7 19 25 28
2015-09-30	5	4th	19 22 24 25 42
2015-09-12	3	3rd	6 22 25 37 44
2015-09-02	27	3rd	3 18 25 33 42
2015-05-30	4	2nd	15 25 26 27 32
2015-05-16	3	3rd	16 21 25 30 45
2015-05-06	15	4th	3 6 11 25 27
2015-03-14	6	1st	25 39 41 42 45
2015-02-21	11	2nd	16 25 27 39 40
2015-01-14	3	3rd	5 13 25 26 43
2015-01-03	6	3rd	12 16 25 34 39
2014-12-13	15	4th	15 19 24 25 41
2014-10-22	22	2nd	5 25 26 30 34
2014-08-06	7	3rd	6 12 25 35 37
2014-07-12	2	3rd	4 8 25 32 45
2014-07-05	8	4th	6 8 14 25 44
2014-06-07	5	3rd	9 15 25 26 30
2014-05-21	—	3rd	2 19 25 30 45