Number 25

In Pick 5 under the 5/40 · since Aug 2023 rules — 1,153 draws, 5 from 1–40.

139times drawn · chance expected 144 −0.46σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 77% for any number

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

58longest completed wait · 7% chance of one at least that long

25 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 139 times in 1,153 draws against 144.1 expected, −0.46σ. 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 139 times in 1,153 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 58 · 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 smallest2 · chance 2.3
2nd smallest18 · chance 18.5
3rd smallest46 · chance 49.0
4th smallest52 · chance 51.3
5th smallest21 · chance 18.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 13 15 14 19 9

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-10-09	1	4th	3 9 23 25 34
2026-10-08	12	3rd	4 14 25 37 38
2026-09-26	3	4th	7 14 19 25 34
2026-09-23	3	4th	6 12 18 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 5/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-02-27	4	4th	10 11 14 25 38
2026-02-23	5	5th	13 15 20 23 25
2026-02-18	3	3rd	3 12 25 27 30
2026-02-15	14	2nd	15 25 27 33 37
2026-02-01	13	4th	9 15 22 25 29
2026-01-19	2	2nd	16 25 26 35 40
2026-01-17	4	4th	4 13 17 25 27
2026-01-13	4	3rd	17 23 25 36 38
2026-01-09	6	3rd	13 15 25 33 36
2026-01-03	7	4th	5 13 19 25 40
2025-12-27	7	3rd	13 23 25 30 35
2025-12-20	13	4th	8 17 19 25 36
2025-12-07	1	5th	6 9 19 21 25
2025-12-06	3	5th	9 10 16 22 25
2025-12-03	23	3rd	5 22 25 38 40
2025-11-10	8	4th	7 11 13 25 34
2025-11-02	2	3rd	13 15 25 29 39
2025-10-31	6	4th	4 9 10 25 35
2025-10-25	8	4th	4 7 20 25 27
2025-10-17	11	2nd	6 25 26 27 40
2025-10-06	7	5th	4 12 15 20 25
2025-09-29	2	3rd	16 18 25 29 33
2025-09-27	10	3rd	4 13 25 30 34
2025-09-17	4	3rd	6 13 25 33 34
2025-09-13	10	3rd	19 20 25 30 36
2025-09-03	2	4th	1 12 15 25 26
2025-09-01	2	3rd	3 21 25 27 34
2025-08-30	10	3rd	7 10 25 31 39
2025-08-20	2	4th	5 14 23 25 40
2025-08-18	5	3rd	3 9 25 31 35
2025-08-13	4	4th	3 7 15 25 30
2025-08-09	11	4th	1 12 17 25 37
2025-07-29	12	3rd	11 23 25 28 37
2025-07-17	21	5th	1 14 15 21 25
2025-06-26	9	4th	6 12 15 25 31
2025-06-17	3	3rd	14 24 25 30 32
2025-06-14	3	5th	3 4 18 23 25
2025-06-11	5	4th	12 13 17 25 32
2025-06-06	1	5th	1 3 10 14 25
2025-06-05	18	4th	5 19 20 25 34
2025-05-18	18	3rd	10 17 25 29 39
2025-04-30	14	4th	5 19 24 25 36
2025-04-16	4	3rd	15 23 25 31 35
2025-04-12	3	3rd	13 22 25 29 38
2025-04-09	8	3rd	9 15 25 32 33
2025-04-01	4	5th	8 17 18 24 25
2025-03-28	5	5th	4 6 12 13 25
2025-03-23	1	2nd	11 25 26 28 37
2025-03-22	10	3rd	5 18 25 30 40
2025-03-12	9	2nd	13 25 33 36 39
2025-03-03	3	2nd	15 25 33 35 37
2025-02-28	15	5th	2 3 18 24 25
2025-02-13	1	3rd	15 16 25 26 33
2025-02-12	6	2nd	24 25 28 33 38
2025-02-06	7	5th	8 14 16 21 25
2025-01-30	3	5th	8 9 13 19 25
2025-01-27	9	3rd	11 20 25 33 37
2025-01-18	8	3rd	8 13 25 31 36
2025-01-10	45	4th	7 9 15 25 32
2024-11-26	4	2nd	8 25 26 32 37
2024-11-22	9	5th	2 3 4 10 25
2024-11-13	7	4th	2 8 10 25 36
2024-11-06	16	4th	13 18 19 25 39
2024-10-21	3	2nd	18 25 27 29 39
2024-10-18	8	3rd	5 22 25 33 35
2024-10-10	4	2nd	21 25 27 35 39
2024-10-06	5	3rd	14 21 25 35 38
2024-10-01	4	4th	5 8 17 25 26
2024-09-27	12	4th	9 16 20 25 37
2024-09-15	3	3rd	7 24 25 34 36
2024-09-12	5	2nd	21 25 26 29 30
2024-09-07	21	4th	11 19 20 25 26
2024-08-17	2	3rd	6 8 25 33 34
2024-08-15	7	2nd	15 25 30 31 35
2024-08-08	1	5th	3 5 7 16 25
2024-08-07	5	2nd	5 25 27 34 36
2024-08-02	13	4th	10 15 21 25 28
2024-07-20	1	3rd	8 23 25 27 38
2024-07-19	1	3rd	4 12 25 34 40
2024-07-18	6	4th	9 15 18 25 39
2024-07-12	1	4th	8 16 17 25 26
2024-07-11	12	4th	6 13 19 25 35
2024-06-29	13	2nd	14 25 33 37 38
2024-06-16	2	3rd	3 22 25 28 30
2024-06-14	2	4th	5 16 20 25 29
2024-06-12	5	5th	5 8 10 19 25
2024-06-07	3	5th	8 11 15 16 25
2024-06-04	19	3rd	1 2 25 28 29
2024-05-16	11	4th	6 12 21 25 27
2024-05-05	1	4th	5 21 22 25 26
2024-05-04	25	4th	1 4 5 25 30
2024-04-09	6	5th	9 14 18 20 25
2024-04-03	3	2nd	8 25 31 37 38
2024-03-31	10	4th	2 8 12 25 30
2024-03-21	31	4th	12 14 19 25 27
2024-02-19	17	4th	4 5 24 25 40
2024-02-02	6	4th	6 14 19 25 32
2024-01-27	12	4th	7 23 24 25 28
2024-01-15	2	5th	3 14 22 24 25
2024-01-13	2	5th	1 13 14 16 25
2024-01-11	7	4th	8 19 22 25 29
2024-01-04	4	3rd	4 16 25 29 36
2023-12-31	11	5th	9 20 22 23 25
2023-12-20	1	1st	25 28 32 33 37
2023-12-19	6	3rd	6 19 25 31 32
2023-12-13	4	3rd	4 17 25 32 35
2023-12-09	8	4th	2 7 15 25 30
2023-12-01	4	4th	13 14 16 25 38
2023-11-27	2	2nd	6 25 36 37 39
2023-11-25	8	3rd	1 12 25 28 39
2023-11-17	8	3rd	8 9 25 37 38
2023-11-09	58	4th	2 8 9 25 26
2023-09-12	15	1st	25 31 32 36 37
2023-08-28	1	3rd	19 20 25 30 35
2023-08-27	—	4th	10 11 18 25 27