Number 25

In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010 rules — 1,668 draws, 6 from 1–59.

167times drawn · chance expected 170 −0.21σ

16draws waiting · a wait this long: 20% for any number

9.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

44longest completed wait · 81% chance of one at least that long

25 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 167 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, −0.21σ. Each draw is independent: after 16 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 28 times, counted separately.

Number 25, draw by draw

Drawn 167 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 9.7 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 16 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.

1st smallest9 · chance 10.1
2nd smallest41 · chance 40.6
3rd smallest58 · chance 60.2
4th smallest42 · chance 41.4
5th smallest12 · chance 13.2
6th smallest5 · chance 1.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 13 18 51 55 28

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-08-15	43	4th	6 7 23 25 36 37
2026-03-18	8	4th	2 18 21 25 29 34
2026-02-18	44	4th	2 18 19 25 34 37
2025-09-17

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-05-20	11	3rd	3 12 25 53 57 59
2023-04-12	2	3rd	23 24 25 34 36 37
2023-04-05	2	3rd	2 23 25 47 51 54
2023-03-29	19	6th	1 2 7 11 13 25
2023-01-21	1	2nd	19 25 40 45 51 57
2023-01-18	2	4th	5 9 21 25 35 42
2023-01-11	21	2nd	21 25 31 43 45 54
2022-10-29	23	2nd	23 25 39 47 51 52
2022-08-10	1	4th	3 13 16 25 32 42
2022-08-06	1	3rd	10 21 25 35 40 45
2022-08-03	7	4th	2 11 23 25 44 57
2022-07-09	3	2nd	24 25 33 51 52 59
2022-06-29	12	4th	3 10 23 25 56 59
2022-05-18	1	2nd	23 25 31 50 51 54
2022-05-14	7	4th	20 22 24 25 29 51
2022-04-20	5	2nd	16 25 26 39 43 48
2022-04-02	38	4th	11 12 17 25 44 50
2021-11-20	1	3rd	20 23 25 39 40 46
2021-11-17	6	3rd	5 13 25 27 56 58
2021-10-27	5	2nd	20 25 26 29 38 39
2021-10-09	7	3rd	15 18 25 28 41 47
2021-09-15	10	6th	3 9 14 16 21 25
2021-08-11	17	2nd	2 25 26 40 43 58
2021-06-12	1	3rd	13 21 25 41 46 59
2021-06-09	1	3rd	6 24 25 43 45 55
2021-06-05	10	3rd	3 18 25 28 31 46
2021-05-01	6	3rd	7 16 25 33 35 49
2021-04-10	7	2nd	15 25 29 54 57 59
2021-03-17	41	3rd	13 21 25 36 39 56
2020-10-24	7	5th	9 10 15 24 25 57
2020-09-30	11	3rd	8 13 25 38 41 48
2020-08-22	10	2nd	6 25 33 36 55 57
2020-07-18	3	4th	3 10 12 25 36 47
2020-07-08	5	1st	25 27 42 45 56 58
2020-06-20	17	3rd	1 10 25 29 53 58
2020-04-22	18	3rd	12 18 25 28 32 51
2020-02-19	9	4th	6 18 22 25 54 57
2020-01-18	11	4th	7 11 17 25 41 54
2019-12-11	25	3rd	19 24 25 29 36 38
2019-09-14	8	6th	1 9 14 22 24 25
2019-08-17	2	1st	25 31 34 42 49 53
2019-08-10	4	3rd	7 16 25 39 47 51
2019-07-27	9	4th	5 7 19 25 26 47
2019-06-26	25	3rd	6 15 25 28 36 49
2019-03-30	11	2nd	18 25 43 51 52 56
2019-02-20	29	2nd	16 25 29 32 50 59
2018-11-10	16	4th	3 16 19 25 28 43
2018-09-15	4	1st	25 28 33 36 37 59
2018-09-01	6	4th	3 14 15 25 34 35
2018-08-11	14	1st	25 28 29 47 51 58
2018-06-23	7	5th	3 4 16 20 25 49
2018-05-30	8	2nd	1 25 36 40 56 57
2018-05-02	10	4th	4 9 21 25 37 39
2018-03-28	9	3rd	4 19 25 39 54 55
2018-02-24	1	2nd	7 25 26 29 37 43
2018-02-21	4	2nd	17 25 32 33 38 44
2018-02-07	17	2nd	13 25 40 41 42 44
2017-12-09	16	4th	6 11 17 25 28 54
2017-10-14	1	5th	2 4 14 17 25 49
2017-10-11	7	4th	6 16 24 25 37 38
2017-09-16	6	5th	6 11 15 20 25 27
2017-08-26	2	2nd	12 25 32 33 47 55
2017-08-19	7	2nd	10 25 30 31 36 58
2017-07-26	33	4th	7 15 20 25 34 59
2017-04-01	1	4th	1 4 16 25 29 56
2017-03-29	6	3rd	5 20 25 44 50 53
2017-03-08	2	4th	3 13 20 25 31 39
2017-03-01	1	5th	5 7 8 13 25 28
2017-02-25	16	2nd	4 25 26 34 40 46
2016-12-31	3	3rd	3 16 25 40 44 50
2016-12-21	1	3rd	6 23 25 39 42 53
2016-12-17	6	3rd	16 24 25 28 51 52
2016-11-26	1	4th	6 16 22 25 31 56
2016-11-23	1	5th	6 9 10 18 25 42
2016-11-19	1	2nd	13 25 32 47 52 57
2016-11-16	2	3rd	2 21 25 26 40 57
2016-11-09	6	3rd	21 23 25 28 46 59
2016-10-19	30	3rd	2 17 25 36 40 46
2016-07-06	9	2nd	23 25 36 43 46 48
2016-06-04	1	3rd	11 17 25 27 47 48
2016-06-01	2	4th	9 13 15 25 38 56
2016-05-25	3	5th	5 12 13 22 25 35
2016-05-14	4	3rd	3 8 25 43 47 58
2016-04-30	5	3rd	1 20 25 30 31 57
2016-04-13	13	3rd	12 23 25 29 42 46
2016-02-27	3	5th	1 2 8 17 25 43
2016-02-17	3	3rd	4 19 25 46 52 55
2016-02-06	20	3rd	1 14 25 37 41 53
2015-11-28	2	3rd	6 14 25 39 44 48
2015-11-21	7	2nd	22 25 34 40 45 46
2015-10-28	17	4th	1 16 18 25 28 55
2015-08-29	3	3rd	15 17 25 33 34 37
2015-08-19	24	4th	5 11 23 25 48 58
2015-05-27	15	4th	2 9 21 25 45 54
2015-04-04	32	2nd	13 25 27 50 51 58
2014-12-13	4	1st	25 32 45 51 54 55
2014-11-29	13	4th	5 16 17 25 27 31
2014-10-15	6	3rd	2 6 25 35 56 59
2014-09-24	20	3rd	9 10 25 26 35 44
2014-07-16	4	3rd	19 20 25 29 30 55
2014-07-02	2	3rd	2 18 25 28 30 35
2014-06-25	3	4th	3 12 18 25 39 43
2014-06-14	23	2nd	15 25 33 42 53 57
2014-03-26	15	5th	4 10 11 18 25 28
2014-02-01	5	3rd	14 18 25 35 38 53
2014-01-15	3	2nd	12 25 45 50 55 56
2014-01-04	10	2nd	17 25 30 37 39 42
2013-11-30	6	2nd	13 25 33 35 36 59
2013-11-09	19	4th	5 6 24 25 28 33
2013-09-04	1	1st	25 26 27 32 35 50
2013-08-31	2	4th	5 8 18 25 34 55
2013-08-24	6	2nd	16 25 40 46 55 58
2013-08-03	5	4th	9 11 17 25 42 44
2013-07-17	14	1st	25 29 40 41 49 56
2013-05-29	1	3rd	8 23 25 26 45 51
2013-05-25	4	3rd	16 23 25 35 39 55
2013-05-11	1	2nd	14 25 42 47 51 56
2013-05-08	1	2nd	15 25 32 33 39 48
2013-05-04	3	4th	10 17 24 25 52 53
2013-04-24	29	3rd	3 8 25 35 49 50
2013-01-12	6	2nd	5 25 36 44 47 49
2012-12-22	14	5th	16 19 20 22 25 55
2012-11-03	4	4th	5 16 18 25 41 55
2012-10-20	12	3rd	4 9 25 26 32 35
2012-09-08	8	3rd	2 9 25 31 39 42
2012-08-11	7	3rd	14 24 25 34 42 43
2012-07-18	2	2nd	19 25 37 51 55 56
2012-07-11	11	2nd	23 25 31 36 42 59
2012-06-02	20	3rd	7 17 25 28 48 49
2012-03-24	1	6th	5 13 14 16 22 25
2012-03-21	4	3rd	1 3 25 26 49 52
2012-03-07	6	4th	1 4 18 25 33 37
2012-02-15	15	4th	1 13 16 25 40 43
2011-12-24	17	3rd	6 16 25 30 38 55
2011-10-26	4	4th	1 5 22 25 35 45
2011-10-12	1	2nd	4 25 26 36 47 55
2011-10-08	5	4th	1 23 24 25 36 52
2011-09-21	5	1st	25 26 28 35 49 55
2011-09-03	2	3rd	5 8 25 31 45 59
2011-08-27	4	4th	1 14 24 25 50 58
2011-08-13	30	4th	13 14 17 25 34 48
2011-04-30	7	4th	5 13 18 25 45 50
2011-04-06	—	3rd	12 19 25 38 50 55