Number 25

In Win For Life under the 4/77 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,585 draws, 4 from 1–77.

133times drawn · chance expected 134 −0.11σ

23draws waiting · a wait this long: 31% for any number

19.3average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

86longest completed wait · 76% chance of one at least that long

25 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 133 times in 2,585 draws against 134.3 expected, −0.11σ. Each draw is independent: after 23 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 25, draw by draw

Drawn 133 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 19.3 draws · longest completed wait 86 · waiting 23 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 smallest44 · chance 41.8
2nd smallest59 · chance 60.2
3rd smallest26 · chance 27.2
4th smallest4 · chance 3.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

47 56 8 9 58 71

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 76 numbers; chance expected about 0.4 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 77. 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
2026-08-19	34	2nd	14 25 48 73
2026-06-01	15	1st	25 29 64 73
2026-04-27	45	2nd	9 25 34 45
2026-01-12	3	2nd	19 25 36 77
2026-01-05	6	3rd

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 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-12-25	9	3rd	3 13 25 40
2023-12-04	28	2nd	5 25 35 36
2023-09-30	24	1st	25 52 62 72
2023-08-05	23	3rd	2 8 25 55
2023-06-12	21	1st	25 29 47 66
2023-04-24	6	2nd	2 25 33 39
2023-04-10	8	1st	25 32 38 57
2023-03-22	12	3rd	2 12 25 40
2023-02-22	20	2nd	5 25 50 58
2023-01-07	1	1st	25 39 50 59
2023-01-04	4	2nd	19 25 43 47
2022-12-26	6	3rd	5 23 25 47
2022-12-12	8	1st	25 30 35 63
2022-11-23	12	3rd	18 23 25 67
2022-10-26	72	1st	25 34 54 61
2022-05-11	9	2nd	12 25 33 55
2022-04-20	33	2nd	3 25 41 44
2022-02-02	27	3rd	8 9 25 26
2021-12-01	32	1st	25 41 44 54
2021-09-18	41	1st	25 26 32 44
2021-06-14	17	2nd	9 25 48 76
2021-05-05	63	2nd	10 25 46 73
2020-12-09	24	1st	25 48 60 75
2020-10-14	42	1st	25 39 64 70
2020-07-08	37	2nd	14 25 33 71
2020-04-13	12	4th	2 8 22 25
2020-03-16	23	3rd	6 19 25 53
2020-01-22	1	2nd	1 25 54 68
2020-01-20	3	2nd	9 25 46 60
2020-01-13	1	1st	25 36 37 47
2020-01-11	42	2nd	17 25 41 77
2019-10-05	20	3rd	16 18 25 43
2019-08-19	13	2nd	1 25 72 77
2019-07-20	1	2nd	8 25 48 75
2019-07-17	2	1st	25 37 39 67
2019-07-13	9	3rd	2 9 25 33
2019-06-22	24	2nd	12 25 28 39
2019-04-27	39	1st	25 28 50 70
2019-01-26	31	2nd	17 25 32 71
2018-11-14	7	2nd	11 25 42 56
2018-10-29	9	2nd	24 25 33 58
2018-10-08	5	2nd	12 25 66 75
2018-09-26	2	2nd	13 25 32 41
2018-09-22	63	3rd	1 6 25 73
2018-04-28	75	1st	25 34 67 73
2017-11-04	76	3rd	9 23 25 28
2017-05-10	3	3rd	9 18 25 69
2017-05-03	9	3rd	2 8 25 71
2017-04-12	3	1st	25 29 60 70
2017-04-05	6	2nd	18 25 48 51
2017-03-22	6	4th	16 17 22 25
2017-03-08	11	1st	25 58 74 76
2017-02-11	54	2nd	14 25 58 72
2016-10-08	4	2nd	11 25 50 71
2016-09-28	19	1st	25 37 55 62
2016-08-15	4	1st	25 47 65 67
2016-08-06	1	3rd	5 19 25 56
2016-08-03	36	4th	18 19 23 25
2016-05-11	5	2nd	14 25 66 71
2016-04-30	4	2nd	2 25 37 72
2016-04-20	16	1st	25 52 57 58
2016-03-14	4	2nd	5 25 30 71
2016-03-05	8	2nd	3 25 38 53
2016-02-15	14	1st	25 49 56 64
2016-01-13	1	1st	25 45 49 69
2016-01-11	21	2nd	5 25 36 58
2015-11-23	8	4th	9 10 14 25
2015-11-04	41	2nd	21 25 55 56
2015-08-01	37	2nd	16 25 55 61
2015-05-06	20	2nd	20 25 36 58
2015-03-21	1	2nd	4 25 38 73
2015-03-18	33	3rd	8 22 25 65
2014-12-31	63	3rd	7 20 25 75
2014-08-06	20	1st	25 28 31 63
2014-06-21	2	2nd	17 25 62 71
2014-06-16	31	1st	25 41 47 57
2014-04-05	8	2nd	18 25 26 74
2014-03-17	51	1st	25 28 65 76
2013-11-18	8	1st	25 52 56 72
2013-10-30	1	2nd	8 25 43 44
2013-10-28	3	2nd	18 25 43 56
2013-10-21	45	1st	25 26 35 48
2013-07-08	5	1st	25 44 53 62
2013-06-26	86	3rd	8 13 25 42
2012-12-08	21	3rd	13 17 25 74
2012-10-20	25	1st	25 31 49 74
2012-08-22	6	2nd	3 25 27 56
2012-08-08	72	2nd	2 25 30 58
2012-02-20	6	3rd	8 13 25 61
2012-02-06	53	2nd	6 25 27 56
2011-10-05	20	1st	25 44 49 60
2011-08-20	6	1st	25 37 44 48
2011-08-06	46	2nd	9 25 72 77
2011-04-20	2	1st	25 31 45 58
2011-04-16	14	3rd	1 10 25 39
2011-03-14	26	1st	25 47 54 67
2011-01-12	11	3rd	1 16 25 36
2010-12-18	14	3rd	5 10 25 63
2010-11-15	34	1st	25 30 43 57
2010-08-28	4	2nd	21 25 49 56
2010-08-18	9	1st	25 54 63 69
2010-07-28	6	1st	25 29 40 59
2010-07-14	16	1st	25 31 41 74
2010-06-07	1	2nd	11 25 33 39
2010-06-05	7	1st	25 31 37 59
2010-05-19	2	2nd	13 25 53 75
2010-05-15	6	2nd	1 25 49 71
2010-05-01	2	2nd	15 25 28 53
2010-04-26	—	2nd	20 25 49 54