Number 25

In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,418 draws, 5 from 1–69.

91times drawn · chance expected 103 −1.20σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 51% for any number

15.6average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

76longest completed wait · 27% chance of one at least that long

25 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 91 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, −1.20σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 25, draw by draw

Drawn 91 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 15.6 draws · longest completed wait 76 · waiting 10 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 smallest16 · chance 15.2
2nd smallest44 · chance 35.5
3rd smallest23 · chance 29.2
4th smallest7 · chance 10.0
5th smallest1 · chance 1.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

37 23 53 36 40 64

Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 68 numbers; chance expects about 0.3 such strangers by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 25 is picked about 1.06× as often as an indifferent choice — 16th most popular of 69. 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 ×1.14

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 25 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-16	7	4th	2 21 24 25 64
2026-08-31	6	3rd	11 17 25 37 49
2026-08-17	15	3rd	8 15 25 49 65
2026-07-13	12	2nd	5 25 36 40

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 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-01-22	5	2nd	24 25 43 52 63
2024-01-10	14	1st	25 40 43 48 50
2023-12-09	14	2nd	5 25 26 40 60
2023-11-06	5	2nd	12 25 40 59 61
2023-10-25	1	1st	25 27 41 53 68
2023-10-23	18	3rd	18 21 25 46 64
2023-09-11	4	2nd	9 25 27 53 66
2023-09-02	2	1st	25 38 42 66 67
2023-08-28	2	3rd	4 6 25 55 68
2023-08-23	2	1st	25 30 32 33 55
2023-08-19	9	2nd	1 25 27 38 62
2023-07-29	3	2nd	10 25 27 34 38
2023-07-22	10	1st	25 27 36 37 63
2023-06-28	31	2nd	19 25 34 57 68
2023-04-17	76	2nd	23 25 35 63 64
2022-10-22	15	2nd	19 25 48 55 60
2022-09-17	22	2nd	5 25 36 51 61
2022-07-27	1	2nd	1 25 44 55 57
2022-07-25	28	1st	25 37 38 39 65
2022-05-21	41	3rd	14 15 25 52 58
2022-02-14	17	2nd	16 25 27 49 55
2022-01-05	11	3rd	6 14 25 33 46
2021-12-11	13	2nd	3 25 44 53 64
2021-11-10	4	2nd	19 25 43 46 48
2021-11-01	38	2nd	9 25 34 44 45
2021-07-28	13	1st	25 30 53 59 60
2021-06-12	15	2nd	8 25 34 38 41
2021-04-21	28	2nd	21 25 32 63 67
2021-01-13	47	4th	4 19 23 25 49
2020-08-01	3	2nd	6 25 36 43 48
2020-07-22	43	2nd	16 25 36 44 55
2020-02-22	14	1st	25 37 39 61 62
2020-01-04	23	4th	1 11 21 25 54
2019-10-16	43	3rd	1 5 25 63 67
2019-05-18	13	3rd	2 10 25 66 67
2019-04-03	3	3rd	16 19 25 32 49
2019-03-23	6	2nd	24 25 52 60 66
2019-03-02	11	3rd	1 19 25 27 68
2019-01-23	8	2nd	23 25 47 48 50
2018-12-26	16	2nd	5 25 38 52 67
2018-10-31	18	2nd	7 25 39 40 47
2018-08-29	1	1st	25 41 53 57 67
2018-08-25	22	2nd	20 25 54 57 63
2018-06-09	2	4th	6 10 15 25 36
2018-06-02	26	2nd	23 25 37 44 64
2018-03-03	2	3rd	13 17 25 36 40
2018-02-24	12	2nd	24 25 38 62 63
2018-01-13	10	2nd	14 25 35 58 69
2017-12-09	20	1st	25 36 37 55 60
2017-09-30	1	3rd	8 12 25 41 64
2017-09-27	3	5th	8 10 21 23 25
2017-09-16	52	4th	17 18 24 25 31
2017-03-18	16	2nd	13 25 44 54 67
2017-01-21	9	2nd	23 25 45 52 67
2016-12-21	6	1st	25 33 40 54 68
2016-11-30	6	4th	3 14 18 25 45
2016-11-09	22	2nd	1 25 28 31 54
2016-08-24	10	3rd	9 11 25 64 65
2016-07-20	12	2nd	6 25 35 58 66
2016-06-08	6	2nd	12 25 37 60 69
2016-05-18	3	2nd	23 25 39 54 67
2016-05-07	3	2nd	5 25 26 44 66
2016-04-27	2	2nd	2 25 33 39 64
2016-04-20	1	2nd	12 25 30 52 62
2016-04-16	46	3rd	3 18 25 32 51
2015-11-07	2	3rd	7 16 25 50 53
2015-10-31	—	3rd	9 20 25 47 68