Number 25

In Cowboy Draw under the 5/45 · since Mar 2015 rules — 1,206 draws, 5 from 1–45.

154times drawn · chance expected 134 +1.83σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 44% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

41longest completed wait · 75% chance of one at least that long

25 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 154 times in 1,206 draws against 134.0 expected, +1.83σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 25, draw by draw

Drawn 154 times in 1,206 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 8 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 smallest5 · chance 5.5
2nd smallest30 · chance 31.0
3rd smallest55 · chance 59.5
4th smallest54 · chance 45.9
5th smallest10 · chance 12.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

42 10 11 28 7 8

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
2026-09-14	6	4th	7 10 14 25 38
2026-08-24	6	3rd	7 11 25 30 37
2026-08-03	21	4th	9 16 21 25 41
2026-05-21	1	4th	12 17 22

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.

2025-03-06	12	3rd	2 18 25 28 42
2025-01-23	11	4th	8 22 24 25 41
2024-12-16	5	5th	11 20 22 24 25
2024-11-28	6	2nd	17 25 27 29 30
2024-11-07	3	2nd	23 25 35 40 41
2024-10-28	5	4th	3 15 24 25 41
2024-10-10	7	3rd	1 14 25 35 38
2024-09-16	4	4th	9 14 19 25 28
2024-09-02	6	4th	4 5 14 25 32
2024-08-12	5	3rd	2 7 25 42 44
2024-07-25	5	3rd	3 18 25 35 37
2024-07-08	13	3rd	6 15 25 33 44
2024-05-23	4	3rd	14 16 25 34 44
2024-05-09	9	4th	16 18 22 25 44
2024-04-08	2	1st	25 27 42 43 45
2024-04-01	14	3rd	23 24 25 26 32
2024-02-12	5	3rd	9 22 25 26 36
2024-01-25	8	5th	10 18 20 23 25
2023-12-28	4	2nd	3 25 32 39 44
2023-12-14	15	2nd	7 25 27 31 39
2023-10-23	6	4th	2 4 13 25 33
2023-10-02	11	5th	4 13 18 22 25
2023-08-24	5	4th	4 15 18 25 42
2023-08-07	17	3rd	6 17 25 34 42
2023-06-08	3	5th	4 6 15 21 25
2023-05-29	8	4th	4 8 16 25 28
2023-05-01	6	3rd	20 21 25 44 45
2023-04-10	9	3rd	7 22 25 29 37
2023-03-09	2	3rd	8 20 25 28 37
2023-03-02	6	3rd	10 19 25 29 41
2023-02-09	10	3rd	14 19 25 30 32
2023-01-05	5	2nd	16 25 26 41 43
2022-12-19	7	2nd	16 25 28 35 36
2022-11-24	13	3rd	13 22 25 37 45
2022-10-10	1	4th	7 10 11 25 41
2022-10-06	2	3rd	4 10 25 31 38
2022-09-29	16	3rd	11 13 25 29 42
2022-08-04	1	3rd	1 17 25 27 39
2022-08-01	9	2nd	17 25 33 42 45
2022-06-30	11	4th	2 8 21 25 41
2022-05-23	1	2nd	24 25 27 36 37
2022-05-19	10	2nd	18 25 28 30 39
2022-04-14	3	1st	25 26 37 41 45
2022-04-04	26	5th	9 11 15 20 25
2022-01-03	16	3rd	13 23 25 26 45
2021-11-08	2	4th	10 19 20 25 42
2021-11-01	18	4th	4 7 22 25 29
2021-08-30	9	4th	4 13 19 25 35
2021-07-29	5	3rd	6 11 25 30 33
2021-07-12	2	4th	2 8 24 25 44
2021-07-05	3	4th	1 5 17 25 34
2021-06-24	5	3rd	10 16 25 29 43
2021-06-07	2	4th	2 9 20 25 45
2021-05-31	1	4th	15 20 24 25 44
2021-05-27	6	4th	6 8 10 25 39
2021-05-06	9	1st	25 30 33 35 40
2021-04-05	11	4th	16 23 24 25 34
2021-02-25	11	3rd	1 17 25 27 31
2021-01-18	15	3rd	12 18 25 28 40
2020-11-26	2	3rd	17 20 25 27 29
2020-11-19	9	2nd	9 25 27 28 38
2020-10-19	10	2nd	11 25 26 39 43
2020-09-14	7	2nd	6 25 28 35 39
2020-08-20	2	5th	8 14 15 22 25
2020-08-13	11	3rd	15 21 25 41 43
2020-07-06	11	4th	8 14 21 25 31
2020-05-28	10	4th	4 16 24 25 33
2020-04-23	6	3rd	13 15 25 33 34
2020-04-02	2	3rd	1 8 25 26 28
2020-03-26	1	3rd	3 7 25 26 36
2020-03-23	21	4th	3 18 21 25 31
2020-01-09	3	3rd	7 23 25 30 34
2019-12-30	6	3rd	3 6 25 26 31
2019-12-09	1	4th	9 10 22 25 33
2019-12-05	41	4th	2 22 23 25 42
2019-07-15	13	3rd	8 22 25 36 39
2019-05-30	17	3rd	5 9 25 27 44
2019-04-01	4	4th	10 20 22 25 36
2019-03-18	7	2nd	6 25 34 35 42
2019-02-21	29	4th	9 17 18 25 42
2018-11-12	5	5th	5 6 11 16 25
2018-10-25	25	2nd	10 25 27 31 42
2018-07-30	8	2nd	23 25 31 40 43
2018-07-02	5	4th	3 6 8 25 40
2018-06-14	9	4th	4 11 12 25 36
2018-05-14	1	2nd	2 25 35 37 39
2018-05-10	7	4th	1 12 22 25 37
2018-04-16	12	1st	25 27 28 43 44
2018-03-05	2	3rd	5 10 25 28 39
2018-02-26	2	4th	6 20 24 25 45
2018-02-19	15	3rd	8 11 25 27 31
2017-12-28	4	4th	4 9 20 25 35
2017-12-14	2	3rd	2 9 25 26 35
2017-12-07	1	4th	2 4 10 25 42
2017-12-04	6	4th	20 23 24 25 33
2017-11-13	2	2nd	18 25 33 37 38
2017-11-06	3	3rd	8 14 25 42 43
2017-10-26	2	4th	4 7 10 25 34
2017-10-19	21	4th	7 9 11 25 35
2017-08-07	1	3rd	8 19 25 37 42
2017-08-03	3	4th	10 11 20 25 42
2017-07-24	10	5th	5 11 22 24 25
2017-06-19	14	2nd	23 25 34 43 45
2017-05-01	5	2nd	11 25 28 31 34
2017-04-13	1	3rd	3 13 25 26 37
2017-04-10	7	3rd	8 16 25 34 42
2017-03-16	18	2nd	8 25 34 37 42
2017-01-12	10	3rd	2 5 25 26 45
2016-12-08	3	3rd	4 11 25 39 42
2016-11-28	5	3rd	6 16 25 26 40
2016-11-10	5	3rd	6 24 25 28 31
2016-10-24	8	4th	2 11 12 25 43
2016-09-26	3	4th	2 5 10 25 32
2016-09-15	2	3rd	10 12 25 28 33
2016-09-08	1	3rd	7 10 25 39 44
2016-09-05	25	3rd	10 17 25 28 32
2016-06-09	8	4th	14 22 24 25 42
2016-05-12	16	3rd	3 14 25 35 42
2016-03-17	8	1st	25 34 42 43 45
2016-02-18	1	4th	4 9 13 25 31
2016-02-15	9	2nd	19 25 26 38 45
2016-01-14	3	3rd	10 19 25 37 44
2016-01-04	4	2nd	17 25 34 39 42
2015-12-21	4	2nd	1 25 29 36 44
2015-12-07	1	2nd	13 25 29 33 43
2015-12-03	1	4th	16 21 23 25 32
2015-11-30	7	4th	8 11 20 25 40
2015-11-05	17	3rd	10 16 25 27 38
2015-09-07	28	3rd	1 21 25 28 41
2015-05-28	—	3rd	8 24 25 28 32