Number 25

In PowerBall under the 5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018 rules — 865 draws, 5 from 1–50.

81times drawn · chance expected 87 −0.62σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 53% for any number

10.7average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

48longest completed wait · 43% chance of one at least that long

25 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 81 times in 865 draws against 86.5 expected, −0.62σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 25, draw by draw

Drawn 81 times in 865 draws · average wait 10.7 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 7 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 smallest1 · chance 4.8
2nd smallest14 · chance 21.1
3rd smallest38 · chance 31.7
4th smallest20 · chance 19.3
5th smallest8 · chance 4.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 5 8 19 24 49

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 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 50. 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
2026-09-15	5	3rd	7 23 25 27 50
2026-08-28	19	4th	19 22 24 25 47
2026-06-23	7	2nd	16 25 32 33 50
2026-05-29	2	4th	9 14 16 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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

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