Number 16

In Lotto Strike under the 4/45 · since Oct 2019 rules — 1,215 draws, 4 from 1–45.

122times drawn · chance expected 108 +1.41σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

9.9average wait between appearances · chance says 11.3

61longest completed wait · 37% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 122 times in 1,215 draws against 108.0 expected, +1.41σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 122 times in 1,215 draws · average wait 9.9 draws · longest completed wait 61 · waiting 1 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 16 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 smallest37 · chance 33.7
2nd smallest56 · chance 56.1
3rd smallest25 · chance 28.0
4th smallest4 · chance 4.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 20 38 43 44 30

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, 16 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 16 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-10	2	3rd	2 15 16 41
2026-10-07	13	2nd	2 16 22 33
2026-09-14	2	1st	16 34 43 44
2026-09-11	8	1st	16 17 20 30
2026-08-28	6	1st	16

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: 16 is drawn with probability 4/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-03-07	6	2nd	6 16 38 41
2025-02-24	6	2nd	2 16 17 26
2025-02-14	36	3rd	1 4 16 38
2024-12-13	3	1st	16 29 41 44
2024-12-07	4	4th	1 11 13 16
2024-11-30	11	2nd	8 16 30 41
2024-11-11	22	2nd	1 16 22 38
2024-10-04	5	4th	6 12 13 16
2024-09-25	9	2nd	9 16 39 44
2024-09-09	1	4th	4 8 12 16
2024-09-07	1	3rd	7 15 16 38
2024-09-06	16	2nd	4 16 20 26
2024-08-09	9	1st	16 17 30 43
2024-07-24	9	2nd	3 16 28 44
2024-07-08	16	3rd	10 11 16 21
2024-06-10	25	1st	16 21 26 36
2024-04-20	3	2nd	6 16 43 44
2024-04-13	2	1st	16 18 19 25
2024-04-08	2	2nd	9 16 22 43
2024-04-03	7	2nd	9 16 20 35
2024-03-18	10	2nd	2 16 27 34
2024-02-24	19	1st	16 26 38 42
2024-01-10	22	2nd	9 16 18 44
2023-11-20	3	3rd	3 9 16 35
2023-11-13	9	1st	16 23 29 38
2023-10-23	6	1st	16 18 25 33
2023-10-09	7	2nd	7 16 24 34
2023-09-23	14	2nd	13 16 21 29
2023-08-21	1	3rd	3 5 16 41
2023-08-19	22	2nd	14 16 24 44
2023-06-28	13	4th	8 9 14 16
2023-05-29	9	1st	16 27 38 39
2023-05-08	4	1st	16 24 30 36
2023-04-29	2	3rd	4 15 16 18
2023-04-24	4	2nd	5 16 22 36
2023-04-15	7	2nd	4 16 23 31
2023-03-29	4	2nd	6 16 39 41
2023-03-20	11	3rd	7 14 16 41
2023-02-22	2	2nd	10 16 21 29
2023-02-18	16	1st	16 24 30 34
2023-01-11	15	3rd	4 13 16 25
2022-12-07	3	2nd	14 16 20 44
2022-11-30	22	2nd	9 16 25 44
2022-10-10	6	1st	16 17 29 34
2022-09-26	5	2nd	9 16 17 22
2022-09-14	11	3rd	6 10 16 43
2022-08-20	8	2nd	6 16 34 37
2022-08-01	12	1st	16 26 36 40
2022-07-04	4	1st	16 18 27 41
2022-06-25	1	2nd	6 16 20 25
2022-06-22	12	2nd	14 16 24 38
2022-05-25	12	2nd	1 16 28 32
2022-04-27	1	3rd	4 15 16 30
2022-04-25	14	2nd	1 16 19 23
2022-03-23	1	2nd	2 16 24 38
2022-03-21	61	1st	16 20 33 38
2021-10-30	3	1st	16 26 29 32
2021-10-23	4	3rd	9 10 16 32
2021-10-13	4	1st	16 19 24 40
2021-10-04	28	1st	16 18 39 43
2021-07-31	3	2nd	13 16 32 41
2021-07-24	1	2nd	12 16 26 30
2021-07-21	29	3rd	11 15 16 42
2021-05-15	5	2nd	5 16 19 41
2021-05-03	11	1st	16 21 28 32
2021-04-07	3	1st	16 17 20 24
2021-03-31	11	1st	16 23 29 39
2021-03-06	5	1st	16 26 32 42
2021-02-22	8	3rd	5 6 16 45
2021-02-03	14	2nd	8 16 36 42
2021-01-02	2	3rd	5 7 16 44
2020-12-28	2	2nd	10 16 28 39
2020-12-23	1	2nd	11 16 21 30
2020-12-21	1	1st	16 25 34 43
2020-12-19	1	2nd	9 16 35 39
2020-12-16	2	3rd	2 8 16 24
2020-12-12	23	1st	16 35 38 40
2020-10-19	14	1st	16 25 39 45
2020-09-16	1	3rd	3 4 16 23
2020-09-14	3	1st	16 23 31 43
2020-09-07	4	2nd	9 16 23 44
2020-08-29	3	2nd	13 16 25 44
2020-08-22	3	3rd	2 9 16 43
2020-08-15	20	1st	16 34 35 41
2020-06-29	15	1st	16 17 20 24
2020-05-25	2	2nd	8 16 17 36
2020-05-20	1	2nd	4 16 17 20
2020-05-18	1	2nd	13 16 20 21
2020-05-16	6	2nd	11 16 17 26
2020-05-02	17	2nd	10 16 18 43
2020-03-23	33	2nd	10 16 20 42
2020-01-06	1	2nd	5 16 35 43
2020-01-04	5	1st	16 38 40 42
2019-12-23	7	2nd	1 16 20 39
2019-12-07	1	3rd	1 13 16 30
2019-12-04	1	3rd	2 12 16 38
2019-12-02	1	2nd	14 16 32 42
2019-11-30	—	2nd	10 16 22 30