Number 16

In Powerball under the 7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018 rules — 443 draws, 7 from 1–35.

91times drawn · chance expected 89 +0.29σ

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

4.9average wait between appearances · chance says 5.0

18longest completed wait · 87% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 91 times in 443 draws against 88.6 expected, +0.29σ. 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 91 times in 443 draws · average wait 4.9 draws · longest completed wait 18 · 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 smallest1 · chance 1.8
2nd smallest5 · chance 11.8
3rd smallest28 · chance 27.5
4th smallest36 · chance 29.8
5th smallest17 · chance 15.8
6th smallest4 · chance 3.9
7th smallest0 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 10 12 18 25 1

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-10-01	4	6th	2 3 6 10 11 16 24
2026-09-03	4	5th	1 10 11 14 16 19 32
2026-08-06	10	4th	9 13 15 16 26 30 35

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 7/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

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