Number 16

In Saturday Lotto under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009 rules — 928 draws, 6 from 1–45.

138times drawn · chance expected 124 +1.38σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

31longest completed wait · 85% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 138 times in 928 draws against 123.7 expected, +1.38σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 40 times, counted separately.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 138 times in 928 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 31 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest16 · chance 15.1
2nd smallest37 · chance 45.3
3rd smallest52 · chance 48.8
4th smallest28 · chance 23.5
5th smallest5 · chance 5.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 1 14 11 32 41

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	13	3rd	2 15 16 33 41 43
2026-07-11	4	3rd	13 14 16 21 29 41
2026-06-13	12	2nd	12 16 30 31 40 43
2026-03-21	2	2nd

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 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-04-29	2	3rd	4 15 16 18 35 45
2023-04-15	8	2nd	4 16 23 31 39 43
2023-02-18	26	3rd	8 11 16 24 30 34
2022-08-20	8	2nd	6 16 34 35 37 42
2022-06-25	16	2nd	6 16 18 20 25 36
2022-03-05	1	2nd	2 16 18 19 30 40
2022-02-26	17	3rd	3 7 16 23 26 34
2021-10-30	1	2nd	4 16 26 29 30 32
2021-10-23	12	3rd	9 10 16 22 26 32
2021-07-31	1	2nd	13 16 18 32 33 41
2021-07-24	8	2nd	12 16 26 27 30 40
2021-05-29	2	3rd	2 7 16 28 30 42
2021-05-15	10	3rd	5 15 16 19 20 41
2021-03-06	9	2nd	11 16 26 32 39 42
2021-01-02	2	4th	5 7 14 16 17 44
2020-12-19	1	2nd	9 16 26 35 39 41
2020-12-12	8	2nd	14 16 35 38 40 43
2020-10-17	7	5th	5 8 12 14 16 38
2020-08-29	1	2nd	13 16 20 25 40 44
2020-08-22	1	4th	2 7 9 16 33 43
2020-08-15	3	2nd	13 16 29 34 35 41
2020-07-25	10	3rd	6 9 16 32 37 44
2020-05-16	2	3rd	4 11 16 17 19 26
2020-05-02	5	3rd	10 14 16 18 31 43
2020-03-28	5	4th	3 7 10 16 37 43
2020-02-22	7	4th	8 11 15 16 23 29
2020-01-04	4	2nd	11 16 33 38 40 42
2019-12-07	1	3rd	1 13 16 25 30 32
2019-11-30	7	2nd	10 16 20 22 30 38
2019-10-12	13	3rd	6 8 16 17 27 33
2019-07-13	11	2nd	5 16 18 22 36 41
2019-04-27	1	2nd	1 16 21 26 39 41
2019-04-20	1	3rd	9 14 16 18 20 36
2019-04-13	5	1st	16 18 19 21 22 25
2019-03-09	4	1st	16 17 21 27 29 43
2019-02-09	15	4th	9 11 13 16 17 21
2018-10-27	4	3rd	9 13 16 17 32 37
2018-09-29	4	5th	2 9 10 13 16 25
2018-09-01	6	4th	5 10 14 16 36 43
2018-07-21	23	5th	2 4 14 15 16 24
2018-02-10	4	3rd	2 7 16 23 27 44
2018-01-13	6	3rd	1 6 16 19 36 45
2017-12-02	13	3rd	8 14 16 23 25 44
2017-09-02	3	1st	16 17 21 22 23 44
2017-08-12	13	4th	7 11 14 16 26 45
2017-05-13	1	2nd	1 16 21 30 35 40
2017-05-06	5	3rd	8 9 16 26 39 41
2017-04-01	1	1st	16 20 24 32 34 37
2017-03-25	7	1st	16 20 23 28 35 39
2017-02-04	5	2nd	4 16 22 34 36 38
2016-12-31	6	3rd	4 11 16 18 31 40
2016-11-19	4	4th	1 12 14 16 24 40
2016-10-22	9	1st	16 22 35 37 39 42
2016-08-20	1	2nd	8 16 23 34 42 45
2016-08-13	6	3rd	11 14 16 37 41 45
2016-07-02	15	3rd	5 12 16 20 31 41
2016-03-19	1	3rd	8 10 16 24 28 31
2016-03-12	25	4th	1 3 8 16 28 37
2015-09-19	1	3rd	4 5 16 29 32 44
2015-09-12	6	1st	16 17 21 29 38 42
2015-08-01	9	4th	6 10 15 16 17 29
2015-05-30	2	1st	16 20 23 36 38 43
2015-05-16	4	3rd	10 15 16 26 30 45
2015-04-18	3	3rd	4 14 16 18 26 27
2015-03-28	1	2nd	13 16 17 18 25 29
2015-03-21	5	4th	2 11 12 16 24 39
2015-02-14	4	1st	16 22 24 35 37 42
2015-01-17	3	3rd	1 10 16 30 33 41
2014-12-27	2	2nd	7 16 20 33 39 43
2014-12-13	5	3rd	6 11 16 17 21 44
2014-11-08	6	1st	16 19 20 22 27 35
2014-09-27	6	3rd	1 6 16 20 25 36
2014-08-16	9	4th	2 3 15 16 18 24
2014-06-14	5	3rd	11 13 16 19 27 35
2014-05-10	14	3rd	10 13 16 22 39 45
2014-02-01	12	2nd	11 16 32 40 41 45
2013-11-09	2	2nd	2 16 20 27 28 32
2013-10-26	5	3rd	9 13 16 21 33 44
2013-09-21	4	4th	1 2 5 16 19 42
2013-08-24	10	3rd	12 15 16 37 42 45
2013-06-15	3	4th	1 4 15 16 17 21
2013-05-25	1	3rd	1 15 16 20 31 36
2013-05-18	1	4th	3 6 14 16 25 31
2013-05-11	7	1st	16 30 32 35 38 41
2013-03-23	5	5th	2 3 12 13 16 30
2013-02-16	4	3rd	1 6 16 17 18 34
2013-01-19	5	4th	4 11 14 16 19 25
2012-12-15	1	4th	5 7 9 16 20 41
2012-12-08	10	3rd	6 13 16 33 36 41
2012-09-29	8	3rd	9 10 16 25 32 34
2012-08-04	6	1st	16 19 20 37 39 43
2012-06-23	1	2nd	2 16 19 29 30 31
2012-06-16	1	1st	16 18 25 35 36 40
2012-06-09	4	3rd	1 4 16 26 27 32
2012-05-12	3	4th	1 2 14 16 19 45
2012-04-21	14	4th	1 2 15 16 21 28
2012-01-14	20	2nd	13 16 18 19 23 28
2011-08-27	4	3rd	4 8 16 32 33 34
2011-07-30	2	4th	2 5 9 16 23 31
2011-07-16	31	2nd	11 16 17 29 35 38
2010-12-11	16	2nd	10 16 18 26 32 33
2010-08-21	4	4th	1 8 11 16 31 38
2010-07-24	5	3rd	6 13 16 24 30 33
2010-06-19	4	4th	5 11 13 16 25 29
2010-05-22	8	3rd	7 8 16 17 27 40
2010-03-27	12	3rd	9 13 16 23 27 33
2010-01-02	6	3rd	5 12 16 33 34 42
2009-11-21	4	2nd	4 16 19 23 28 44
2009-10-24	3	3rd	2 14 16 23 34 39
2009-10-03	1	2nd	3 16 18 32 39 42
2009-09-26	8	4th	1 7 13 16 30 40
2009-08-01	1	2nd	5 16 24 27 28 40
2009-07-25	28	3rd	5 14 16 25 35 38
2009-01-10	—	3rd	8 12 16 19 22 42