Number 16

In Weekday Windfall under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,863 draws, 6 from 1–45.

266times drawn · chance expected 248 +1.20σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

35longest completed wait · 87% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 266 times in 1,863 draws against 248.4 expected, +1.20σ. 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 89 times, counted separately.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 266 times in 1,863 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 35 · 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 smallest31 · chance 29.1
2nd smallest84 · chance 87.3
3rd smallest109 · chance 94.0
4th smallest37 · chance 45.2
5th smallest5 · chance 9.7
6th smallest0 · chance 0.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 30.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 20 24 23 41 42

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
2026-09-11	6	1st	16 17 20 30 31 42
2026-08-28	5	1st	16 24 26 37 40 42
2026-08-17	4	2nd	11 16 23 32 36 43
2026-08-07

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.

2025-06-13	3	3rd	11 15 16 23 32 35
2025-06-06	30	2nd	15 16 20 41 43 44
2025-03-28	2	1st	16 32 33 39 41 44
2025-03-24	7	4th	1 2 3 16 22 31
2025-03-07	5	3rd	5 6 16 19 38 41
2025-02-24	4	4th	1 2 12 16 17 26
2025-02-14	23	3rd	1 4 16 38 44 45
2024-12-23	4	3rd	5 15 16 26 28 30
2024-12-13	14	2nd	10 16 29 38 41 44
2024-11-11	16	3rd	1 7 16 18 22 38
2024-10-04	4	4th	6 12 13 16 21 25
2024-09-25	7	3rd	9 12 16 17 39 44
2024-09-09	1	4th	4 8 12 16 27 43
2024-09-06	12	3rd	4 5 16 20 22 26
2024-08-09	3	1st	16 17 20 21 30 43
2024-08-02	4	1st	16 21 27 28 30 39
2024-07-24	1	2nd	3 16 27 28 40 44
2024-07-22	6	2nd	10 16 26 28 35 37
2024-07-08	1	3rd	10 11 16 21 27 44
2024-07-05	1	4th	2 6 11 16 23 43
2024-07-03	10	2nd	4 16 21 25 30 31
2024-06-10	8	1st	16 21 26 34 36 42
2024-05-22	6	2nd	3 16 20 21 32 36
2024-05-01	7	3rd	7 10 16 34 36 42
2024-04-08	1	4th	1 9 12 16 22 43
2024-04-03	5	2nd	9 16 20 26 35 45
2024-03-18	2	3rd	2 4 16 27 34 39
2024-03-11	17	4th	3 5 13 16 19 35
2024-01-10	15	3rd	9 12 16 18 44 45
2023-11-20	2	3rd	3 9 16 27 30 35
2023-11-13	6	1st	16 23 24 27 29 38
2023-10-23	4	2nd	13 16 18 19 25 33
2023-10-09	7	3rd	3 7 16 24 34 37
2023-09-13	7	3rd	3 11 16 20 36 41
2023-08-21	15	4th	1 3 5 16 32 41
2023-06-28	9	5th	7 8 9 14 16 18
2023-05-29	6	2nd	6 16 27 33 38 39
2023-05-08	3	3rd	8 14 16 24 30 36
2023-04-26	1	3rd	3 7 16 17 44 45
2023-04-24	7	3rd	5 9 16 22 36 39
2023-03-29	2	3rd	6 12 16 39 40 41
2023-03-22	1	2nd	11 16 24 38 40 41
2023-03-20	6	3rd	7 14 16 21 41 43
2023-02-27	1	3rd	6 10 16 26 36 39
2023-02-22	12	4th	7 9 10 16 21 29
2023-01-11	10	4th	4 9 13 16 25 27
2022-12-07	2	3rd	2 14 16 18 20 44
2022-11-30	10	3rd	9 13 16 25 35 44
2022-10-26	2	2nd	14 16 17 23 25 40
2022-10-19	3	2nd	12 16 28 32 33 40
2022-10-10	4	1st	16 17 18 29 32 34
2022-09-26	3	4th	6 9 10 16 17 22
2022-09-14	13	3rd	6 10 16 28 35 43
2022-08-01	8	2nd	8 16 19 26 36 40
2022-07-04	3	2nd	15 16 18 25 27 41
2022-06-22	8	3rd	5 14 16 24 35 38
2022-05-25	8	2nd	1 16 24 28 32 37
2022-04-27	1	4th	1 4 15 16 24 30
2022-04-25	7	2nd	1 16 19 23 40 43
2022-03-30	2	3rd	11 13 16 18 20 21
2022-03-23	1	4th	2 3 11 16 24 38
2022-03-21	26	2nd	2 16 20 24 33 38
2021-12-20	19	2nd	6 16 17 19 23 40
2021-10-13	1	2nd	1 16 19 24 39 40
2021-10-11	2	1st	16 18 26 31 41 42
2021-10-04	4	2nd	11 16 18 32 39 43
2021-09-20	9	3rd	5 11 16 38 43 44
2021-08-18	8	3rd	3 10 16 17 32 35
2021-07-21	22	3rd	11 15 16 17 18 42
2021-05-05	1	3rd	2 7 16 17 23 41
2021-05-03	7	2nd	3 16 21 28 32 34
2021-04-07	2	3rd	10 11 16 17 20 24
2021-03-31	5	2nd	11 16 23 29 39 41
2021-03-15	5	2nd	1 16 21 24 44 45
2021-02-24	1	1st	16 17 29 40 44 45
2021-02-22	5	4th	5 6 15 16 21 45
2021-02-03	11	4th	8 9 10 16 36 42
2020-12-28	1	2nd	10 16 19 28 39 42
2020-12-23	1	3rd	11 15 16 19 21 30
2020-12-21	1	1st	16 25 30 34 42 43
2020-12-16	9	3rd	2 8 16 24 37 44
2020-11-16	8	3rd	3 12 16 26 27 40
2020-10-19	6	3rd	1 13 16 25 39 45
2020-09-28	3	3rd	3 11 16 17 24 38
2020-09-16	1	4th	3 4 13 16 22 23
2020-09-14	2	2nd	1 16 23 24 31 43
2020-09-07	20	3rd	1 9 16 23 36 44
2020-06-29	10	3rd	10 11 16 17 20 24
2020-05-25	1	2nd	8 16 17 24 36 40
2020-05-20	1	3rd	4 15 16 17 20 44
2020-05-18	8	2nd	13 16 20 21 39 40
2020-04-20	8	4th	2 6 11 16 25 45
2020-03-23	7	2nd	10 16 18 20 24 42
2020-02-26	5	2nd	12 16 20 26 31 45
2020-02-10	10	2nd	10 16 31 33 35 45
2020-01-06	4	3rd	5 11 16 26 35 43
2019-12-23	5	3rd	1 15 16 20 32 39
2019-12-04	1	3rd	2 12 16 35 38 40
2019-12-02	35	3rd	7 14 16 28 32 42
2019-07-31	7	2nd	10 16 19 29 34 42
2019-07-08	5	2nd	1 16 27 33 39 44
2019-06-19	5	5th	3 7 8 10 16 39
2019-06-03	7	4th	10 12 14 16 33 41
2019-05-08	30	2nd	10 16 22 26 35 36
2019-01-23	7	4th	3 6 9 16 21 36
2018-12-31	2	1st	16 24 25 32 36 39
2018-12-24	1	3rd	7 14 16 19 33 39
2018-12-19	7	4th	2 6 15 16 17 19
2018-11-26	2	4th	1 2 3 16 30 45
2018-11-19	2	3rd	8 15 16 19 23 24
2018-11-12	1	3rd	4 14 16 27 30 38
2018-11-07	15	1st	16 20 30 31 32 40
2018-09-17	6	3rd	2 7 16 36 37 40
2018-08-27	6	2nd	12 16 17 28 30 33
2018-08-06	6	2nd	2 16 21 31 42 44
2018-07-16	8	2nd	14 16 35 37 40 42
2018-06-18	9	2nd	9 16 20 23 25 32
2018-05-16	2	3rd	6 11 16 25 32 41
2018-05-09	2	3rd	2 3 16 18 33 42
2018-05-02	26	4th	4 14 15 16 29 30
2018-01-31	6	2nd	14 16 29 35 37 38
2018-01-10	8	1st	16 20 23 28 29 30
2017-12-13	5	5th	6 9 13 15 16 41
2017-11-27	10	3rd	9 13 16 38 39 41
2017-10-23	1	2nd	15 16 20 21 31 41
2017-10-18	12	2nd	10 16 17 34 35 41
2017-09-06	1	2nd	13 16 23 30 36 45
2017-09-04	4	4th	7 8 13 16 24 37
2017-08-21	17	3rd	3 8 16 19 23 45
2017-06-21	5	1st	16 28 30 35 38 40
2017-06-05	1	3rd	2 13 16 22 31 38
2017-05-31	5	2nd	6 16 19 25 32 42
2017-05-15	3	2nd	15 16 17 34 36 38
2017-05-03	23	3rd	4 11 16 19 35 38
2017-02-13	5	4th	13 14 15 16 23 41
2017-01-25	3	2nd	8 16 19 22 37 43
2017-01-16	5	2nd	5 16 20 21 29 43
2016-12-28	6	5th	1 4 6 10 16 20
2016-12-07	2	3rd	5 10 16 29 34 42
2016-11-30	10	3rd	6 7 16 25 33 40
2016-10-26	9	3rd	7 10 16 20 24 42
2016-09-26	2	3rd	1 5 16 18 24 38
2016-09-19	16	3rd	3 14 16 27 28 45
2016-07-25	1	1st	16 20 30 36 37 44
2016-07-20	2	2nd	12 16 23 27 29 41
2016-07-13	11	3rd	1 14 16 27 31 32
2016-06-06	5	4th	3 4 14 16 38 39
2016-05-18	27	2nd	2 16 29 35 36 41
2016-02-15	1	2nd	9 16 17 23 25 30
2016-02-10	4	3rd	1 11 16 30 32 34
2016-01-27	11	1st	16 28 35 43 44 45
2015-12-21	2	3rd	6 14 16 27 31 34
2015-12-14	3	3rd	2 5 16 19 31 39
2015-12-02	1	2nd	12 16 22 28 32 40
2015-11-30	7	1st	16 20 28 30 33 34
2015-11-04	4	3rd	8 10 16 20 37 41
2015-10-21	3	3rd	3 12 16 24 39 43
2015-10-12	2	4th	3 10 13 16 36 40
2015-10-05	1	4th	4 14 15 16 27 36
2015-09-30	2	2nd	10 16 24 25 35 37
2015-09-23	2	2nd	2 16 22 26 32 39
2015-09-16	2	1st	16 18 20 23 27 35
2015-09-09	2	3rd	1 6 16 23 27 31
2015-09-02	7	3rd	5 15 16 25 33 44
2015-08-10	4	4th	4 10 12 16 29 31
2015-07-27	19	2nd	8 16 32 35 39 42
2015-05-20	1	1st	16 19 25 29 33 37
2015-05-18	2	3rd	2 5 16 23 39 41
2015-05-11	9	4th	1 7 8 16 28 36
2015-04-08	15	1st	16 20 24 30 33 42
2015-02-16	10	3rd	5 6 16 27 29 39
2015-01-12	10	2nd	15 16 28 29 37 41
2014-12-08	5	2nd	4 16 20 34 38 44
2014-11-19	6	4th	1 3 14 16 29 42
2014-10-29	2	2nd	1 16 19 32 38 41
2014-10-22	15	2nd	1 16 21 26 31 38
2014-09-01	7	3rd	3 11 16 17 25 38
2014-08-06	3	2nd	1 16 20 29 37 44
2014-07-28	5	4th	3 5 6 16 36 40
2014-07-09	3	3rd	12 13 16 26 39 41
2014-06-30	8	2nd	4 16 21 29 30 41
2014-06-02	15	3rd	3 4 16 21 23 34
2014-04-09	4	2nd	8 16 32 38 41 44
2014-03-26	1	2nd	11 16 20 25 34 43
2014-03-24	10	2nd	4 16 19 21 34 41
2014-02-17	9	2nd	3 16 18 19 21 24
2014-01-15	1	3rd	2 15 16 20 24 30
2014-01-13	16	1st	16 18 28 34 36 38
2013-11-18	7	2nd	7 16 28 30 31 34
2013-10-23	4	3rd	3 9 16 26 27 42
2013-10-09	1	2nd	10 16 22 28 31 34
2013-10-07	13	4th	5 9 13 16 18 40
2013-08-21	10	3rd	8 15 16 24 40 44
2013-07-17	13	4th	3 6 8 16 18 42
2013-06-03	2	3rd	1 3 16 32 37 45
2013-05-27	2	1st	16 17 22 24 25 32
2013-05-20	18	3rd	3 15 16 28 33 42
2013-03-18	2	2nd	5 16 21 22 27 31
2013-03-11	1	3rd	9 14 16 18 24 33
2013-03-06	8	3rd	9 13 16 19 33 42
2013-02-06	1	3rd	4 5 16 40 42 45
2013-02-04	2	3rd	7 15 16 30 31 43
2013-01-28	2	3rd	8 9 16 21 22 25
2013-01-21	7	3rd	13 15 16 22 33 42
2012-12-26	2	2nd	7 16 19 31 39 43
2012-12-19	6	3rd	9 12 16 18 29 36
2012-11-28	1	3rd	12 14 16 19 26 37
2012-11-26	5	1st	16 30 36 37 42 45
2012-11-07	10	3rd	5 14 16 23 26 30
2012-10-03	8	1st	16 25 28 29 30 43
2012-09-05	3	2nd	7 16 22 30 35 37
2012-08-27	3	3rd	8 9 16 20 25 27
2012-08-15	15	2nd	2 16 17 21 33 37
2012-06-25	2	1st	16 27 32 34 42 44
2012-06-18	5	3rd	4 12 16 21 34 43
2012-05-30	6	3rd	7 13 16 18 22 39
2012-05-09	3	2nd	3 16 19 25 38 44
2012-04-30	11	1st	16 23 31 32 39 42
2012-03-21	6	1st	16 24 27 30 36 44
2012-02-29	2	4th	3 5 14 16 37 39
2012-02-22	29	3rd	2 3 16 17 43 44
2011-11-14	17	2nd	13 16 20 23 35 43
2011-09-14	1	4th	11 12 15 16 27 30
2011-09-12	25	3rd	9 10 16 22 41 44
2011-06-15	5	3rd	7 9 16 21 33 40
2011-05-30	13	3rd	5 13 16 17 21 41
2011-04-13	13	2nd	7 16 20 23 25 40
2011-02-28	3	3rd	9 13 16 21 39 43
2011-02-16	1	2nd	10 16 19 22 24 32
2011-02-14	20	2nd	11 16 23 28 35 43
2010-12-06	17	3rd	1 8 16 25 33 39
2010-10-06	8	3rd	6 10 16 31 36 38
2010-09-08	6	1st	16 21 22 23 33 34
2010-08-18	1	2nd	4 16 23 30 36 38
2010-08-16	6	2nd	5 16 19 24 28 32
2010-07-26	13	5th	1 4 7 10 16 20
2010-06-09	18	1st	16 22 28 38 41 42
2010-04-07	6	2nd	3 16 23 31 40 42
2010-03-17	2	3rd	10 14 16 21 24 32
2010-03-10	2	3rd	9 15 16 19 34 45
2010-03-03	1	2nd	11 16 21 24 35 37
2010-03-01	—	3rd	13 15 16 18 32 44