Number 16

In Canada Lotto 6/49 under the 6/49 + 1/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–49.

207times drawn · chance expected 214 −0.54σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

55longest completed wait · 16% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 207 times in 1,751 draws against 214.4 expected, −0.54σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 37 times, counted separately.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 207 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 55 · waiting 12 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 28.7
2nd smallest73 · chance 74.2
3rd smallest59 · chance 69.3
4th smallest33 · chance 29.0
5th smallest4 · chance 5.4
6th smallest1 · chance 0.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

48 3 47 43 28 41

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-08-29	28	1st	16 20 23 24 25 33
2026-05-23	15	2nd	3 16 27 30 36 42
2026-04-01	3	1st	16 24 28 34 46 49
2026-03-21	2

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-12	14	2nd	3 16 21 28 39 43
2024-08-24	5	1st	16 21 29 32 42 49
2024-08-07	9	3rd	3 6 16 35 41 42
2024-07-06	18	4th	5 6 8 16 18 38
2024-05-04	3	2nd	2 16 21 27 38 45
2024-04-24	5	2nd	10 16 18 22 39 46
2024-04-06	33	1st	16 18 22 29 36 43
2023-12-13	4	2nd	7 16 20 33 46 47
2023-11-29	4	3rd	11 13 16 18 21 43
2023-11-15	6	1st	16 20 23 32 37 39
2023-10-25	16	3rd	1 4 16 22 29 47
2023-08-30	18	2nd	3 16 22 25 27 46
2023-06-28	3	3rd	8 13 16 40 42 47
2023-06-17	9	1st	16 31 42 44 45 48
2023-05-17	11	1st	16 25 28 40 47 49
2023-04-08	4	3rd	8 13 16 27 31 46
2023-03-25	22	4th	11 12 13 16 22 28
2023-01-07	3	4th	5 6 14 16 45 48
2022-12-28	8	3rd	2 10 16 17 24 26
2022-11-30	3	3rd	4 11 16 19 27 35
2022-11-19	21	2nd	12 16 21 32 38 45
2022-09-07	20	4th	11 12 13 16 29 35
2022-06-29	4	3rd	6 7 16 26 31 35
2022-06-15	4	5th	3 5 9 12 16 29
2022-06-01	9	3rd	1 15 16 19 44 48
2022-04-30	7	4th	9 11 14 16 20 43
2022-04-06	6	4th	2 8 9 16 39 49
2022-03-16	2	6th	1 3 8 14 15 16
2022-03-09	3	1st	16 25 31 34 40 42
2022-02-26	2	4th	6 8 12 16 24 35
2022-02-19	18	2nd	4 16 30 32 37 44
2021-12-18	12	4th	2 10 15 16 20 49
2021-11-06	17	2nd	14 16 28 39 41 47
2021-09-08	4	4th	2 7 10 16 28 36
2021-08-25	14	2nd	1 16 34 37 41 48
2021-07-07	6	2nd	11 16 21 26 42 45
2021-06-16	19	1st	16 23 32 33 37 45
2021-04-10	4	2nd	5 16 19 24 28 34
2021-03-27	2	2nd	15 16 17 30 36 40
2021-03-20	6	2nd	9 16 25 36 39 43
2021-02-27	3	3rd	11 15 16 20 46 49
2021-02-17	1	2nd	7 16 18 43 45 48
2021-02-13	12	1st	16 17 27 40 41 45
2021-01-02	10	1st	16 17 20 42 47 49
2020-11-28	2	3rd	3 4 16 23 26 44
2020-11-21	4	1st	16 19 21 34 37 47
2020-11-07	3	2nd	1 16 19 24 26 47
2020-10-28	8	3rd	2 3 16 25 34 46
2020-09-30	14	2nd	13 16 20 21 27 48
2020-08-12	9	1st	16 24 27 43 48 49
2020-07-11	5	1st	16 22 31 36 43 44
2020-06-24	38	2nd	6 16 23 39 47 48
2020-02-12	4	1st	16 20 24 33 36 47
2020-01-29	11	3rd	3 14 16 23 41 43
2019-12-21	7	1st	16 18 19 45 47 48
2019-11-27	1	3rd	13 15 16 20 39 42
2019-11-23	6	1st	16 19 24 29 31 36
2019-11-02	4	2nd	8 16 19 20 39 43
2019-10-19	2	2nd	2 16 28 47 48 49
2019-10-12	5	2nd	13 16 25 32 33 41
2019-09-25	27	1st	16 25 28 29 39 47
2019-06-22	6	2nd	15 16 34 35 38 44
2019-06-01	10	1st	16 29 34 35 47 49
2019-04-27	1	4th	5 6 11 16 19 27
2019-04-24	4	3rd	6 10 16 17 41 43
2019-04-10	4	2nd	10 16 23 38 39 48
2019-03-27	14	1st	16 19 22 28 34 48
2019-02-06	1	2nd	1 16 27 28 36 39
2019-02-02	10	2nd	14 16 25 29 30 48
2018-12-29	2	2nd	11 16 17 22 29 47
2018-12-22	6	2nd	11 16 17 22 25 33
2018-12-01	6	3rd	10 14 16 27 33 47
2018-11-10	1	3rd	6 9 16 20 31 41
2018-11-07	5	4th	2 10 13 16 31 43
2018-10-20	3	3rd	4 12 16 25 30 31
2018-10-10	17	3rd	3 15 16 20 22 23
2018-08-11	7	3rd	2 9 16 27 38 41
2018-07-18	5	3rd	3 14 16 19 44 48
2018-06-30	10	5th	2 3 7 11 16 20
2018-05-26	9	3rd	12 13 16 23 39 44
2018-04-25	11	4th	10 14 15 16 40 46
2018-03-17	12	1st	16 17 35 43 44 46
2018-02-03	17	3rd	10 13 16 23 36 44
2017-12-06	3	3rd	6 9 16 19 21 28
2017-11-25	2	1st	16 17 21 31 39 49
2017-11-18	10	2nd	9 16 18 22 23 40
2017-10-14	5	1st	16 22 28 29 32 34
2017-09-27	14	2nd	2 16 19 20 23 34
2017-08-09	2	1st	16 23 28 38 41 43
2017-08-02	9	2nd	13 16 24 25 38 43
2017-07-01	2	2nd	15 16 22 33 37 41
2017-06-24	5	3rd	3 11 16 40 43 46
2017-06-07	10	1st	16 19 23 30 33 40
2017-05-03	3	4th	1 5 7 16 28 46
2017-04-22	7	4th	4 7 15 16 43 48
2017-03-29	3	3rd	3 12 16 17 22 30
2017-03-18	1	2nd	6 16 29 33 41 48
2017-03-15	3	1st	16 17 21 34 37 46
2017-03-04	5	2nd	5 16 24 31 38 47
2017-02-15	16	2nd	1 16 17 24 41 46
2016-12-21	1	1st	16 27 30 38 47 49
2016-12-17	5	2nd	9 16 26 27 32 34
2016-11-30	21	2nd	15 16 20 24 26 31
2016-09-17	6	2nd	14 16 25 39 45 47
2016-08-27	11	3rd	3 14 16 33 47 48
2016-07-20	5	3rd	14 15 16 43 44 46
2016-07-02	5	2nd	1 16 28 33 39 45
2016-06-15	12	2nd	7 16 22 27 35 49
2016-05-04	14	2nd	4 16 19 22 36 40
2016-03-16	2	4th	1 3 7 16 17 37
2016-03-09	19	4th	3 5 11 16 21 45
2016-01-02	2	3rd	10 12 16 20 27 36
2015-12-26	10	2nd	12 16 22 29 35 40
2015-11-21	21	2nd	7 16 28 29 48 49
2015-09-09	2	2nd	15 16 29 30 42 44
2015-09-02	11	2nd	14 16 23 28 46 48
2015-07-25	21	1st	16 28 41 43 47 49
2015-05-13	1	2nd	3 16 24 40 41 48
2015-05-09	1	2nd	1 16 21 22 33 43
2015-05-06	8	2nd	13 16 19 24 27 30
2015-04-08	2	4th	2 4 14 16 18 19
2015-04-01	2	4th	4 7 12 16 22 24
2015-03-25	2	3rd	6 14 16 29 38 46
2015-03-18	11	1st	16 17 37 39 41 45
2015-02-07	7	2nd	14 16 24 41 42 48
2015-01-14	2	2nd	15 16 17 28 33 44
2015-01-07	8	2nd	10 16 31 36 38 47
2014-12-10	34	4th	1 2 7 16 27 30
2014-08-13	5	2nd	8 16 21 39 44 45
2014-07-26	22	2nd	6 16 18 30 37 39
2014-05-10	7	1st	16 23 33 36 48 49
2014-04-16	3	2nd	3 16 26 40 41 49
2014-04-05	6	2nd	13 16 17 23 27 37
2014-03-15	2	4th	2 7 11 16 47 48
2014-03-08	2	2nd	11 16 18 33 34 35
2014-03-01	5	3rd	3 8 16 23 34 44
2014-02-12	1	3rd	3 12 16 20 28 31
2014-02-08	1	3rd	2 5 16 36 41 43
2014-02-05	4	2nd	3 16 18 21 28 47
2014-01-22	10	2nd	4 16 18 25 36 40
2013-12-18	4	3rd	2 4 16 20 25 46
2013-12-04	3	3rd	10 12 16 23 41 42
2013-11-23	8	4th	3 5 13 16 44 48
2013-10-26	7	3rd	3 5 16 20 27 45
2013-10-02	1	3rd	2 10 16 36 40 45
2013-09-28	21	2nd	8 16 18 26 28 37
2013-07-17	4	3rd	11 12 16 29 38 43
2013-07-03	6	1st	16 17 19 22 40 43
2013-06-12	9	3rd	4 8 16 25 33 36
2013-05-11	16	3rd	2 10 16 21 24 49
2013-03-16	1	3rd	4 14 16 25 45 47
2013-03-13	14	4th	1 4 11 16 26 46
2013-01-23	3	3rd	2 5 16 25 30 40
2013-01-12	6	2nd	6 16 29 30 33 36
2012-12-22	1	4th	8 10 14 16 18 35
2012-12-19	8	3rd	1 13 16 30 33 48
2012-11-21	7	2nd	10 16 21 31 33 36
2012-10-27	55	3rd	11 15 16 17 31 40
2012-04-18	1	4th	6 10 11 16 32 36
2012-04-14	1	2nd	14 16 18 20 26 47
2012-04-11	1	3rd	1 2 16 24 36 49
2012-04-07	31	3rd	2 13 16 32 39 44
2011-12-21	15	2nd	12 16 19 34 41 47
2011-10-29	6	4th	5 8 13 16 40 49
2011-10-08	4	4th	7 13 14 16 22 48
2011-09-24	7	4th	3 8 15 16 20 46
2011-08-31	17	2nd	11 16 25 35 38 41
2011-07-02	3	2nd	2 16 30 41 44 48
2011-06-22	23	3rd	5 7 16 27 37 49
2011-04-02	10	1st	16 21 26 28 45 46
2011-02-26	2	2nd	3 16 17 31 33 46
2011-02-19	6	2nd	10 16 20 26 34 48
2011-01-29	6	3rd	3 4 16 35 40 44
2011-01-08	10	4th	5 6 11 16 24 40
2010-12-04	5	3rd	9 12 16 24 25 38
2010-11-17	4	4th	3 12 14 16 29 38
2010-11-03	2	3rd	10 11 16 19 28 40
2010-10-27	31	2nd	2 16 20 23 33 43
2010-07-10	4	3rd	13 14 16 28 34 42
2010-06-26	1	3rd	1 10 16 25 36 38
2010-06-23	36	1st	16 18 21 36 46 48
2010-02-17	13	2nd	14 16 34 41 45 49
2010-01-02	—	1st	16 22 25 33 39 48