Number 16

In EuroMillions under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Sep 2016 rules — 1,048 draws, 5 from 1–50.

105times drawn · chance expected 105 +0.02σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 66% for any number

9.9average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

55longest completed wait · 30% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 105 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, +0.02σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 105 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 9.9 draws · longest completed wait 55 · waiting 5 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 smallest24 · chance 23.0
2nd smallest48 · chance 44.5
3rd smallest24 · chance 29.2
4th smallest7 · chance 7.7
5th smallest2 · chance 0.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

18 28 34 44 4 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-09-22	2	3rd	13 14 16 44 50
2026-09-15	6	2nd	10 16 18 22 28
2026-08-25	17	2nd	8 16 30 47 48
2026-06-26	6	2nd	6 16 26

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-06-07	2	2nd	15 16 26 30 37
2024-05-31	1	3rd	4 7 16 33 34
2024-05-28	13	1st	16 18 35 36 41
2024-04-12	4	4th	2 3 12 16 45
2024-03-29	3	1st	16 17 35 36 49
2024-03-19	3	2nd	7 16 18 20 32
2024-03-08	16	4th	8 11 12 16 44
2024-01-12	13	1st	16 17 18 45 49
2023-11-28	4	2nd	12 16 27 33 44
2023-11-14	6	2nd	13 16 36 44 50
2023-10-24	17	2nd	8 16 18 31 34
2023-08-25	21	1st	16 17 34 35 44
2023-06-13	13	2nd	15 16 21 41 50
2023-04-28	5	3rd	11 13 16 23 34
2023-04-11	2	3rd	10 14 16 19 29
2023-04-04	1	2nd	10 16 31 33 50
2023-03-31	1	1st	16 18 28 34 47
2023-03-28	4	1st	16 21 34 36 44
2023-03-14	1	1st	16 26 28 31 46
2023-03-10	18	2nd	9 16 37 38 48
2023-01-06	4	1st	16 31 35 44 45
2022-12-23	10	1st	16 17 23 26 35
2022-11-18	6	2nd	13 16 19 35 41
2022-10-28	8	2nd	14 16 21 28 35
2022-09-30	20	4th	1 2 11 16 26
2022-07-22	13	1st	16 18 29 32 50
2022-06-07	17	2nd	6 16 17 25 31
2022-04-08	21	3rd	1 15 16 38 45
2022-01-25	55	2nd	6 16 18 39 47
2021-07-16	14	2nd	5 16 42 47 49
2021-05-28	4	3rd	11 13 16 34 40
2021-05-14	4	2nd	6 16 18 29 38
2021-04-30	5	2nd	1 16 24 28 46
2021-04-13	10	1st	16 20 31 47 50
2021-03-09	13	2nd	1 16 21 32 33
2021-01-22	6	2nd	8 16 42 44 47
2021-01-01	2	1st	16 28 32 44 48
2020-12-25	1	1st	16 21 27 30 32
2020-12-22	7	3rd	2 10 16 42 50
2020-11-27	3	5th	2 5 8 14 16
2020-11-17	5	1st	16 19 25 30 44
2020-10-30	9	2nd	12 16 20 21 28
2020-09-29	2	3rd	4 14 16 41 44
2020-09-22	2	1st	16 25 28 39 40
2020-09-15	5	1st	16 20 25 30 38
2020-08-28	15	3rd	7 12 16 17 31
2020-07-07	1	2nd	12 16 23 33 41
2020-07-03	15	2nd	4 16 27 37 39
2020-05-12	7	2nd	9 16 29 37 39
2020-04-17	4	1st	16 28 32 37 45
2020-04-03	5	1st	16 19 34 46 50
2020-03-17	27	4th	5 7 8 16 20
2019-12-13	13	2nd	9 16 18 23 32
2019-10-29	35	1st	16 18 28 42 49
2019-06-28	6	3rd	1 3 16 33 49
2019-06-07	4	3rd	1 4 16 20 34
2019-05-24	2	2nd	5 16 23 30 49
2019-05-17	13	1st	16 28 42 43 45
2019-04-02	8	3rd	2 9 16 26 36
2019-03-05	11	3rd	6 10 16 39 46
2019-01-25	2	5th	1 6 13 15 16
2019-01-18	6	3rd	5 6 16 30 46
2018-12-28	9	2nd	13 16 34 35 45
2018-11-27	15	2nd	4 16 17 18 32
2018-10-05	11	2nd	8 16 24 26 35
2018-08-28	2	2nd	4 16 32 42 46
2018-08-21	4	1st	16 23 42 43 49
2018-08-07	12	1st	16 28 29 30 36
2018-06-26	9	2nd	15 16 20 34 50
2018-05-25	3	3rd	13 15 16 28 41
2018-05-15	7	2nd	4 16 20 31 39
2018-04-20	5	2nd	3 16 25 39 44
2018-04-03	40	3rd	3 8 16 40 43
2017-11-14	5	2nd	14 16 39 40 41
2017-10-27	49	2nd	3 16 23 32 39
2017-05-09	5	3rd	8 12 16 22 26
2017-04-21	27	3rd	2 13 16 22 49
2017-01-17	1	2nd	4 16 25 43 47
2017-01-13	6	3rd	3 7 16 26 50
2016-12-23	16	2nd	4 16 20 39 46
2016-10-28	—	2nd	10 16 19 23 43