Number 16

In UK Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,139 draws, 6 from 1–59.

114times drawn · chance expected 116 −0.18σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 38% for any number

10.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

40longest completed wait · 82% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 114 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, −0.18σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 24 times, counted separately.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 114 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 10.0 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 10 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 smallest23 · chance 23.9
2nd smallest51 · chance 46.1
3rd smallest31 · chance 32.2
4th smallest9 · chance 10.2
5th smallest0 · chance 1.5
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

47 44 36 24 38 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-08-01	23	1st	16 19 32 33 34 44
2026-05-13	11	4th	9 12 15 16 37 39
2026-04-04	1	2nd	15 16 23 32 42 46
2026-04-01	4	2nd	7 16

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-05-29	7	3rd	1 8 16 22 25 56
2024-05-04	1	3rd	2 7 16 31 54 59
2024-05-01	9	2nd	13 16 21 22 44 53
2024-03-30	4	2nd	15 16 19 37 49 51
2024-03-16	35	2nd	11 16 18 35 44 45
2023-11-15	6	3rd	6 7 16 33 40 55
2023-10-25	5	1st	16 20 33 41 47 59
2023-10-07	13	2nd	10 16 20 22 47 52
2023-08-23	4	2nd	13 16 23 32 37 57
2023-08-09	10	2nd	10 16 24 29 34 48
2023-07-05	6	3rd	10 15 16 38 44 47
2023-06-14	18	2nd	2 16 21 23 47 56
2023-04-12	11	2nd	12 16 29 39 45 51
2023-03-04	9	2nd	6 16 24 30 33 44
2023-02-01	14	1st	16 28 29 31 53 59
2022-12-14	3	1st	16 39 41 44 49 50
2022-12-03	3	4th	11 13 14 16 19 38
2022-11-23	24	2nd	5 16 29 42 43 58
2022-08-31	9	2nd	13 16 21 30 49 54
2022-07-30	18	2nd	7 16 17 19 33 57
2022-05-28	30	2nd	5 16 24 34 44 57
2022-02-12	1	2nd	9 16 26 28 47 58
2022-02-09	21	2nd	12 16 17 43 53 57
2021-11-27	2	3rd	1 15 16 17 24 48
2021-11-20	2	2nd	5 16 17 32 51 59
2021-11-13	11	3rd	13 14 16 28 43 52
2021-10-06	18	3rd	1 9 16 27 30 51
2021-08-04	15	2nd	3 16 27 34 36 46
2021-06-12	4	3rd	9 11 16 27 36 52
2021-05-29	10	3rd	1 10 16 36 46 55
2021-04-24	11	1st	16 24 29 30 32 38
2021-03-17	3	2nd	7 16 26 28 36 58
2021-03-06	3	1st	16 17 29 47 52 56
2021-02-24	1	3rd	1 9 16 17 18 34
2021-02-20	2	2nd	3 16 18 24 36 56
2021-02-13	9	2nd	15 16 37 42 44 50
2021-01-13	12	4th	1 8 12 16 18 42
2020-12-02	9	1st	16 22 26 38 39 47
2020-10-31	13	3rd	1 6 16 34 49 59
2020-09-16	9	1st	16 20 29 33 47 49
2020-08-15	27	3rd	10 14 16 22 25 34
2020-05-13	4	2nd	14 16 19 31 38 47
2020-04-29	8	1st	16 17 32 36 40 47
2020-04-01	32	2nd	4 16 17 22 27 52
2019-12-11	3	3rd	7 14 16 33 35 47
2019-11-30	1	2nd	8 16 24 36 40 57
2019-11-27	5	2nd	7 16 22 39 48 55
2019-11-09	2	3rd	2 11 16 46 51 58
2019-11-02	2	2nd	13 16 28 34 41 56
2019-10-26	9	1st	16 23 26 38 56 59
2019-09-25	7	3rd	3 4 16 39 43 52
2019-08-31	5	3rd	5 10 16 26 41 58
2019-08-14	18	2nd	14 16 24 28 30 53
2019-06-12	10	2nd	6 16 34 36 37 53
2019-05-08	1	1st	16 19 31 35 45 56
2019-05-04	18	1st	16 17 35 39 40 55
2019-03-02	7	3rd	4 8 16 19 33 45
2019-02-06	27	2nd	3 16 24 41 44 53
2018-11-03	12	1st	16 31 41 45 47 52
2018-09-22	18	2nd	5 16 18 20 25 55
2018-07-21	34	3rd	9 13 16 25 40 46
2018-03-24	35	3rd	3 11 16 36 43 59
2017-11-22	3	2nd	2 16 17 27 36 37
2017-11-11	19	2nd	4 16 27 30 41 49
2017-09-06	4	1st	16 30 34 50 52 53
2017-08-23	10	2nd	8 16 21 41 44 56
2017-07-19	4	4th	2 6 14 16 25 36
2017-07-05	3	1st	16 18 25 27 29 57
2017-06-24	2	2nd	4 16 26 39 42 54
2017-06-17	18	3rd	1 11 16 20 24 44
2017-04-15	1	3rd	8 10 16 19 23 31
2017-04-12	2	2nd	3 16 34 42 49 52
2017-04-05	2	2nd	10 16 18 32 42 45
2017-03-29	10	3rd	5 6 16 32 42 51
2017-02-22	13	2nd	1 16 28 31 38 54
2017-01-07	4	2nd	8 16 33 36 45 51
2016-12-24	5	1st	16 19 29 46 54 58
2016-12-07	5	1st	16 27 31 32 44 58
2016-11-19	2	4th	5 7 8 16 28 37
2016-11-12	2	3rd	3 11 16 31 44 55
2016-11-05	2	3rd	8 12 16 26 45 49
2016-10-29	4	3rd	7 8 16 24 29 58
2016-10-15	3	2nd	14 16 25 42 46 51
2016-10-05	6	2nd	11 16 25 37 43 44
2016-09-14	4	1st	16 23 35 42 44 58
2016-08-31	8	2nd	15 16 26 45 47 49
2016-08-03	9	1st	16 17 22 38 41 55
2016-07-02	40	3rd	3 9 16 19 24 43
2016-02-13	36	2nd	15 16 23 39 48 59
2015-10-10	—	3rd	2 3 16 32 53 54