Number 16

In Lotto under the 6/47 + 1/47 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,150 draws, 6 from 1–47.

158times drawn · chance expected 147 +0.99σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 38% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

33longest completed wait · 86% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 158 times in 1,150 draws against 146.8 expected, +0.99σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 28 times, counted separately.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 158 times in 1,150 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 8 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 smallest14 · chance 19.6
2nd smallest62 · chance 54.4
3rd smallest56 · chance 54.4
4th smallest18 · chance 24.4
5th smallest7 · chance 4.9
6th smallest1 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

47 5 35 45 18 1

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-09-12	1	5th	1 3 9 14 16 19
2026-09-09	23	2nd	13 16 18 31 34 38
2026-06-20	2	1st	16 19 21 25 35 47
2026-06-13	7	2nd	1 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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-30	4	2nd	11 16 23 34 39 47
2025-04-16	30	2nd	10 16 19 21 42 45
2025-01-01	1	2nd	9 16 20 33 39 45
2024-12-28	2	5th	2 4 5 10 16 17
2024-12-21	3	3rd	1 14 16 20 33 41
2024-12-11	15	2nd	14 16 18 28 33 41
2024-10-19	4	2nd	11 16 23 24 40 44
2024-10-05	15	1st	16 22 36 39 41 45
2024-08-14	17	2nd	5 16 32 37 41 45
2024-06-15	3	2nd	4 16 17 20 25 29
2024-06-05	3	4th	8 12 13 16 21 35
2024-05-25	4	3rd	1 12 16 25 27 35
2024-05-11	5	2nd	8 16 24 27 28 42
2024-04-24	16	4th	2 4 13 16 19 32
2024-02-28	5	3rd	6 7 16 26 38 44
2024-02-10	25	2nd	4 16 22 28 39 44
2023-11-15	2	3rd	11 13 16 19 37 42
2023-11-08	5	3rd	2 10 16 25 39 45
2023-10-21	3	3rd	8 12 16 20 26 35
2023-10-11	2	3rd	2 12 16 24 39 40
2023-10-04	3	6th	1 6 8 12 13 16
2023-09-23	3	3rd	2 5 16 19 41 44
2023-09-13	2	1st	16 17 21 30 35 41
2023-09-06	17	2nd	5 16 21 29 31 41
2023-07-08	31	2nd	5 16 17 18 22 28
2023-03-22	20	3rd	1 5 16 17 33 35
2023-01-11	21	3rd	2 10 16 17 29 47
2022-10-29	9	2nd	12 16 20 26 45 46
2022-09-28	1	1st	16 20 30 33 45 47
2022-09-24	2	2nd	11 16 17 26 27 29
2022-09-17	2	3rd	4 8 16 29 37 44
2022-09-10	1	2nd	14 16 31 41 44 47
2022-09-07	1	3rd	8 11 16 24 35 40
2022-09-03	17	5th	9 10 11 12 16 36
2022-07-06	4	2nd	5 16 18 20 25 35
2022-06-22	1	2nd	3 16 20 34 35 37
2022-06-18	4	2nd	4 16 21 27 45 47
2022-06-04	21	2nd	9 16 28 34 35 43
2022-03-23	7	3rd	3 9 16 19 29 31
2022-02-26	2	3rd	1 8 16 33 36 39
2022-02-19	10	3rd	1 6 16 30 31 46
2022-01-15	33	3rd	2 9 16 30 37 40
2021-09-22	14	3rd	4 11 16 21 36 40
2021-08-04	5	4th	1 2 10 16 21 32
2021-07-17	12	2nd	12 16 23 26 34 45
2021-06-05	3	2nd	10 16 17 24 26 42
2021-05-26	7	3rd	5 8 16 22 30 31
2021-05-01	2	3rd	1 4 16 23 26 35
2021-04-24	18	3rd	5 11 16 41 43 47
2021-02-20	18	1st	16 27 34 35 37 45
2020-12-19	6	3rd	9 14 16 28 33 38
2020-11-28	1	3rd	5 6 16 18 45 47
2020-11-25	13	3rd	1 4 16 20 28 36
2020-10-10	6	3rd	3 5 16 22 28 41
2020-09-19	2	3rd	12 14 16 21 40 47
2020-09-12	3	3rd	6 15 16 28 31 41
2020-09-02	3	3rd	3 5 16 40 45 47
2020-08-22	27	5th	4 5 12 15 16 31
2020-05-20	7	3rd	5 15 16 19 31 37
2020-04-25	4	2nd	3 16 20 25 29 33
2020-04-11	6	2nd	13 16 20 28 37 47
2020-03-21	3	4th	4 5 7 16 43 47
2020-03-11	6	3rd	3 10 16 37 38 42
2020-02-19	9	3rd	6 10 16 24 25 46
2020-01-18	4	3rd	4 13 16 23 33 42
2020-01-04	8	3rd	2 5 16 17 22 23
2019-12-07	1	2nd	13 16 18 25 38 41
2019-12-04	4	2nd	14 16 26 27 32 36
2019-11-20	14	2nd	15 16 20 25 28 37
2019-10-02	5	3rd	6 10 16 23 24 37
2019-09-14	6	1st	16 21 24 30 31 43
2019-08-24	2	4th	5 6 8 16 29 46
2019-08-17	3	3rd	1 15 16 28 34 45
2019-08-07	12	4th	2 3 7 16 29 37
2019-06-26	19	3rd	5 13 16 23 27 35
2019-04-20	15	5th	7 13 14 15 16 33
2019-02-27	2	3rd	14 15 16 19 38 46
2019-02-20	5	4th	1 9 10 16 19 30
2019-02-02	1	3rd	3 5 16 30 46 47
2019-01-30	6	3rd	4 6 16 34 38 39
2019-01-09	10	2nd	15 16 18 23 39 45
2018-12-05	1	2nd	15 16 17 18 35 43
2018-12-01	13	1st	16 24 31 39 43 47
2018-10-17	15	2nd	13 16 20 39 42 45
2018-08-25	9	3rd	4 9 16 17 21 41
2018-07-25	3	2nd	3 16 21 29 36 47
2018-07-14	13	2nd	5 16 37 43 44 46
2018-05-30	9	4th	11 13 14 16 31 38
2018-04-28	13	2nd	8 16 20 22 37 47
2018-03-14	8	4th	10 11 15 16 22 46
2018-02-14	1	2nd	8 16 18 23 35 40
2018-02-10	2	3rd	4 6 16 18 27 39
2018-02-03	13	2nd	7 16 21 27 30 31
2017-12-20	6	2nd	15 16 18 26 27 38
2017-11-29	1	4th	1 4 5 16 39 47
2017-11-25	4	2nd	4 16 18 24 32 35
2017-11-11	7	2nd	9 16 27 41 42 47
2017-10-18	1	3rd	9 13 16 27 32 33
2017-10-14	2	4th	2 8 9 16 27 43
2017-10-07	2	2nd	9 16 25 31 38 43
2017-09-30	10	3rd	4 6 16 18 26 32
2017-08-26	3	2nd	1 16 17 32 34 35
2017-08-16	12	2nd	7 16 17 25 31 33
2017-07-05	12	2nd	7 16 18 20 24 37
2017-05-24	3	2nd	6 16 21 22 30 45
2017-05-13	4	2nd	4 16 33 39 43 47
2017-04-29	1	3rd	3 12 16 21 39 44
2017-04-26	3	2nd	1 16 24 28 39 40
2017-04-15	4	3rd	7 9 16 26 40 45
2017-04-01	2	2nd	9 16 31 35 37 43
2017-03-25	1	4th	1 4 6 16 18 27
2017-03-22	11	1st	16 22 30 35 36 47
2017-02-11	9	2nd	2 16 19 26 28 29
2017-01-11	5	4th	8 12 13 16 19 24
2016-12-24	14	4th	8 10 11 16 40 42
2016-11-05	12	2nd	1 16 27 32 35 45
2016-09-24	2	3rd	2 7 16 17 27 47
2016-09-17	4	2nd	12 16 17 18 25 35
2016-09-03	1	4th	6 9 11 16 19 29
2016-08-31	4	3rd	8 14 16 34 35 42
2016-08-17	1	2nd	3 16 29 30 41 43
2016-08-13	13	3rd	5 13 16 18 19 40
2016-06-29	2	3rd	7 10 16 40 44 45
2016-06-22	3	2nd	6 16 23 28 32 35
2016-06-11	5	2nd	15 16 19 20 26 29
2016-05-25	12	1st	16 18 27 31 39 45
2016-04-13	11	3rd	1 9 16 34 37 46
2016-03-05	24	3rd	2 8 16 24 33 42
2015-12-12	3	5th	1 10 13 14 16 30
2015-12-02	2	3rd	8 9 16 26 32 47
2015-11-25	2	4th	2 5 7 16 46 47
2015-11-18	1	4th	5 7 10 16 30 46
2015-11-14	9	2nd	12 16 22 36 40 43
2015-10-14	—	3rd	8 13 16 18 30 31