Number 16

In SuperEnalotto under the 6/90 + 1/90 · since Jul 2009 rules — 2,425 draws, 6 from 1–90.

166times drawn · chance expected 162 +0.35σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 66% for any number

14.5average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

64longest completed wait · 88% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 166 times in 2,425 draws against 161.7 expected, +0.35σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 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 166 times in 2,425 draws · average wait 14.5 draws · longest completed wait 64 · waiting 7 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 smallest64 · chance 64.4
2nd smallest78 · chance 69.0
3rd smallest23 · chance 27.2
4th smallest0 · chance 4.9
5th smallest1 · chance 0.4
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

57 24 51 30 49 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 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 90. 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
2026-09-29	7	1st	16 26 28 30 43 72
2026-09-17	3	3rd	6 7 16 35 46 54
2026-09-11	11	3rd	8 13 16 52 64 70
2026-08-22	3	2nd

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 6/90 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-07-05	48	1st	16 46 61 71 75 85
2025-04-12	20	1st	16 38 60 79 83 85
2025-03-08	17	2nd	11 16 35 59 65 87
2025-02-07	22	1st	16 29 30 47 52 84
2024-12-31	10	2nd	5 16 23 40 47 80
2024-12-13	35	1st	16 42 54 55 65 83
2024-10-12	20	3rd	11 13 16 22 42 51
2022-12-12	13	1st	16 33 51 54 68 86
2022-11-10	25	2nd	10 16 18 34 39 45
2022-09-13	62	3rd	5 9 16 20 23 69
2021-09-16	16	2nd	12 16 40 46 47 83
2021-08-10	13	2nd	14 16 47 49 53 56
2021-07-10	45	3rd	8 13 16 27 32 62
2021-03-27	33	1st	16 19 41 72 78 82
2021-01-09	8	2nd	14 16 35 47 58 64
2020-12-22	3	2nd	15 16 22 46 51 72
2020-12-15	9	2nd	10 16 47 51 80 85
2020-11-24	14	3rd	9 15 16 23 57 76
2020-10-22	11	2nd	1 16 21 36 37 43
2020-09-26	10	2nd	4 16 38 70 86 88
2020-09-03	11	1st	16 17 38 39 68 84
2020-08-08	14	2nd	6 16 22 55 58 83
2020-07-07	7	1st	16 24 29 53 73 88
2020-06-20	7	1st	16 29 39 55 63 86
2020-06-04	3	2nd	5 16 23 30 40 71
2020-05-28	28	1st	16 29 31 73 76 82
2020-02-11	6	1st	16 24 45 68 72 81
2020-01-28	1	1st	16 21 33 50 57 89
2020-01-25	12	2nd	11 16 17 35 68 90
2019-12-28	10	3rd	3 8 16 28 42 65
2019-12-05	3	1st	16 25 52 59 64 74
2019-11-28	34	2nd	7 16 17 50 52 74
2019-09-10	16	2nd	15 16 21 49 50 83
2019-08-03	2	2nd	6 16 21 27 33 66
2019-07-30	21	3rd	6 8 16 42 84 87
2019-06-11	1	1st	16 25 36 46 48 58
2019-06-08	4	2nd	15 16 54 64 66 72
2019-05-30	20	1st	16 33 59 65 69 73
2019-04-13	17	1st	16 22 30 40 51 77
2019-03-05	5	3rd	3 6 16 36 56 82
2019-02-21	1	2nd	11 16 43 59 87 90
2019-02-19	16	2nd	15 16 32 63 67 70
2019-01-12	9	1st	16 33 36 62 73 88
2018-12-22	9	3rd	4 14 16 51 64 88
2018-12-01	11	2nd	7 16 33 54 80 84
2018-11-06	8	2nd	4 16 24 42 51 84
2018-10-18	11	1st	16 23 50 73 80 88
2018-09-22	4	2nd	12 16 29 45 82 85
2018-09-13	6	1st	16 23 29 49 57 76
2018-08-30	4	1st	16 28 29 55 63 69
2018-08-21	41	2nd	2 16 30 39 51 79
2018-05-17	22	1st	16 33 34 74 79 80
2018-03-27	21	2nd	10 16 35 63 73 83
2018-02-06	31	3rd	4 8 16 35 36 74
2017-11-25	3	1st	16 20 22 42 54 62
2017-11-18	1	2nd	3 16 24 27 44 88
2017-11-16	2	3rd	2 12 16 26 51 73
2017-11-11	10	1st	16 31 33 51 75 80
2017-10-19	3	1st	16 17 58 66 71 72
2017-10-12	9	2nd	9 16 19 35 41 59
2017-09-21	36	2nd	13 16 27 48 67 77
2017-06-29	14	1st	16 19 38 40 58 79
2017-05-27	19	1st	16 34 57 64 65 78
2017-04-13	3	1st	16 24 56 69 85 87
2017-04-06	1	2nd	15 16 21 24 53 89
2017-04-04	2	2nd	3 16 29 34 37 57
2017-03-30	6	2nd	5 16 40 70 74 76
2017-03-16	1	1st	16 21 31 62 69 85
2017-03-14	18	1st	16 21 53 74 79 80
2017-01-31	6	3rd	14 15 16 43 49 77
2017-01-17	2	1st	16 44 49 57 60 81
2017-01-12	47	2nd	14 16 30 34 52 73
2016-09-24	6	2nd	3 16 22 31 45 56
2016-09-10	7	3rd	9 13 16 49 64 65
2016-08-25	40	1st	16 28 40 43 57 61
2016-05-24	32	2nd	14 16 45 47 48 86
2016-03-10	3	2nd	9 16 18 22 65 71
2016-03-03	54	2nd	8 16 29 49 56 62
2015-10-29	6	2nd	4 16 40 57 71 84
2015-10-15	46	3rd	7 9 16 24 32 40
2015-06-30	10	3rd	4 11 16 25 34 59
2015-06-06	41	1st	16 24 34 40 41 57
2015-03-03	4	1st	16 26 48 61 63 87
2015-02-21	20	2nd	5 16 33 48 57 87
2015-01-07	1	2nd	9 16 19 26 28 46
2015-01-05	47	1st	16 37 48 68 84 90
2014-09-16	10	3rd	1 15 16 23 24 52
2014-08-23	28	1st	16 45 51 58 60 71
2014-06-19	16	1st	16 19 24 36 39 81
2014-05-13	9	3rd	3 5 16 54 58 68
2014-04-22	31	2nd	14 16 21 24 62 78
2014-02-08	26	2nd	8 16 41 52 64 74
2013-12-10	1	2nd	10 16 20 57 65 89
2013-12-07	9	2nd	2 16 42 67 75 87
2013-11-16	2	1st	16 36 54 55 63 69
2013-11-12	18	1st	16 26 30 52 57 83
2013-10-01	24	1st	16 21 26 64 66 78
2013-08-06	1	2nd	14 16 32 35 41 50
2013-08-03	2	2nd	15 16 34 74 85 87
2013-07-30	4	1st	16 47 55 57 70 85
2013-07-20	1	2nd	2 16 20 26 31 33
2013-07-18	10	1st	16 19 24 37 63 85
2013-06-25	17	2nd	6 16 40 61 64 82
2013-05-16	3	2nd	3 16 22 39 49 71
2013-05-09	29	2nd	13 16 20 21 25 65
2013-03-02	4	1st	16 49 59 67 71 82
2013-02-21	18	2nd	4 16 35 57 69 88
2013-01-10	13	2nd	1 16 22 54 73 76
2012-12-11	26	5th	6 8 10 11 16 61
2012-10-11	15	1st	16 34 50 58 80 90
2012-09-06	41	1st	16 29 39 49 59 64
2012-06-04	10	2nd	8 16 20 23 47 56
2012-05-10	3	2nd	6 16 30 53 60 71
2012-05-03	26	2nd	8 16 25 28 57 68
2012-03-03	14	1st	16 19 31 46 69 74
2012-01-31	2	1st	16 23 28 33 43 86
2012-01-26	14	2nd	13 16 22 30 52 87
2011-12-24	9	1st	16 41 46 53 86 87
2011-12-03	5	3rd	7 13 16 42 67 68
2011-11-22	10	2nd	11 16 17 25 61 72
2011-10-29	64	2nd	8 16 23 24 71 77
2011-06-03	2	2nd	14 16 24 30 34 72
2011-05-28	31	2nd	15 16 79 80 84 88
2011-03-18	8	2nd	6 16 35 52 53 69
2011-02-26	28	1st	16 18 20 26 32 35
2010-12-23	8	3rd	5 12 16 44 71 75
2010-12-04	16	1st	16 20 36 39 42 51
2010-10-28	5	1st	16 29 32 53 61 72
2010-10-16	6	1st	16 31 41 61 65 77
2010-10-02	3	2nd	9 16 31 43 49 83
2010-09-25	6	2nd	13 16 45 58 63 72
2010-09-11	18	2nd	10 16 36 70 71 73
2010-07-31	21	3rd	14 15 16 27 56 57
2010-06-12	1	1st	16 27 43 46 62 85
2010-06-10	29	1st	16 19 48 51 65 85
2010-04-03	12	2nd	2 16 19 47 49 57
2010-03-06	29	1st	16 21 30 35 57 78
2009-12-29	7	2nd	11 16 21 62 70 84
2009-12-12	11	2nd	10 16 40 55 66 77
2009-11-17	7	1st	16 25 28 30 39 51
2009-10-31	31	2nd	13 16 41 49 58 76
2009-08-20	—	2nd	2 16 38 67 70 84