Number 16

In Lotto under the 6/40 + 1/40 · since Nov 2011 rules — 1,355 draws, 6 from 1–40.

188times drawn · chance expected 203 −1.16σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 52% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

39longest completed wait · 32% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 188 times in 1,355 draws against 203.3 expected, −1.16σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 33 times, counted separately.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 188 times in 1,355 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 39 · 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 smallest9 · chance 13.9
2nd smallest56 · chance 52.0
3rd smallest75 · chance 69.4
4th smallest38 · chance 41.0
5th smallest9 · chance 10.7
6th smallest1 · chance 1.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 7 1 34 31 23

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-09-23	5	5th	1 4 6 9 16 27
2026-09-05	5	3rd	3 14 16 23 31 34
2026-08-19	4	2nd	13 16 19 20 25 37
2026-08-05	26	3rd	4 13

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

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