Number 16

In 2by2 under the 4/26 · since Nov 2022 rules — 1,377 draws, 4 from 1–26.

213times drawn · chance expected 212 +0.09σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 85% for any number

6.5average wait between appearances · chance says 6.5

38longest completed wait · 36% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 213 times in 1,377 draws against 211.8 expected, +0.09σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 213 times in 1,377 draws · average wait 6.5 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 2 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest22 · chance 11.1
2nd smallest68 · chance 62.5
3rd smallest82 · chance 97.2
4th smallest41 · chance 42.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 22 19 2 11 20

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 25 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 — 14th most popular of 26. 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
2026-08-28	7	2nd	15 16 17 18
2026-08-21	4	3rd	1 9 16 19
2026-08-17	6	4th	1 10 15 16
2026-08-11	12	2nd	14 16 19 25
2026-07-30	21	3rd	9 12

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 4/26 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-28	4	3rd	9 15 16 24
2026-03-24	3	3rd	2 15 16 21
2026-03-21	2	3rd	4 13 16 18
2026-03-19	2	3rd	2 13 16 26
2026-03-17	6	1st	16 19 21 22
2026-03-11	1	2nd	4 16 20 23
2026-03-10	1	2nd	7 16 22 24
2026-03-09	27	2nd	9 16 20 22
2026-02-10	1	2nd	2 16 19 21
2026-02-09	17	2nd	8 16 23 24
2026-01-23	1	3rd	6 13 16 22
2026-01-22	5	3rd	3 13 16 18
2026-01-17	14	3rd	2 10 16 18
2026-01-03	20	4th	4 5 9 16
2025-12-14	11	3rd	2 15 16 24
2025-12-03	11	1st	16 20 21 23
2025-11-22	26	2nd	14 16 19 22
2025-10-27	11	2nd	11 16 24 24
2025-10-16	7	2nd	7 16 18 26
2025-10-09	6	3rd	7 9 16 26
2025-10-03	1	3rd	5 13 16 20
2025-10-02	2	4th	4 7 9 16
2025-09-30	3	4th	3 8 8 16
2025-09-27	5	2nd	15 16 17 18
2025-09-22	5	2nd	2 16 25 26
2025-09-17	1	1st	16 19 20 24
2025-09-16	6	3rd	2 9 16 21
2025-09-10	9	4th	9 10 15 16
2025-09-01	0	1st	16 18 22
2025-09-01	9	1st	16 18 22
2025-08-23	0	3rd	6 11 16
2025-08-23	2	3rd	6 11 16
2025-08-21	11	3rd	4 15 16 20
2025-08-10	12	3rd	5 9 16 25
2025-07-29	15	2nd	13 16 21 24
2025-07-14	7	3rd	9 11 16 22
2025-07-07	6	4th	3 6 14 16
2025-07-01	15	4th	1 5 13 16
2025-06-16	0	2nd	3 16 17
2025-06-16	2	2nd	3 16 17
2025-06-14	0	3rd	6 9 16
2025-06-14	2	3rd	6 9 16
2025-06-12	8	4th	1 4 11 16
2025-06-04	11	2nd	8 16 19 22
2025-05-24	19	3rd	8 11 16 25
2025-05-05	8	2nd	10 16 22 24
2025-04-27	10	3rd	1 14 16 22
2025-04-17	4	3rd	13 13 16 25
2025-04-13	25	2nd	13 16 19 20
2025-03-19	4	3rd	6 14 16 22
2025-03-15	1	2nd	7 16 22 25
2025-03-14	5	3rd	1 3 16 22
2025-03-09	11	2nd	10 16 22 26
2025-02-26	16	2nd	2 16 20 23
2025-02-10	1	2nd	10 16 18 26
2025-02-09	2	4th	8 12 14 16
2025-02-07	3	3rd	13 14 16 22
2025-02-04	8	3rd	11 14 16 18
2025-01-27	22	2nd	14 16 20 22
2025-01-05	1	3rd	1 8 16 19
2025-01-04	1	4th	6 9 13 16
2025-01-03	3	4th	8 10 12 16
2024-12-31	3	3rd	1 14 16 19
2024-12-28	2	3rd	9 10 16 17
2024-12-26	2	4th	7 8 11 16
2024-12-24	14	4th	2 4 6 16
2024-12-10	14	4th	12 13 14 16
2024-11-26	4	2nd	15 16 19 24
2024-11-22	5	1st	16 17 23 26
2024-11-17	5	3rd	3 10 16 26
2024-11-12	2	2nd	12 16 20 24
2024-11-10	5	2nd	8 16 22 24
2024-11-05	0	3rd	5 13 16
2024-11-05	5	3rd	5 13 16
2024-10-31	3	4th	1 2 10 16
2024-10-28	13	3rd	3 4 16 19
2024-10-15	24	4th	7 13 13 16
2024-09-21	5	2nd	9 16 19 20
2024-09-16	19	3rd	2 11 16 17
2024-08-28	6	3rd	8 9 16 17
2024-08-22	5	4th	3 10 14 16
2024-08-17	1	2nd	11 16 18 26
2024-08-16	10	4th	9 11 13 16
2024-08-06	9	2nd	13 16 23 25
2024-07-28	7	2nd	7 16 17 22
2024-07-21	2	4th	2 6 9 16
2024-07-19	15	4th	1 6 12 16
2024-07-04	13	3rd	1 5 16 21
2024-06-21	6	3rd	2 8 16 21
2024-06-15	2	3rd	4 8 16 18
2024-06-13	9	2nd	3 16 19 21
2024-06-04	2	2nd	15 16 17 25
2024-06-02	1	1st	16 19 22 23
2024-06-01	1	4th	1 7 13 16
2024-05-31	15	3rd	3 8 16 21
2024-05-16	20	2nd	10 16 20 25
2024-04-26	7	3rd	7 11 16 17
2024-04-19	3	4th	9 9 15 16
2024-04-16	23	1st	16 18 23 25
2024-03-24	2	3rd	1 14 16 22
2024-03-22	2	2nd	8 16 20 24
2024-03-20	2	4th	6 11 12 16
2024-03-18	2	3rd	3 11 16 22
2024-03-16	2	3rd	8 10 16 25
2024-03-14	10	2nd	11 16 19 19
2024-03-04	6	2nd	3 16 25 26
2024-02-27	4	2nd	10 16 17 25
2024-02-23	4	4th	3 5 11 16
2024-02-19	6	3rd	2 5 16 26
2024-02-13	22	4th	10 12 13 16
2024-01-22	7	3rd	4 12 16 24
2024-01-15	2	4th	2 3 11 16
2024-01-13	1	4th	7 7 11 16
2024-01-12	4	3rd	3 14 16 26
2024-01-08	1	4th	4 12 15 16
2024-01-07	1	2nd	15 16 23 24
2024-01-06	7	2nd	5 16 17 19
2023-12-30	8	2nd	9 16 20 21
2023-12-22	8	2nd	1 16 19 20
2023-12-14	22	3rd	11 15 16 22
2023-11-22	5	3rd	9 15 16 26
2023-11-17	7	4th	10 11 11 16
2023-11-10	7	3rd	2 14 16 25
2023-11-03	4	2nd	2 16 19 24
2023-10-30	1	3rd	8 11 16 22
2023-10-29	5	3rd	6 12 16 19
2023-10-24	5	1st	16 17 21 24
2023-10-19	1	4th	1 2 7 16
2023-10-18	2	3rd	11 15 16 25
2023-10-16	3	3rd	10 14 16 21
2023-10-13	0	1st	16 22 22
2023-10-13	11	1st	16 22 22
2023-10-02	4	2nd	12 16 20 26
2023-09-28	0	1st	16 18 19
2023-09-28	1	1st	16 18 19
2023-09-27	0	1st	16 23 24
2023-09-27	9	1st	16 23 24
2023-09-18	1	3rd	2 13 16 19
2023-09-17	5	1st	16 18 21 26
2023-09-12	2	2nd	11 16 24 25
2023-09-10	5	4th	2 6 13 16
2023-09-05	4	2nd	7 16 17 26
2023-09-01	4	2nd	12 16 18 19
2023-08-28	1	4th	1 5 14 16
2023-08-27	11	3rd	3 11 16 19
2023-08-16	11	3rd	5 11 16 19
2023-08-05	3	3rd	7 13 16 26
2023-08-02	2	3rd	8 10 16 24
2023-07-31	11	4th	2 13 13 16
2023-07-20	21	3rd	9 15 16 23
2023-06-29	2	2nd	2 16 19 25
2023-06-27	1	4th	1 2 2 16
2023-06-26	3	3rd	3 7 16 24
2023-06-23	10	2nd	4 16 20 24
2023-06-13	2	2nd	15 16 21 26
2023-06-11	1	2nd	4 16 19 24
2023-06-10	13	3rd	1 10 16 20
2023-05-28	0	3rd	4 14 16
2023-05-28	1	3rd	4 14 16
2023-05-27	1	2nd	2 16 17 20
2023-05-26	38	4th	3 10 11 16
2023-04-18	18	3rd	6 10 16 23
2023-03-31	4	3rd	5 5 16 20
2023-03-27	1	2nd	14 16 17 22
2023-03-26	4	3rd	6 13 16 25
2023-03-22	3	2nd	12 16 25 26
2023-03-19	4	2nd	13 16 18 22
2023-03-15	2	3rd	13 14 16 25
2023-03-13	3	4th	1 8 13 16
2023-03-10	10	1st	16 22 24 26
2023-02-28	5	3rd	10 12 16 25
2023-02-23	2	3rd	3 9 16 23
2023-02-21	7	4th	2 14 15 16
2023-02-14	0	2nd	5 16 26
2023-02-14	5	2nd	5 16 26
2023-02-09	2	4th	6 11 12 16
2023-02-07	2	2nd	14 16 17 23
2023-02-05	4	3rd	4 14 16 20
2023-02-01	11	3rd	6 12 16 21
2023-01-21	0	1st	16 21 26
2023-01-21	3	1st	16 21 26
2023-01-18	3	3rd	2 3 16 25
2023-01-15	12	2nd	2 16 20 26
2023-01-03	16	2nd	1 16 21 26
2022-12-18	4	1st	16 20 21 26
2022-12-14	10	3rd	6 10 16 22
2022-12-04	5	2nd	2 16 23 25
2022-11-29	1	3rd	4 13 16 18
2022-11-28	—	3rd	5 13 16 19