Number 16

In SuperLotto Plus under the 5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 5 from 1–47.

194times drawn · chance expected 186 +0.60σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 23% for any number

8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

50longest completed wait · 54% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 194 times in 1,751 draws against 186.3 expected, +0.60σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 194 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 14 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 smallest32 · chance 37.4
2nd smallest73 · chance 80.2
3rd smallest67 · chance 58.0
4th smallest20 · chance 16.8
5th smallest2 · chance 1.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 6 21 22 39 13

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
2026-08-22	9	2nd	11 16 21 28 37
2026-07-22	7	2nd	5 16 29 30 35
2026-06-27	5	1st	16 21 22 25 34
2026-06-10	25	2nd	3 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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-06-26	17	2nd	5 16 23 35 46
2024-04-27	5	3rd	6 7 16 17 37
2024-04-10	3	2nd	4 16 20 30 33
2024-03-30	20	2nd	6 16 18 24 26
2024-01-20	5	3rd	8 11 16 30 40
2024-01-03	2	3rd	3 10 16 21 29
2023-12-27	11	4th	1 3 11 16 27
2023-11-18	9	3rd	1 4 16 29 41
2023-10-18	12	2nd	12 16 29 31 44
2023-09-06	7	3rd	2 3 16 25 41
2023-08-12	3	3rd	3 13 16 42 44
2023-08-02	9	2nd	2 16 26 36 39
2023-07-01	7	4th	2 9 10 16 20
2023-06-07	7	3rd	6 14 16 23 27
2023-05-13	4	3rd	5 11 16 18 39
2023-04-29	6	2nd	6 16 27 46 47
2023-04-08	6	3rd	2 4 16 37 39
2023-03-18	2	3rd	8 10 16 19 36
2023-03-11	9	2nd	13 16 35 36 38
2023-02-08	1	1st	16 21 34 39 40
2023-02-04	4	3rd	6 15 16 24 35
2023-01-21	3	2nd	7 16 22 31 42
2023-01-11	2	2nd	7 16 21 44 46
2023-01-04	8	2nd	4 16 18 41 45
2022-12-07	6	1st	16 26 32 38 43
2022-11-16	7	2nd	12 16 25 28 45
2022-10-22	2	5th	5 8 12 14 16
2022-10-15	5	3rd	5 10 16 34 35
2022-09-28	2	2nd	13 16 28 33 45
2022-09-21	6	3rd	6 14 16 36 46
2022-08-31	1	2nd	2 16 19 24 42
2022-08-27	11	1st	16 17 25 43 45
2022-07-20	32	2nd	7 16 30 40 44
2022-03-30	8	3rd	5 10 16 26 43
2022-03-02	20	3rd	6 14 16 19 38
2021-12-22	24	2nd	11 16 20 21 26
2021-09-29	17	3rd	12 13 16 17 22
2021-07-31	9	1st	16 18 30 32 38
2021-06-30	12	3rd	12 13 16 18 25
2021-05-19	12	2nd	4 16 18 32 44
2021-04-07	17	3rd	2 7 16 40 42
2021-02-06	3	2nd	4 16 34 35 45
2021-01-27	9	3rd	9 10 16 30 46
2020-12-26	10	3rd	4 6 16 19 32
2020-11-21	1	3rd	8 12 16 21 41
2020-11-18	5	3rd	1 2 16 27 32
2020-10-31	3	3rd	4 7 16 21 34
2020-10-21	18	3rd	9 10 16 31 46
2020-08-19	6	4th	11 13 14 16 39
2020-07-29	3	2nd	2 16 20 21 34
2020-07-18	2	1st	16 30 37 39 43
2020-07-11	34	3rd	2 12 16 19 31
2020-03-14	19	2nd	4 16 19 25 28
2020-01-08	3	2nd	1 16 34 35 47
2019-12-28	18	1st	16 21 33 36 39
2019-10-26	1	3rd	8 11 16 19 23
2019-10-23	14	2nd	11 16 19 22 28
2019-09-04	2	1st	16 22 24 43 45
2019-08-28	20	2nd	14 16 21 31 39
2019-06-19	2	2nd	8 16 17 31 44
2019-06-12	2	2nd	10 16 23 24 34
2019-06-05	1	2nd	12 16 21 28 41
2019-06-01	3	3rd	10 13 16 31 32
2019-05-22	12	1st	16 34 37 42 43
2019-04-10	20	2nd	4 16 22 31 42
2019-01-30	1	3rd	3 14 16 20 46
2019-01-26	18	2nd	10 16 23 31 34
2018-11-24	11	3rd	7 15 16 22 44
2018-10-17	2	3rd	3 11 16 22 23
2018-10-10	1	1st	16 21 34 40 46
2018-10-06	1	4th	3 14 15 16 26
2018-10-03	20	2nd	9 16 18 20 32
2018-07-25	2	2nd	6 16 27 30 40
2018-07-18	2	4th	1 3 4 16 39
2018-07-11	4	2nd	15 16 18 20 39
2018-06-27	6	2nd	6 16 29 32 34
2018-06-06	16	2nd	3 16 19 26 37
2018-04-11	1	3rd	5 9 16 22 28
2018-04-07	6	2nd	13 16 24 38 39
2018-03-17	16	3rd	10 11 16 25 35
2018-01-20	20	1st	16 22 25 41 44
2017-11-11	1	2nd	4 16 21 39 47
2017-11-08	9	1st	16 17 22 38 41
2017-10-07	7	1st	16 18 24 41 47
2017-09-13	13	3rd	2 12 16 32 44
2017-07-29	13	3rd	8 14 16 38 39
2017-06-14	1	2nd	1 16 26 34 35
2017-06-10	5	4th	3 4 5 16 20
2017-05-24	3	3rd	1 14 16 31 44
2017-05-13	1	2nd	13 16 18 27 32
2017-05-10	1	2nd	7 16 17 36 38
2017-05-06	4	1st	16 24 31 40 44
2017-04-22	2	3rd	6 13 16 39 44
2017-04-15	10	3rd	3 10 16 18 19
2017-03-11	7	1st	16 17 19 38 47
2017-02-15	14	3rd	5 9 16 27 41
2016-12-28	2	3rd	10 13 16 34 41
2016-12-21	2	1st	16 21 28 40 41
2016-12-14	5	3rd	6 10 16 29 31
2016-11-26	2	2nd	1 16 21 22 39
2016-11-19	18	4th	3 11 15 16 32
2016-09-17	33	1st	16 20 22 34 41
2016-05-25	7	4th	4 6 9 16 47
2016-04-30	2	2nd	13 16 24 29 38
2016-04-23	4	1st	16 26 28 33 39
2016-04-09	8	1st	16 18 36 40 42
2016-03-12	5	2nd	2 16 27 34 36
2016-02-24	25	3rd	6 11 16 42 43
2015-11-28	11	2nd	9 16 20 21 31
2015-10-21	5	3rd	5 13 16 19 27
2015-10-03	16	3rd	2 12 16 17 43
2015-08-08	1	2nd	1 16 30 33 46
2015-08-05	11	3rd	10 15 16 26 29
2015-06-27	6	3rd	1 5 16 21 35
2015-06-06	16	1st	16 22 23 39 42
2015-04-11	25	3rd	6 13 16 27 42
2015-01-14	1	3rd	5 14 16 19 36
2015-01-10	44	3rd	1 5 16 24 30
2014-08-09	2	4th	8 13 14 16 33
2014-08-02	2	2nd	6 16 22 27 32
2014-07-26	7	1st	16 22 26 31 36
2014-07-02	3	1st	16 34 42 44 46
2014-06-21	2	2nd	13 16 18 29 39
2014-06-14	11	2nd	5 16 20 29 42
2014-05-07	2	3rd	4 6 16 27 39
2014-04-30	1	3rd	7 14 16 22 28
2014-04-26	3	2nd	15 16 24 29 35
2014-04-16	11	2nd	11 16 23 38 39
2014-03-08	10	2nd	1 16 26 45 46
2014-02-01	4	4th	9 14 15 16 44
2014-01-18	3	1st	16 23 25 35 47
2014-01-08	6	1st	16 17 21 26 37
2013-12-18	5	2nd	14 16 17 24 33
2013-11-30	11	4th	2 11 13 16 22
2013-10-23	50	2nd	4 16 28 35 45
2013-05-01	22	3rd	9 14 16 18 19
2013-02-13	1	1st	16 17 20 32 36
2013-02-09	5	1st	16 32 35 40 47
2013-01-23	19	2nd	8 16 22 30 33
2012-11-17	5	3rd	8 9 16 22 26
2012-10-31	30	2nd	9 16 29 31 40
2012-07-18	8	1st	16 18 19 29 38
2012-06-20	21	4th	4 7 9 16 25
2012-04-07	15	2nd	9 16 25 45 47
2012-02-15	7	3rd	3 5 16 25 37
2012-01-21	4	1st	16 18 23 40 46
2012-01-07	2	3rd	2 5 16 31 35
2011-12-31	10	2nd	1 16 27 33 46
2011-11-26	6	2nd	15 16 28 33 38
2011-11-05	14	4th	3 8 10 16 22
2011-09-17	8	4th	7 12 14 16 37
2011-08-20	3	2nd	6 16 31 42 45
2011-08-10	4	2nd	2 16 19 31 40
2011-07-27	9	4th	4 6 15 16 42
2011-06-25	1	2nd	9 16 27 34 45
2011-06-22	7	2nd	1 16 24 27 28
2011-05-28	2	3rd	6 7 16 32 35
2011-05-21	8	3rd	3 11 16 26 38
2011-04-23	5	2nd	13 16 26 33 41
2011-04-06	14	2nd	6 16 17 26 44
2011-02-16	8	3rd	2 8 16 21 23
2011-01-19	25	3rd	6 7 16 27 39
2010-10-23	15	4th	3 13 15 16 25
2010-09-01	3	2nd	5 16 24 32 33
2010-08-21	10	2nd	13 16 21 23 31
2010-07-17	23	2nd	12 16 18 20 24
2010-04-28	4	4th	1 9 15 16 29
2010-04-14	5	1st	16 34 37 44 47
2010-03-27	7	2nd	11 16 29 41 46
2010-03-03	—	3rd	1 3 16 38 47