Number 16

In Lotto under the 6/44 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–44.

235times drawn · chance expected 239 −0.26σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 75% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.3

40longest completed wait · 54% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 235 times in 1,751 draws against 238.8 expected, −0.26σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 235 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 3 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 smallest28 · chance 24.0
2nd smallest60 · chance 75.0
3rd smallest95 · chance 84.0
4th smallest39 · chance 42.0
5th smallest12 · chance 9.3
6th smallest1 · chance 0.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

18 11 27 19 2 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 43 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 44. 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	5	3rd	2 12 16 20 21 38
2026-09-11	2	3rd	4 12 16 23 25 26
2026-09-04	5	2nd	11 16 20 27 30 40
2026-08-18	5	1st	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 6/44 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-02-28	3	2nd	12 16 18 22 30 38
2025-02-18	17	3rd	6 11 16 21 22 27
2024-12-20	4	4th	1 2 4 16 24 33
2024-12-06	19	4th	3 12 15 16 29 37
2024-10-01	13	5th	4 9 11 13 16 24
2024-08-16	7	1st	16 17 23 27 28 35
2024-07-23	7	3rd	8 12 16 19 35 39
2024-06-28	6	3rd	8 13 16 22 35 44
2024-06-07	6	3rd	7 11 16 20 23 24
2024-05-17	1	3rd	1 2 16 23 30 34
2024-05-14	14	2nd	2 16 21 29 34 43
2024-03-26	1	3rd	10 11 16 20 39 41
2024-03-22	8	4th	4 12 13 16 36 38
2024-02-23	1	3rd	1 15 16 17 18 43
2024-02-20	6	4th	7 8 12 16 27 44
2024-01-30	5	3rd	2 13 16 25 27 44
2024-01-12	17	2nd	10 16 27 33 39 42
2023-11-14	2	4th	4 6 14 16 18 21
2023-11-07	24	1st	16 28 33 38 39 41
2023-08-15	2	5th	1 2 7 10 16 23
2023-08-08	27	3rd	10 14 16 41 42 43
2023-05-05	1	4th	8 12 14 16 18 21
2023-05-02	8	5th	3 4 5 9 16 21
2023-04-04	5	4th	5 7 11 16 39 42
2023-03-17	1	3rd	7 10 16 19 43 44
2023-03-14	23	3rd	11 13 16 18 32 39
2022-12-23	1	2nd	14 16 18 24 38 42
2022-12-20	23	2nd	6 16 19 30 32 44
2022-09-30	1	5th	4 8 9 14 16 34
2022-09-27	6	3rd	6 7 16 22 29 33
2022-09-06	1	2nd	6 16 18 21 31 32
2022-09-02	11	5th	1 3 8 14 16 29
2022-07-26	28	3rd	1 13 16 25 29 44
2022-04-19	4	3rd	7 9 16 29 36 40
2022-04-05	37	5th	2 3 10 11 16 43
2021-11-26	23	3rd	3 6 16 29 41 44
2021-09-07	1	3rd	6 13 16 18 34 37
2021-09-03	4	2nd	6 16 17 24 31 38
2021-08-20	2	4th	2 6 7 16 17 21
2021-08-13	8	2nd	4 16 20 31 37 43
2021-07-16	5	2nd	3 16 26 36 43 44
2021-06-29	3	3rd	4 15 16 33 34 43
2021-06-18	9	3rd	8 14 16 29 33 36
2021-05-18	32	1st	16 20 28 33 34 39
2021-01-26	5	2nd	9 16 27 29 32 42
2021-01-08	9	2nd	5 16 23 28 41 43
2020-12-08	6	3rd	9 11 16 17 23 25
2020-11-17	16	3rd	3 9 16 35 39 40
2020-09-22	4	3rd	5 9 16 19 22 28
2020-09-08	2	1st	16 25 30 35 41 44
2020-09-01	9	3rd	2 7 16 19 30 36
2020-07-31	17	3rd	8 12 16 17 40 43
2020-06-02	10	2nd	4 16 20 21 22 35
2020-04-28	3	2nd	1 16 17 25 33 35
2020-04-17	2	3rd	3 13 16 27 28 37
2020-04-10	12	2nd	12 16 21 23 33 37
2020-02-28	3	2nd	6 16 20 22 30 33
2020-02-18	21	1st	16 20 22 24 33 44
2019-12-06	1	2nd	7 16 18 23 29 42
2019-12-03	6	3rd	3 7 16 19 21 32
2019-11-12	8	2nd	15 16 24 27 30 40
2019-10-15	2	4th	2 3 15 16 22 42
2019-10-08	3	3rd	2 15 16 19 34 43
2019-09-27	6	2nd	13 16 17 26 38 43
2019-09-06	22	4th	6 10 13 16 18 42
2019-06-21	6	3rd	5 9 16 35 41 44
2019-05-31	2	3rd	7 9 16 20 22 25
2019-05-24	11	2nd	10 16 22 28 36 43
2019-04-16	4	1st	16 22 28 29 35 38
2019-04-02	4	2nd	9 16 21 28 41 42
2019-03-19	6	5th	2 7 9 11 16 42
2019-02-26	1	2nd	12 16 25 27 39 42
2019-02-22	3	4th	6 11 15 16 20 31
2019-02-12	5	1st	16 19 29 30 31 40
2019-01-25	2	2nd	3 16 20 23 24 44
2019-01-18	4	1st	16 20 22 30 36 38
2019-01-04	14	2nd	15 16 24 25 31 39
2018-11-16	21	3rd	1 2 16 19 28 30
2018-09-04	5	2nd	14 16 19 20 30 43
2018-08-17	18	2nd	9 16 19 31 34 39
2018-06-15	2	3rd	5 14 16 18 25 26
2018-06-08	15	3rd	2 10 16 17 39 43
2018-04-17	2	3rd	8 12 16 25 32 35
2018-04-10	5	2nd	8 16 20 24 35 43
2018-03-23	5	2nd	7 16 22 33 34 35
2018-03-06	7	3rd	2 11 16 23 25 26
2018-02-09	2	3rd	6 7 16 32 37 41
2018-02-02	3	1st	16 20 21 24 28 35
2018-01-23	5	2nd	11 16 22 25 30 38
2018-01-05	1	2nd	1 16 22 25 33 37
2018-01-02	3	2nd	5 16 19 20 28 39
2017-12-22	12	3rd	9 15 16 18 27 44
2017-11-10	1	3rd	6 11 16 29 38 40
2017-11-07	3	4th	2 3 8 16 26 33
2017-10-27	2	3rd	7 14 16 26 34 42
2017-10-20	2	3rd	5 8 16 26 32 37
2017-10-13	1	3rd	4 7 16 26 27 37
2017-10-10	13	4th	6 9 15 16 23 31
2017-08-25	1	2nd	13 16 23 34 37 41
2017-08-22	3	2nd	5 16 18 31 36 42
2017-08-11	12	4th	4 11 12 16 35 41
2017-06-30	10	2nd	8 16 17 27 38 39
2017-05-26	8	3rd	1 13 16 25 35 39
2017-04-28	5	5th	1 2 8 10 16 27
2017-04-11	9	2nd	15 16 23 26 31 41
2017-03-10	2	1st	16 18 19 28 31 42
2017-03-03	1	5th	1 3 5 15 16 26
2017-02-28	3	6th	1 2 7 8 15 16
2017-02-17	1	3rd	1 13 16 20 25 31
2017-02-14	12	1st	16 23 30 32 36 41
2017-01-03	5	2nd	8 16 18 31 36 41
2016-12-16	1	3rd	4 13 16 18 24 40
2016-12-13	2	3rd	7 8 16 21 34 40
2016-12-06	3	3rd	1 3 16 18 20 40
2016-11-25	2	2nd	13 16 17 18 19 32
2016-11-18	5	1st	16 19 24 33 34 39
2016-11-01	1	2nd	11 16 28 37 42 43
2016-10-28	1	2nd	2 16 21 24 28 34
2016-10-25	6	3rd	2 6 16 22 33 36
2016-10-04	4	4th	2 8 15 16 19 32
2016-09-20	1	2nd	7 16 25 31 33 38
2016-09-16	3	3rd	1 5 16 24 30 44
2016-09-06	15	4th	3 5 7 16 26 39
2016-07-15	15	3rd	5 14 16 18 30 40
2016-05-24	11	2nd	4 16 18 19 27 42
2016-04-15	20	3rd	3 12 16 25 28 44
2016-02-05	12	3rd	7 15 16 23 42 44
2015-12-25	3	4th	1 3 14 16 23 41
2015-12-15	11	4th	7 8 10 16 29 31
2015-11-06	5	4th	2 6 10 16 33 41
2015-10-20	1	3rd	7 9 16 18 21 25
2015-10-16	1	1st	16 27 32 38 40 42
2015-10-13	6	2nd	2 16 20 26 34 37
2015-09-22	33	2nd	5 16 21 28 32 33
2015-05-29	3	2nd	14 16 19 32 34 35
2015-05-19	3	3rd	1 6 16 25 26 38
2015-05-08	19	3rd	3 13 16 27 43 44
2015-03-03	10	3rd	6 10 16 21 30 35
2015-01-27	7	1st	16 32 35 39 42 44
2015-01-02	4	4th	2 4 5 16 27 40
2014-12-19	4	3rd	9 11 16 30 33 39
2014-12-05	3	4th	2 12 14 16 28 41
2014-11-25	15	3rd	9 10 16 30 31 40
2014-10-03	2	3rd	5 15 16 19 23 40
2014-09-26	23	3rd	9 12 16 18 25 43
2014-07-08	18	3rd	4 11 16 20 21 38
2014-05-06	4	2nd	8 16 19 27 39 44
2014-04-22	1	4th	5 9 11 16 19 32
2014-04-18	19	5th	3 9 11 12 16 29
2014-02-11	3	2nd	10 16 17 25 27 30
2014-01-31	4	4th	9 11 12 16 21 33
2014-01-17	12	4th	3 6 15 16 36 39
2013-12-06	15	3rd	4 10 16 34 38 40
2013-10-15	5	3rd	12 15 16 21 36 38
2013-09-27	2	1st	16 18 19 39 41 43
2013-09-20	29	4th	2 6 10 16 25 30
2013-06-11	5	2nd	8 16 20 27 31 35
2013-05-24	1	3rd	2 7 16 28 33 40
2013-05-21	1	3rd	8 13 16 17 19 36
2013-05-17	4	3rd	8 13 16 28 39 42
2013-05-03	6	4th	5 11 15 16 32 42
2013-04-12	2	4th	3 8 12 16 18 22
2013-04-05	8	3rd	4 11 16 20 27 44
2013-03-08	1	2nd	12 16 23 25 29 39
2013-03-05	6	3rd	6 8 16 18 22 35
2013-02-12	1	4th	6 8 9 16 17 38
2013-02-08	2	3rd	6 8 16 22 38 40
2013-02-01	6	1st	16 18 22 24 26 30
2013-01-11	1	2nd	12 16 19 21 28 31
2013-01-08	4	2nd	11 16 19 30 39 42
2012-12-25	1	2nd	4 16 18 20 28 32
2012-12-21	9	1st	16 17 19 25 36 43
2012-11-20	2	3rd	1 2 16 17 38 42
2012-11-13	8	2nd	7 16 23 32 41 44
2012-10-16	34	3rd	9 13 16 21 37 43
2012-06-19	14	3rd	1 9 16 35 38 43
2012-05-01	1	3rd	3 4 16 25 26 39
2012-04-27	8	3rd	10 13 16 19 25 40
2012-03-30	6	3rd	4 14 16 24 30 42
2012-03-09	10	4th	6 8 12 16 31 38
2012-02-03	8	1st	16 18 25 26 27 35
2012-01-06	2	1st	16 18 30 35 40 43
2011-12-30	12	2nd	2 16 20 22 25 42
2011-11-18	29	3rd	3 11 16 18 30 38
2011-08-09	4	2nd	14 16 22 23 27 31
2011-07-26	6	1st	16 18 24 37 41 43
2011-07-05	1	3rd	10 12 16 19 32 35
2011-07-01	2	3rd	4 15 16 23 33 43
2011-06-24	5	3rd	13 15 16 25 29 31
2011-06-07	2	3rd	1 15 16 17 28 39
2011-05-31	5	3rd	5 7 16 20 27 33
2011-05-13	1	4th	5 8 11 16 17 29
2011-05-10	5	3rd	12 13 16 22 40 41
2011-04-22	9	1st	16 17 24 26 35 36
2011-03-22	12	3rd	1 12 16 22 28 36
2011-02-08	7	3rd	9 11 16 27 30 39
2011-01-14	1	1st	16 17 23 30 41 44
2011-01-11	3	4th	2 3 9 16 32 38
2010-12-31	8	3rd	1 4 16 18 19 24
2010-12-03	9	4th	4 11 15 16 40 43
2010-11-02	16	2nd	2 16 32 35 41 42
2010-09-07	13	3rd	11 12 16 27 35 41
2010-07-23	5	1st	16 23 27 30 40 42
2010-07-06	3	3rd	3 15 16 25 31 33
2010-06-25	22	4th	4 5 11 16 19 25
2010-04-09	1	2nd	5 16 26 27 29 40
2010-04-06	7	5th	3 6 7 14 16 33
2010-03-12	4	1st	16 18 21 22 27 38
2010-02-26	8	1st	16 19 27 28 30 39
2010-01-29	6	4th	5 11 13 16 20 30
2010-01-08	—	2nd	1 16 19 36 38 44