Number 16

In Florida Lotto under the 6/53 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–53.

198times drawn · chance expected 198 −0.02σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 43% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.8

44longest completed wait · 68% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 198 times in 1,751 draws against 198.2 expected, −0.02σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 198 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 8 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 smallest36 · chance 33.2
2nd smallest72 · chance 75.5
3rd smallest61 · chance 62.2
4th smallest26 · chance 23.1
5th smallest3 · chance 3.8
6th smallest0 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 52 20 43 30 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 52 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 53. 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
2026-09-12	5	2nd	5 16 19 33 37 45
2026-08-26	2	3rd	5 6 16 24 32 45
2026-08-19	2	2nd	1 16 17 30 46 47
2026-08-12

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 6/53 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-07-31	5	1st	16 19 26 29 45 46
2024-07-13	8	2nd	6 16 17 26 27 51
2024-06-15	2	3rd	12 15 16 23 36 43
2024-06-08	6	3rd	5 12 16 33 34 38
2024-05-18	2	2nd	7 16 18 20 26 41
2024-05-11	2	4th	2 11 15 16 18 26
2024-05-04	7	2nd	10 16 25 37 47 50
2024-04-10	4	3rd	7 8 16 17 25 33
2024-03-27	2	1st	16 34 42 43 44 52
2024-03-20	9	4th	2 10 13 16 32 41
2024-02-17	18	2nd	14 16 20 22 43 51
2023-12-16	10	3rd	4 10 16 27 41 52
2023-11-11	37	2nd	8 16 22 27 43 53
2023-07-05	2	2nd	7 16 19 33 39 43
2023-06-28	3	4th	9 12 13 16 23 36
2023-06-17	4	2nd	5 16 27 38 39 49
2023-06-03	6	3rd	2 9 16 17 35 50
2023-05-13	14	5th	7 9 12 13 16 46
2023-03-25	8	3rd	9 11 16 23 24 34
2023-02-25	11	4th	1 9 10 16 26 28
2023-01-18	2	4th	9 11 15 16 24 30
2023-01-11	20	3rd	7 14 16 17 31 35
2022-11-02	20	3rd	9 11 16 20 33 37
2022-08-24	25	3rd	5 7 16 21 30 35
2022-05-28	20	4th	2 7 14 16 28 30
2022-03-19	5	3rd	1 9 16 25 31 32
2022-03-02	5	1st	16 32 35 39 40 43
2022-02-12	19	4th	2 6 13 16 32 47
2021-12-08	19	1st	16 18 25 30 49 50
2021-10-02	3	1st	16 23 27 32 48 50
2021-09-22	1	2nd	9 16 29 33 43 45
2021-09-18	12	1st	16 17 30 31 40 44
2021-08-07	11	3rd	10 14 16 27 41 47
2021-06-30	10	3rd	7 14 16 19 28 34
2021-05-26	15	3rd	4 6 16 25 28 52
2021-04-03	5	3rd	2 12 16 27 31 36
2021-03-17	7	2nd	7 16 17 28 32 41
2021-02-20	4	4th	3 4 11 16 19 33
2021-02-06	12	4th	3 4 6 16 25 44
2020-12-26	5	2nd	6 16 25 30 35 50
2020-12-09	4	4th	1 3 10 16 20 45
2020-11-25	5	1st	16 20 29 42 43 48
2020-11-07	1	2nd	14 16 29 33 40 46
2020-11-04	12	4th	5 7 9 16 47 52
2020-09-23	1	2nd	2 16 23 24 34 52
2020-09-19	16	2nd	10 16 35 36 39 41
2020-07-25	2	3rd	3 12 16 17 35 50
2020-07-18	6	4th	4 5 12 16 20 23
2020-06-27	15	5th	2 4 6 11 16 38
2020-05-06	2	1st	16 30 38 43 51 53
2020-04-29	1	2nd	7 16 25 33 43 46
2020-04-25	8	3rd	6 12 16 27 30 44
2020-03-28	38	1st	16 22 33 37 40 41
2019-11-16	3	1st	16 33 38 42 46 51
2019-11-06	8	3rd	4 13 16 41 45 47
2019-10-09	42	2nd	5 16 23 28 30 40
2019-05-15	19	1st	16 22 36 38 42 43
2019-03-09	6	2nd	3 16 26 30 34 48
2019-02-16	5	3rd	2 12 16 29 43 52
2019-01-30	13	2nd	4 16 35 37 43 53
2018-12-15	5	3rd	1 10 16 31 36 39
2018-11-28	4	3rd	5 12 16 19 45 48
2018-11-14	4	3rd	3 6 16 27 32 43
2018-10-31	6	3rd	6 7 16 26 44 45
2018-10-10	8	1st	16 23 24 26 27 28
2018-09-12	11	2nd	4 16 31 33 46 50
2018-08-04	8	2nd	7 16 31 35 37 53
2018-07-07	4	3rd	7 14 16 19 22 35
2018-06-23	12	3rd	10 15 16 19 47 52
2018-05-12	4	2nd	10 16 20 28 40 42
2018-04-28	2	2nd	14 16 17 19 25 35
2018-04-21	7	1st	16 26 30 32 36 45
2018-03-28	4	3rd	6 9 16 29 33 52
2018-03-14	3	2nd	11 16 21 27 30 31
2018-03-03	8	2nd	1 16 18 32 40 48
2018-02-03	5	1st	16 19 21 37 50 51
2018-01-17	6	3rd	1 15 16 24 33 52
2017-12-27	1	2nd	6 16 30 31 51 53
2017-12-23	3	2nd	14 16 17 35 46 50
2017-12-13	2	4th	1 7 13 16 23 28
2017-12-06	20	2nd	14 16 26 39 44 45
2017-09-27	8	1st	16 20 26 31 49 53
2017-08-30	10	3rd	1 6 16 20 31 43
2017-07-26	1	2nd	15 16 23 41 50 52
2017-07-22	20	3rd	9 14 16 22 25 46
2017-05-13	2	2nd	4 16 20 21 27 43
2017-05-06	4	4th	5 6 13 16 21 48
2017-04-22	11	1st	16 20 28 33 47 48
2017-03-15	10	3rd	9 14 16 20 28 45
2017-02-08	5	3rd	7 14 16 30 46 48
2017-01-21	18	2nd	7 16 17 27 43 53
2016-11-19	2	1st	16 29 30 33 41 50
2016-11-12	13	2nd	2 16 22 28 38 42
2016-09-28	10	4th	1 5 15 16 41 51
2016-08-24	13	3rd	1 4 16 22 47 52
2016-07-09	10	3rd	2 4 16 29 33 52
2016-06-04	2	3rd	7 13 16 39 40 52
2016-05-28	2	2nd	5 16 22 28 34 42
2016-05-21	14	2nd	8 16 28 38 43 49
2016-04-02	3	3rd	6 14 16 20 35 36
2016-03-23	14	3rd	1 12 16 23 33 36
2016-02-03	9	3rd	7 11 16 20 35 46
2016-01-02	9	1st	16 44 47 48 52 53
2015-12-02	2	2nd	1 16 19 22 48 52
2015-11-25	13	2nd	3 16 19 31 36 52
2015-10-10	12	2nd	4 16 22 32 46 53
2015-08-29	2	4th	5 7 13 16 30 41
2015-08-22	7	1st	16 26 29 39 45 46
2015-07-29	6	2nd	4 16 21 26 41 52
2015-07-08	1	1st	16 19 20 23 38 39
2015-07-04	5	2nd	14 16 21 28 34 43
2015-06-17	3	2nd	12 16 17 19 33 39
2015-06-06	1	1st	16 21 23 29 32 38
2015-06-03	9	2nd	12 16 33 36 46 47
2015-05-02	2	3rd	4 13 16 34 43 49
2015-04-25	2	1st	16 19 31 38 42 52
2015-04-18	7	3rd	3 15 16 27 38 49
2015-03-25	12	3rd	14 15 16 31 40 44
2015-02-11	12	2nd	7 16 29 30 45 53
2014-12-31	1	4th	6 10 14 16 47 51
2014-12-27	11	4th	5 9 15 16 23 51
2014-11-19	3	2nd	13 16 17 26 39 41
2014-11-08	9	2nd	14 16 19 30 37 41
2014-10-08	10	2nd	6 16 23 34 36 52
2014-09-03	6	3rd	6 15 16 20 29 32
2014-08-13	2	1st	16 39 42 46 47 48
2014-08-06	4	2nd	9 16 22 25 47 53
2014-07-23	3	1st	16 32 36 44 48 52
2014-07-12	4	4th	2 4 14 16 44 48
2014-06-28	27	2nd	12 16 23 33 46 50
2014-03-26	1	2nd	2 16 24 32 40 47
2014-03-22	2	4th	1 8 10 16 52 53
2014-03-15	4	1st	16 24 26 40 41 45
2014-03-01	6	4th	2 7 9 16 19 45
2014-02-08	30	2nd	12 16 26 34 42 47
2013-10-26	4	2nd	10 16 21 25 37 49
2013-10-12	1	3rd	3 8 16 20 43 48
2013-10-09	9	2nd	13 16 17 40 42 44
2013-09-07	7	2nd	7 16 31 38 39 42
2013-08-14	6	3rd	3 6 16 30 31 40
2013-07-24	11	4th	4 8 15 16 32 52
2013-06-15	20	2nd	3 16 19 20 32 52
2013-04-06	44	3rd	2 13 16 17 20 40
2012-11-03	4	2nd	10 16 21 23 41 44
2012-10-20	1	1st	16 25 26 27 40 53
2012-10-17	6	3rd	2 9 16 18 34 46
2012-09-26	22	3rd	1 3 16 19 25 38
2012-07-11	27	1st	16 19 26 31 39 50
2012-04-07	10	3rd	7 14 16 23 36 43
2012-03-03	8	4th	5 8 9 16 20 45
2012-02-04	25	2nd	9 16 34 39 41 46
2011-11-09	9	2nd	9 16 29 44 48 51
2011-10-08	2	2nd	10 16 20 34 38 45
2011-10-01	2	3rd	6 9 16 24 31 42
2011-09-24	32	2nd	4 16 31 36 41 44
2011-06-04	10	3rd	5 8 16 18 21 51
2011-04-30	1	2nd	14 16 28 37 45 51
2011-04-27	19	1st	16 20 26 27 37 53
2011-02-19	1	3rd	3 12 16 30 37 46
2011-02-16	12	2nd	8 16 17 26 45 47
2011-01-05	1	2nd	11 16 19 21 37 45
2011-01-01	3	2nd	5 16 26 41 48 53
2010-12-22	6	3rd	6 12 16 37 46 52
2010-12-01	11	1st	16 20 32 43 48 52
2010-10-23	4	2nd	12 16 23 29 32 48
2010-10-09	7	2nd	10 16 17 26 42 47
2010-09-15	43	3rd	2 10 16 27 48 49
2010-04-17	6	2nd	15 16 20 32 45 50
2010-03-27	2	4th	1 4 9 16 46 52
2010-03-20	7	3rd	2 3 16 30 45 50
2010-02-24	4	2nd	7 16 24 39 49 53
2010-02-10	1	1st	16 19 25 39 48 52
2010-02-06	2	1st	16 31 33 39 43 53
2010-01-30	—	3rd	6 15 16 37 41 50