Number 16

In Gimme 5 under the 5/39 · since Nov 2013 rules — 2,668 draws, 5 from 1–39.

374times drawn · chance expected 342 +1.85σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 58% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

33longest completed wait · 99% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 374 times in 2,668 draws against 342.1 expected, +1.85σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 374 times in 2,668 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 33 · 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 smallest50 · chance 44.9
2nd smallest126 · chance 134.6
3rd smallest130 · chance 134.6
4th smallest60 · chance 53.0
5th smallest8 · chance 6.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 39.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 24 18 4 9 14

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2026-10-02	4	3rd	6 15 16 19 21
2026-09-28	11	3rd	9 13 16 34 37
2026-09-11	4	2nd	2 16 18 35 38
2026-09-07	12	4th	4 7 14 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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-02-25	4	3rd	14 15 16 27 37
2026-02-19	4	2nd	13 16 27 29 31
2026-02-13	2	4th	1 5 6 16 39
2026-02-11	9	1st	16 21 22 24 27
2026-01-29	1	2nd	3 16 18 21 33
2026-01-28	4	3rd	4 14 16 32 37
2026-01-22	5	1st	16 19 22 23 27
2026-01-15	2	2nd	9 16 17 22 31
2026-01-13	4	3rd	3 11 16 24 27
2026-01-07	9	1st	16 19 21 25 34
2025-12-25	16	2nd	14 16 18 25 31
2025-12-03	1	3rd	12 13 16 20 35
2025-12-02	5	4th	6 11 13 16 26
2025-11-25	4	2nd	10 16 18 19 30
2025-11-19	1	2nd	2 16 17 21 28
2025-11-18	2	1st	16 21 26 34 35
2025-11-14	3	3rd	3 13 16 34 35
2025-11-11	3	2nd	3 16 17 23 36
2025-11-06	4	2nd	11 16 18 28 31
2025-10-31	17	4th	5 8 15 16 34
2025-10-08	14	3rd	7 10 16 30 32
2025-09-18	1	1st	16 22 23 32 37
2025-09-17	1	4th	5 12 14 16 32
2025-09-16	16	3rd	5 6 16 23 33
2025-08-25	5	3rd	4 12 16 28 31
2025-08-18	1	2nd	11 16 21 34 35
2025-08-15	10	2nd	6 16 24 30 37
2025-08-01	16	1st	16 17 20 22 35
2025-07-10	8	2nd	13 16 23 33 34
2025-06-30	2	3rd	1 7 16 24 39
2025-06-26	3	1st	16 19 23 24 36
2025-06-23	2	1st	16 22 24 28 34
2025-06-19	1	4th	6 9 14 16 21
2025-06-18	4	3rd	3 13 16 19 24
2025-06-12	2	4th	7 9 13 16 26
2025-06-10	2	2nd	3 16 18 20 22
2025-06-06	6	3rd	7 11 16 20 35
2025-05-29	1	3rd	1 14 16 17 22
2025-05-28	24	1st	16 21 25 27 28
2025-04-24	33	1st	16 22 28 33 39
2025-03-10	17	3rd	9 12 16 26 30
2025-02-13	9	3rd	9 14 16 17 19
2025-01-31	2	2nd	15 16 18 19 20
2025-01-29	11	4th	6 13 15 16 36
2025-01-14	4	2nd	5 16 18 23 38
2025-01-08	2	2nd	14 16 26 30 36
2025-01-06	19	2nd	15 16 18 21 25
2024-12-10	31	2nd	10 16 23 25 26
2024-10-28	5	3rd	6 13 16 25 32
2024-10-21	5	1st	16 25 29 32 37
2024-10-14	16	4th	4 9 11 16 31
2024-09-20	6	2nd	2 16 29 32 35
2024-09-12	13	3rd	3 12 16 26 29
2024-08-26	11	1st	16 23 28 32 36
2024-08-09	2	2nd	5 16 31 34 36
2024-08-07	3	3rd	4 13 16 20 31
2024-08-02	1	4th	5 9 14 16 38
2024-08-01	3	2nd	15 16 18 31 34
2024-07-29	8	3rd	4 12 16 23 30
2024-07-17	5	4th	1 3 13 16 18
2024-07-10	10	2nd	15 16 22 25 26
2024-06-26	3	3rd	6 13 16 19 26
2024-06-21	27	3rd	8 14 16 17 21
2024-05-15	3	3rd	9 14 16 18 26
2024-05-10	3	3rd	1 15 16 30 36
2024-05-07	1	3rd	6 8 16 17 37
2024-05-06	5	2nd	12 16 22 24 36
2024-04-29	4	2nd	3 16 20 24 39
2024-04-23	2	1st	16 21 23 28 32
2024-04-19	4	3rd	1 2 16 21 25
2024-04-15	3	3rd	11 14 16 17 37
2024-04-10	4	4th	1 7 15 16 23
2024-04-04	14	2nd	6 16 31 35 39
2024-03-15	1	3rd	12 14 16 26 33
2024-03-14	5	1st	16 19 24 28 32
2024-03-07	13	2nd	13 16 19 20 32
2024-02-19	4	2nd	9 16 19 24 26
2024-02-13	4	2nd	9 16 18 23 39
2024-02-07	7	2nd	7 16 30 34 36
2024-01-29	1	3rd	1 12 16 18 26
2024-01-26	2	2nd	10 16 23 27 37
2024-01-24	4	3rd	5 8 16 33 37
2024-01-18	1	2nd	7 16 17 34 39
2024-01-17	3	2nd	5 16 18 31 34
2024-01-12	10	2nd	4 16 17 19 24
2023-12-29	17	3rd	4 12 16 17 21
2023-12-06	7	4th	3 6 13 16 35
2023-11-27	16	2nd	3 16 18 28 32
2023-11-03	14	3rd	5 10 16 19 32
2023-10-16	7	3rd	2 4 16 28 31
2023-10-05	6	3rd	1 4 16 19 30
2023-09-27	15	2nd	1 16 26 30 38
2023-09-06	2	3rd	9 12 16 22 28
2023-09-04	14	3rd	2 6 16 18 23
2023-08-15	2	3rd	6 9 16 19 33
2023-08-11	1	1st	16 29 31 35 38
2023-08-10	4	2nd	1 16 20 23 28
2023-08-04	18	2nd	12 16 30 35 36
2023-07-11	1	4th	2 9 15 16 17
2023-07-10	12	3rd	1 3 16 29 34
2023-06-22	2	4th	4 9 11 16 29
2023-06-20	16	3rd	5 14 16 30 31
2023-05-29	13	3rd	7 13 16 32 36
2023-05-10	3	1st	16 20 22 35 39
2023-05-05	17	2nd	2 16 18 28 33
2023-04-12	4	3rd	12 15 16 24 39
2023-04-06	27	4th	2 7 13 16 27
2023-02-28	2	4th	1 10 14 16 18
2023-02-24	5	3rd	2 6 16 17 37
2023-02-17	32	3rd	9 11 16 30 31
2023-01-04	1	2nd	15 16 24 32 34
2023-01-03	10	4th	4 5 9 16 33
2022-12-20	3	1st	16 20 21 29 39
2022-12-15	13	2nd	13 16 18 25 37
2022-11-28	22	3rd	7 14 16 26 30
2022-10-27	10	2nd	14 16 17 20 28
2022-10-13	1	2nd	6 16 22 30 32
2022-10-12	4	3rd	5 11 16 17 28
2022-10-06	5	2nd	14 16 18 23 25
2022-09-29	13	3rd	5 7 16 32 37
2022-09-12	1	3rd	1 4 16 29 39
2022-09-09	27	1st	16 22 23 25 30
2022-08-03	6	4th	3 8 9 16 34
2022-07-26	4	2nd	7 16 19 24 36
2022-07-20	4	4th	1 3 7 16 33
2022-07-14	9	3rd	2 4 16 19 22
2022-07-01	2	3rd	10 12 16 26 34
2022-06-29	4	2nd	10 16 21 24 27
2022-06-23	23	2nd	13 16 31 35 37
2022-05-23	18	2nd	6 16 17 21 24
2022-04-27	9	4th	5 10 13 16 35
2022-04-14	1	2nd	1 16 18 19 20
2022-04-13	13	2nd	4 16 23 24 32
2022-03-25	8	2nd	15 16 22 24 31
2022-03-15	24	3rd	4 10 16 17 31
2022-02-09	5	1st	16 18 29 30 32
2022-02-02	10	2nd	11 16 20 24 30
2022-01-19	13	3rd	1 11 16 18 23
2021-12-31	23	2nd	11 16 19 21 39
2021-11-30	4	2nd	9 16 17 33 34
2021-11-24	22	5th	2 4 10 15 16
2021-10-25	11	2nd	14 16 22 24 36
2021-10-08	3	2nd	7 16 22 36 39
2021-10-05	4	3rd	10 12 16 28 38
2021-09-29	3	2nd	9 16 26 30 34
2021-09-24	7	3rd	4 10 16 24 37
2021-09-15	18	2nd	1 16 26 34 38
2021-08-20	12	2nd	11 16 18 24 25
2021-08-04	4	3rd	2 11 16 21 28
2021-07-29	1	3rd	6 13 16 35 37
2021-07-28	19	1st	16 27 30 33 36
2021-07-01	8	2nd	9 16 20 21 34
2021-06-21	24	3rd	5 12 16 22 36
2021-05-18	1	3rd	3 10 16 21 34
2021-05-17	6	4th	1 12 15 16 26
2021-05-07	9	3rd	7 8 16 22 26
2021-04-26	2	2nd	12 16 26 27 35
2021-04-22	6	2nd	11 16 27 29 36
2021-04-14	4	1st	16 22 24 25 36
2021-04-08	12	2nd	4 16 23 34 39
2021-03-23	1	4th	6 8 9 16 24
2021-03-22	2	1st	16 18 22 26 31
2021-03-18	7	4th	6 11 13 16 27
2021-03-09	20	3rd	7 13 16 33 34
2021-02-09	9	2nd	2 16 23 31 35
2021-01-27	15	2nd	2 16 17 20 26
2021-01-06	15	2nd	5 16 18 20 30
2020-12-16	2	1st	16 25 32 33 35
2020-12-14	11	3rd	4 13 16 27 29
2020-11-27	8	3rd	9 11 16 22 33
2020-11-17	10	3rd	1 4 16 20 34
2020-11-03	8	4th	5 7 14 16 20
2020-10-22	1	4th	9 11 13 16 19
2020-10-21	12	2nd	15 16 20 26 27
2020-10-05	4	1st	16 18 20 32 36
2020-09-29	2	2nd	15 16 18 28 39
2020-09-25	2	1st	16 20 27 28 30
2020-09-23	2	3rd	2 13 16 22 35
2020-09-21	3	2nd	11 16 24 34 38
2020-09-16	3	4th	2 10 13 16 28
2020-09-11	15	2nd	7 16 20 28 30
2020-08-21	6	3rd	5 6 16 17 18
2020-08-13	1	3rd	8 15 16 19 30
2020-08-12	3	2nd	3 16 31 35 37
2020-08-07	22	3rd	5 12 16 19 26
2020-07-03	4	3rd	8 13 16 19 37
2020-06-24	3	4th	3 5 15 16 38
2020-06-17	6	4th	2 5 11 16 31
2020-06-03	2	4th	8 9 12 16 17
2020-05-29	3	3rd	7 11 16 22 25
2020-05-22	6	4th	1 4 9 16 23
2020-05-08	13	2nd	1 16 18 21 22
2020-04-08	3	4th	5 6 15 16 30
2020-04-01	24	4th	6 8 13 16 28
2020-02-05	5	3rd	7 11 16 32 36
2020-01-24	3	4th	4 11 13 16 29
2020-01-17	6	4th	10 11 12 16 17
2020-01-03	1	2nd	9 16 29 30 33
2020-01-01	10	3rd	6 14 16 20 35
2019-12-09	4	4th	1 5 12 16 27
2019-11-29	12	4th	2 11 14 16 24
2019-11-01	1	3rd	8 10 16 24 29
2019-10-30	1	3rd	1 12 16 17 20
2019-10-28	1	2nd	4 16 28 32 37
2019-10-25	19	2nd	5 16 20 21 39
2019-09-11	7	1st	16 25 30 32 38
2019-08-26	4	2nd	8 16 17 24 33
2019-08-16	10	2nd	12 16 27 29 39
2019-07-24	18	2nd	4 16 21 29 31
2019-06-12	14	3rd	8 10 16 36 37
2019-05-10	6	2nd	1 16 33 34 35
2019-04-26	4	3rd	5 13 16 21 32
2019-04-17	5	3rd	3 13 16 22 32
2019-04-05	10	2nd	4 16 19 20 29
2019-03-13	26	2nd	2 16 17 31 39
2019-01-11	6	3rd	3 8 16 26 34
2018-12-28	5	5th	10 12 14 15 16
2018-12-17	9	1st	16 19 32 33 36
2018-11-26	11	2nd	14 16 19 24 38
2018-10-31	4	3rd	4 13 16 18 21
2018-10-22	9	3rd	3 6 16 24 37
2018-10-01	8	2nd	1 16 32 37 39
2018-09-12	1	3rd	10 12 16 17 36
2018-09-10	9	4th	4 8 14 16 33
2018-08-20	26	4th	1 3 15 16 24
2018-06-20	9	4th	3 6 9 16 38
2018-05-30	3	1st	16 17 24 34 35
2018-05-23	3	2nd	1 16 22 24 31
2018-05-16	2	3rd	7 11 16 30 31
2018-05-11	1	3rd	8 13 16 21 28
2018-05-09	5	4th	2 11 12 16 20
2018-04-27	1	3rd	4 15 16 18 28
2018-04-25	3	3rd	1 12 16 21 25
2018-04-18	1	3rd	2 13 16 29 38
2018-04-16	5	2nd	13 16 24 25 31
2018-04-04	1	2nd	4 16 20 26 28
2018-04-02	1	4th	4 10 13 16 18
2018-03-30	4	1st	16 18 23 26 39
2018-03-21	6	4th	1 3 13 16 29
2018-03-07	5	3rd	8 12 16 21 28
2018-02-23	3	2nd	13 16 19 20 25
2018-02-16	2	5th	3 4 12 14 16
2018-02-12	1	3rd	7 13 16 26 39
2018-02-09	3	2nd	15 16 19 32 34
2018-02-02	7	3rd	2 14 16 22 32
2018-01-17	8	4th	7 11 14 16 20
2017-12-29	1	2nd	11 16 20 30 34
2017-12-27	3	3rd	6 15 16 26 38
2017-12-20	10	1st	16 25 27 35 38
2017-11-24	2	2nd	3 16 21 24 36
2017-11-20	1	3rd	8 10 16 22 27
2017-11-17	15	4th	11 12 14 16 33
2017-10-13	3	2nd	1 16 27 34 39
2017-10-06	2	3rd	4 7 16 23 30
2017-10-02	4	2nd	14 16 18 21 27
2017-09-22	2	2nd	6 16 22 27 34
2017-09-18	7	2nd	3 16 30 31 35
2017-09-01	6	2nd	1 16 29 32 38
2017-08-18	30	4th	5 8 14 16 24
2017-06-09	5	2nd	6 16 23 33 36
2017-05-29	27	2nd	8 16 21 24 35
2017-03-27	9	1st	16 18 24 28 32
2017-03-06	4	4th	8 9 13 16 17
2017-02-24	8	4th	8 9 13 16 25
2017-02-06	3	2nd	2 16 18 23 27
2017-01-30	3	1st	16 17 25 36 39
2017-01-23	3	2nd	15 16 20 24 35
2017-01-16	5	1st	16 17 23 32 37
2017-01-04	6	3rd	1 9 16 20 23
2016-12-21	1	3rd	10 14 16 25 39
2016-12-19	7	3rd	1 6 16 26 39
2016-12-02	2	5th	4 5 11 12 16
2016-11-28	9	3rd	1 3 16 18 31
2016-11-07	2	2nd	9 16 17 26 36
2016-11-02	4	1st	16 18 32 37 38
2016-10-24	9	3rd	3 7 16 32 39
2016-10-03	1	3rd	7 15 16 24 39
2016-09-30	2	5th	4 6 11 15 16
2016-09-26	2	3rd	4 14 16 29 34
2016-09-21	2	2nd	11 16 28 34 39
2016-09-16	6	2nd	11 16 17 25 32
2016-09-02	1	3rd	5 14 16 19 21
2016-08-31	1	3rd	8 11 16 24 36
2016-08-29	11	4th	5 11 15 16 17
2016-08-03	7	2nd	7 16 19 24 35
2016-07-18	4	4th	2 13 15 16 24
2016-07-08	6	3rd	6 13 16 17 36
2016-06-24	7	2nd	9 16 22 26 27
2016-06-08	1	2nd	4 16 30 32 35
2016-06-06	6	2nd	6 16 28 36 37
2016-05-23	1	1st	16 21 22 24 33
2016-05-20	1	1st	16 26 33 37 39
2016-05-18	5	3rd	8 13 16 18 23
2016-05-06	3	3rd	7 9 16 17 32
2016-04-29	9	3rd	1 8 16 17 38
2016-04-08	4	2nd	13 16 17 19 27
2016-03-30	6	2nd	13 16 22 25 33
2016-03-16	9	3rd	2 5 16 35 39
2016-02-24	5	2nd	3 16 22 25 28
2016-02-12	8	1st	16 29 30 33 38
2016-01-25	7	3rd	2 10 16 26 39
2016-01-08	3	2nd	15 16 20 26 36
2016-01-01	10	3rd	12 15 16 18 29
2015-12-09	8	3rd	4 13 16 24 29
2015-11-20	12	3rd	1 5 16 25 27
2015-10-23	2	1st	16 17 18 29 39
2015-10-19	8	4th	5 9 14 16 34
2015-09-30	8	4th	4 6 14 16 18
2015-09-11	1	3rd	8 11 16 20 34
2015-09-09	4	4th	1 2 11 16 25
2015-08-31	2	2nd	13 16 19 24 29
2015-08-26	1	3rd	4 9 16 18 29
2015-08-24	2	4th	2 8 10 16 21
2015-08-19	5	1st	16 24 28 37 38
2015-08-07	13	3rd	8 13 16 27 36
2015-07-08	13	3rd	5 11 16 25 29
2015-06-08	3	2nd	11 16 22 26 34
2015-06-01	1	1st	16 19 20 22 32
2015-05-29	2	2nd	6 16 30 35 39
2015-05-25	16	2nd	13 16 27 33 37
2015-04-17	3	1st	16 19 21 29 35
2015-04-10	3	1st	16 31 34 36 39
2015-04-03	1	3rd	4 15 16 22 31
2015-04-01	14	5th	4 5 9 13 16
2015-02-27	2	3rd	4 6 16 28 33
2015-02-23	14	3rd	5 13 16 22 35
2015-01-21	3	2nd	2 16 31 37 38
2015-01-14	2	3rd	14 15 16 17 29
2015-01-09	15	1st	16 18 20 23 30
2014-12-05	2	3rd	14 15 16 20 32
2014-12-01	12	1st	16 19 30 33 34
2014-11-03	16	4th	3 9 13 16 35
2014-09-26	2	2nd	10 16 19 24 37
2014-09-22	2	3rd	4 5 16 33 34
2014-09-17	3	1st	16 24 28 30 34
2014-09-10	3	3rd	2 5 16 24 26
2014-09-03	8	4th	8 9 15 16 34
2014-08-15	2	3rd	8 12 16 21 23
2014-08-11	9	4th	4 10 14 16 21
2014-07-21	17	2nd	11 16 21 27 35
2014-06-11	2	3rd	1 4 16 32 37
2014-06-06	3	5th	6 9 10 13 16
2014-05-30	5	1st	16 30 34 35 37
2014-05-19	24	2nd	3 16 18 21 28
2014-03-24	9	4th	2 12 13 16 28
2014-03-03	17	5th	1 5 8 14 16
2014-01-22	14	3rd	9 14 16 22 25
2013-12-20	2	4th	8 11 15 16 21
2013-12-16	5	2nd	12 16 24 26 36
2013-12-04	—	3rd	10 12 16 17 29