Number 16

In Hoosier Lotto under the 6/48 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–48.

252times drawn · chance expected 219 +2.39σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 59% for any number

6.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

32longest completed wait · 98% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 252 times in 1,751 draws against 218.9 expected, +2.39σ. 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 252 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 6.9 draws · longest completed wait 32 · 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 smallest18 · chance 33.1
2nd smallest83 · chance 88.6
3rd smallest100 · chance 85.6
4th smallest43 · chance 37.1
5th smallest7 · chance 7.2
6th smallest1 · chance 0.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 9 19 27 10 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-09-23	1	2nd	13 16 25 33 35 46
2026-09-19	1	2nd	4 16 19 21 29 31
2026-09-16	4	1st	16 18 20 31 36 37
2026-09-02

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 6/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-14	1	2nd	2 16 21 31 36 45
2025-05-10	3	2nd	14 16 17 32 36 40
2025-04-30	6	3rd	4 8 16 22 24 37
2025-04-09	1	3rd	8 10 16 19 30 32
2025-04-05	7	1st	16 18 20 23 38 41
2025-03-12	6	2nd	10 16 24 33 39 46
2025-02-19	13	4th	5 8 14 16 17 18
2025-01-04	6	3rd	1 13 16 27 29 38
2024-12-14	2	3rd	2 13 16 20 26 32
2024-12-07	4	2nd	7 16 19 22 30 31
2024-11-23	25	2nd	12 16 19 33 35 39
2024-08-28	7	3rd	2 14 16 23 39 45
2024-08-03	5	2nd	3 16 24 27 41 45
2024-07-17	3	4th	8 9 13 16 29 38
2024-07-06	2	2nd	5 16 31 33 39 43
2024-06-29	12	3rd	6 11 16 26 37 38
2024-05-18	7	4th	8 10 15 16 18 45
2024-04-24	10	2nd	3 16 22 30 36 38
2024-03-20	8	2nd	10 16 20 26 27 33
2024-02-21	4	4th	2 9 12 16 27 37
2024-02-07	4	2nd	3 16 17 20 25 31
2024-01-24	6	4th	3 5 13 16 29 44
2024-01-03	8	2nd	7 16 19 27 36 45
2023-12-06	3	2nd	9 16 22 26 30 37
2023-11-25	28	4th	1 2 5 16 29 45
2023-08-19	3	3rd	4 14 16 23 33 44
2023-08-09	13	4th	8 9 13 16 38 44
2023-06-24	6	2nd	10 16 21 23 32 42
2023-06-03	4	4th	7 11 13 16 40 44
2023-05-20	1	2nd	3 16 25 40 43 46
2023-05-17	19	3rd	2 7 16 29 36 38
2023-03-11	6	3rd	9 11 16 22 32 33
2023-02-18	1	3rd	7 15 16 21 30 37
2023-02-15	3	4th	11 14 15 16 27 45
2023-02-04	7	3rd	2 10 16 24 35 38
2023-01-11	11	4th	3 6 11 16 18 37
2022-12-03	3	3rd	7 15 16 31 36 41
2022-11-23	5	3rd	3 4 16 22 23 25
2022-11-05	11	1st	16 22 23 27 35 40
2022-09-28	9	3rd	2 3 16 19 25 31
2022-08-27	1	3rd	7 14 16 27 36 44
2022-08-24	19	3rd	6 7 16 18 28 32
2022-06-18	6	4th	2 10 13 16 43 44
2022-05-28	1	2nd	3 16 28 40 41 42
2022-05-25	3	2nd	11 16 18 22 43 44
2022-05-14	4	3rd	10 13 16 17 37 39
2022-04-30	1	2nd	14 16 18 20 28 40
2022-04-27	1	1st	16 19 22 29 31 34
2022-04-23	1	4th	4 8 13 16 39 44
2022-04-20	7	2nd	10 16 22 34 42 44
2022-03-26	2	3rd	6 8 16 25 29 42
2022-03-19	1	2nd	2 16 18 24 38 42
2022-03-16	20	3rd	7 12 16 22 23 45
2022-01-05	14	3rd	8 14 16 23 29 34
2021-11-17	1	3rd	4 8 16 22 39 44
2021-11-13	3	3rd	2 9 16 17 26 35
2021-11-03	5	3rd	12 13 16 17 28 29
2021-10-16	10	3rd	4 13 16 23 28 35
2021-09-11	5	3rd	5 6 16 19 33 34
2021-08-25	1	2nd	12 16 30 38 40 41
2021-08-21	9	3rd	7 12 16 24 36 46
2021-07-21	22	3rd	11 14 16 22 27 45
2021-05-05	4	3rd	6 15 16 17 20 31
2021-04-21	4	3rd	2 5 16 35 38 45
2021-04-07	14	2nd	7 16 17 28 35 44
2021-02-17	23	2nd	9 16 28 29 32 42
2020-11-28	3	2nd	12 16 26 35 36 40
2020-11-18	6	4th	3 9 10 16 28 35
2020-10-28	16	3rd	1 11 16 23 29 36
2020-09-02	4	1st	16 22 24 27 32 43
2020-08-19	8	2nd	3 16 17 20 27 39
2020-07-22	3	2nd	3 16 21 29 37 45
2020-07-11	1	3rd	7 15 16 33 37 41
2020-07-08	5	4th	2 8 13 16 31 44
2020-06-20	9	3rd	1 7 16 26 34 41
2020-05-20	1	2nd	12 16 19 20 24 34
2020-05-16	8	4th	9 11 12 16 18 36
2020-04-18	11	3rd	2 15 16 19 25 31
2020-03-11	5	3rd	11 14 16 20 38 41
2020-02-22	3	2nd	10 16 17 18 21 45
2020-02-12	4	2nd	9 16 19 23 30 31
2020-01-29	13	3rd	9 14 16 33 38 43
2019-12-14	13	3rd	6 7 16 20 35 36
2019-10-30	1	3rd	2 14 16 38 39 43
2019-10-26	4	1st	16 26 28 32 36 44
2019-10-12	11	2nd	8 16 23 29 30 34
2019-09-04	3	5th	2 4 9 10 16 39
2019-08-24	5	3rd	3 15 16 31 41 44
2019-08-07	4	5th	3 5 7 9 16 27
2019-07-24	1	2nd	9 16 19 21 34 35
2019-07-20	12	3rd	1 10 16 23 26 40
2019-06-08	1	2nd	13 16 19 22 27 35
2019-06-05	6	4th	5 8 11 16 24 35
2019-05-15	7	2nd	7 16 18 34 42 43
2019-04-20	4	4th	4 10 14 16 18 28
2019-04-06	5	3rd	9 12 16 21 35 37
2019-03-20	10	3rd	4 8 16 18 20 28
2019-02-13	16	2nd	9 16 21 22 35 38
2018-12-19	4	2nd	3 16 19 26 29 30
2018-12-05	1	4th	4 5 7 16 28 39
2018-12-01	14	3rd	5 12 16 18 42 44
2018-10-13	9	4th	4 7 15 16 27 33
2018-09-12	2	4th	1 9 11 16 19 30
2018-09-05	14	4th	4 12 14 16 24 29
2018-07-18	4	1st	16 18 25 30 36 46
2018-07-04	1	3rd	5 9 16 34 40 45
2018-06-30	2	4th	8 10 14 16 23 30
2018-06-23	2	2nd	9 16 20 26 31 44
2018-06-16	4	4th	6 8 9 16 26 36
2018-06-02	9	3rd	1 11 16 25 36 43
2018-05-02	7	3rd	2 7 16 29 31 41
2018-04-07	13	2nd	2 16 25 35 43 46
2018-02-21	1	4th	8 9 12 16 23 31
2018-02-17	1	3rd	1 7 16 19 31 34
2018-02-14	8	2nd	1 16 19 31 34 46
2018-01-17	1	3rd	9 15 16 21 28 29
2018-01-13	2	3rd	6 10 16 31 32 35
2018-01-06	2	4th	1 5 7 16 40 43
2017-12-30	5	2nd	8 16 18 34 41 44
2017-12-13	4	1st	16 27 31 34 37 46
2017-11-29	13	4th	4 8 12 16 33 45
2017-10-14	5	3rd	8 9 16 20 26 30
2017-09-27	4	3rd	9 13 16 17 19 29
2017-09-13	3	4th	2 6 7 16 32 45
2017-09-02	9	3rd	1 6 16 23 28 41
2017-08-02	16	2nd	2 16 19 27 30 44
2017-06-07	7	3rd	6 15 16 24 26 29
2017-05-13	3	2nd	3 16 26 27 30 35
2017-05-03	4	4th	5 7 12 16 20 40
2017-04-19	13	2nd	8 16 17 19 33 42
2017-03-04	1	2nd	12 16 18 27 28 34
2017-03-01	1	1st	16 18 19 27 29 45
2017-02-25	22	5th	8 9 10 13 16 39
2016-12-10	11	2nd	3 16 21 27 31 46
2016-11-02	13	3rd	7 9 16 27 30 36
2016-09-17	5	2nd	12 16 19 20 29 40
2016-08-31	2	3rd	1 5 16 19 39 41
2016-08-24	2	5th	4 6 9 13 16 42
2016-08-17	5	1st	16 17 19 22 43 44
2016-07-30	20	2nd	1 16 17 19 31 37
2016-05-21	20	3rd	5 10 16 18 19 35
2016-03-12	7	2nd	10 16 18 26 39 42
2016-02-17	21	2nd	6 16 27 37 42 46
2015-12-05	9	5th	4 11 13 15 16 18
2015-11-04	6	3rd	5 11 16 26 37 47
2015-10-14	7	3rd	5 12 16 22 46 48
2015-09-19	10	2nd	3 16 17 26 34 48
2015-08-15	6	3rd	7 11 16 27 32 42
2015-07-25	9	1st	16 29 30 33 34 43
2015-06-24	19	3rd	11 13 16 18 37 42
2015-04-18	6	2nd	11 16 20 33 41 48
2015-03-28	3	5th	9 11 13 15 16 31
2015-03-18	3	2nd	14 16 19 26 28 42
2015-03-07	4	3rd	4 11 16 34 38 43
2015-02-21	8	3rd	5 12 16 21 28 39
2015-01-24	11	4th	4 12 14 16 19 28
2014-12-17	2	3rd	7 9 16 17 24 44
2014-12-10	1	3rd	5 13 16 28 32 39
2014-12-06	4	3rd	8 14 16 30 34 42
2014-11-22	1	3rd	4 15 16 28 31 46
2014-11-19	4	2nd	12 16 18 30 31 41
2014-11-05	7	2nd	13 16 27 31 36 41
2014-10-11	2	2nd	12 16 23 33 34 37
2014-10-04	1	2nd	7 16 22 31 47 48
2014-10-01	7	3rd	5 6 16 17 24 40
2014-09-06	6	2nd	8 16 34 37 38 47
2014-08-16	15	2nd	7 16 21 28 33 35
2014-06-25	4	3rd	3 9 16 24 33 39
2014-06-11	3	2nd	7 16 19 27 29 31
2014-05-31	2	3rd	7 12 16 32 34 35
2014-05-24	4	1st	16 20 25 31 34 40
2014-05-10	4	2nd	9 16 34 37 45 46
2014-04-26	3	1st	16 20 23 29 30 38
2014-04-16	6	3rd	4 9 16 19 33 45
2014-03-26	6	4th	1 5 6 16 31 46
2014-03-05	21	3rd	7 14 16 44 46 48
2013-12-21	2	3rd	7 8 16 18 30 34
2013-12-14	8	3rd	10 11 16 25 27 35
2013-11-16	5	3rd	8 14 16 24 39 41
2013-10-30	25	4th	3 7 15 16 41 43
2013-08-03	8	1st	16 20 29 35 38 48
2013-07-06	11	3rd	3 11 16 17 36 39
2013-05-29	4	5th	1 5 7 13 16 23
2013-05-15	11	2nd	6 16 32 40 41 48
2013-04-06	4	3rd	1 3 16 28 36 46
2013-03-23	2	3rd	6 11 16 27 38 46
2013-03-16	9	3rd	7 12 16 21 30 48
2013-02-13	13	3rd	1 6 16 26 41 48
2012-12-29	11	4th	4 10 11 16 38 40
2012-11-21	1	3rd	6 14 16 35 44 47
2012-11-17	1	3rd	10 14 16 20 24 26
2012-11-14	8	1st	16 18 21 29 33 34
2012-10-17	3	2nd	1 16 24 27 36 37
2012-10-06	4	1st	16 17 35 41 44 46
2012-09-22	6	3rd	4 13 16 27 42 46
2012-09-01	2	3rd	7 15 16 22 30 48
2012-08-25	4	3rd	5 7 16 17 18 38
2012-08-11	19	2nd	10 16 26 31 37 45
2012-06-06	2	3rd	1 9 16 18 20 25
2012-05-30	6	1st	16 24 26 34 38 41
2012-05-09	2	2nd	4 16 22 27 28 41
2012-05-02	2	2nd	13 16 24 28 30 46
2012-04-25	4	4th	9 10 13 16 25 44
2012-04-11	10	4th	2 12 14 16 33 42
2012-03-07	6	4th	1 8 10 16 42 47
2012-02-15	8	3rd	12 15 16 33 37 39
2012-01-18	31	3rd	6 13 16 19 26 42
2011-10-01	20	2nd	12 16 17 27 42 48
2011-07-23	7	3rd	2 8 16 17 37 46
2011-06-29	1	2nd	10 16 18 28 42 47
2011-06-25	7	2nd	14 16 26 30 36 39
2011-06-01	3	3rd	4 12 16 19 37 45
2011-05-21	5	2nd	12 16 22 40 44 48
2011-05-04	2	3rd	7 11 16 41 45 48
2011-04-27	7	2nd	9 16 21 33 38 41
2011-04-02	7	2nd	5 16 25 30 33 47
2011-03-09	10	2nd	10 16 26 32 33 37
2011-02-02	4	4th	2 5 10 16 20 48
2011-01-19	13	4th	6 7 15 16 21 43
2010-12-04	32	3rd	3 13 16 19 24 39
2010-08-14	6	2nd	4 16 28 32 38 42
2010-07-24	6	3rd	11 13 16 28 32 47
2010-07-03	29	3rd	5 14 16 20 30 47
2010-03-24	7	2nd	4 16 25 30 41 43
2010-02-27	3	4th	3 7 12 16 20 28
2010-02-17	2	3rd	6 11 16 18 20 34
2010-02-10	6	3rd	12 13 16 40 42 46
2010-01-20	—	6th	1 9 10 12 14 16