Number 16

In Easy 5 under the 5/37 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,615 draws, 5 from 1–37.

226times drawn · chance expected 218 +0.56σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 36% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.4

29longest completed wait · 98% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 226 times in 1,615 draws against 218.2 expected, +0.56σ. 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 226 times in 1,615 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 29 · 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 smallest21 · chance 23.0
2nd smallest75 · chance 76.5
3rd smallest81 · chance 84.6
4th smallest44 · chance 36.7
5th smallest5 · chance 5.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 29 26 30 2 21

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 36 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 37. 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	3rd	6 9 16 28 37
2026-08-26	13	3rd	11 15 16 21 27
2026-07-11	8	4th	4 7 8 16 29
2026-06-13	5	3rd	4 10 16 23

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 5/37 tonight whatever it did last week.

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