Number 16

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Aug 2020 rules — 642 draws, 6 from 1–42.

103times drawn · chance expected 92 +1.27σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 73% for any number

6.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

32longest completed wait · 58% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 103 times in 642 draws against 91.7 expected, +1.27σ. 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 103 times in 642 draws · average wait 6.2 draws · longest completed wait 32 · 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 smallest9 · chance 9.0
2nd smallest30 · chance 30.8
3rd smallest33 · chance 37.5
4th smallest23 · chance 20.3
5th smallest8 · chance 4.9
6th smallest0 · chance 0.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 10 2 3 15 37

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-09-30	3	2nd	11 16 25 26 30 35
2026-09-19	26	5th	2 4 11 14 16 40
2026-06-20	2	3rd	9 13 16 17 33 41
2026-06-13	6	4th	2

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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

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