Number 16

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,152 draws, 5 from 1–52.

115times drawn · chance expected 111 +0.42σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

10.1average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

56longest completed wait · 36% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 115 times in 1,152 draws against 110.8 expected, +0.42σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 115 times in 1,152 draws · average wait 10.1 draws · longest completed wait 56 · waiting 1 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 smallest32 · chance 27.1
2nd smallest50 · chance 49.3
3rd smallest26 · chance 30.4
4th smallest7 · chance 7.5
5th smallest0 · chance 0.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 52 34 41 22 23

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2026-10-10	4	3rd	1 9 16 21 23
2026-09-30	12	1st	16 23 38 39 48
2026-09-02	10	3rd	2 4 16 39 45
2026-08-10	15	1st	16 19 33

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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

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