Number 16

In Lucky for Life under the 5/48 + 1/18 · since Jan 2015 rules — 2,354 draws, 5 from 1–48.

238times drawn · chance expected 245 −0.49σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 90% for any number

9.9average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

71longest completed wait · 10% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 238 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, −0.49σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 238 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 9.9 draws · longest completed wait 71 · waiting 2 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 smallest41 · chance 48.0
2nd smallest102 · chance 99.3
3rd smallest73 · chance 69.5
4th smallest22 · chance 19.4
5th smallest0 · chance 1.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 34 6 26 27 23

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
2026-02-19	1	3rd	6 10 16 27 36
2026-02-18	26	3rd	3 11 16 18 41
2026-01-23	25	2nd	6 16 17 18 29
2025-12-29	7	3rd	1 8 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 5/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-22	2	2nd	12 16 28 31 37
2025-05-20	5	3rd	5 6 16 29 34
2025-05-15	3	2nd	7 16 17 20 23
2025-05-12	1	4th	9 13 15 16 48
2025-05-11	13	1st	16 26 30 34 43
2025-04-28	16	1st	16 19 20 33 40
2025-04-12	18	3rd	1 14 16 19 41
2025-03-25	2	2nd	9 16 27 30 35
2025-03-23	7	1st	16 19 21 39 47
2025-03-16	2	3rd	4 14 16 28 34
2025-03-14	14	2nd	7 16 28 40 48
2025-02-28	3	2nd	9 16 18 23 42
2025-02-25	1	4th	6 10 14 16 25
2025-02-24	6	2nd	7 16 23 33 40
2025-02-18	2	3rd	2 5 16 19 46
2025-02-16	6	3rd	3 15 16 19 32
2025-02-10	14	3rd	1 2 16 18 30
2025-01-27	20	2nd	7 16 41 42 48
2025-01-07	14	1st	16 24 30 32 44
2024-12-24	8	1st	16 22 24 43 47
2024-12-16	2	2nd	3 16 29 31 33
2024-12-14	17	2nd	10 16 35 40 42
2024-11-27	71	2nd	5 16 22 25 45
2024-09-17	8	2nd	10 16 23 29 35
2024-09-09	19	1st	16 26 30 35 46
2024-08-21	19	2nd	9 16 26 42 45
2024-08-02	2	3rd	11 13 16 27 33
2024-07-31	17	2nd	10 16 20 31 44
2024-07-14	1	3rd	9 13 16 20 23
2024-07-13	24	2nd	8 16 27 33 34
2024-06-19	17	2nd	10 16 18 19 31
2024-06-02	14	2nd	8 16 19 20 25
2024-05-19	6	2nd	6 16 32 34 41
2024-05-13	8	2nd	13 16 20 39 43
2024-05-05	3	4th	1 6 10 16 27
2024-05-02	3	3rd	7 14 16 37 41
2024-04-29	2	3rd	12 14 16 25 46
2024-04-27	9	1st	16 22 26 31 34
2024-04-18	22	3rd	4 10 16 44 45
2024-03-27	12	3rd	3 10 16 37 44
2024-03-15	17	2nd	13 16 18 19 34
2024-02-27	21	2nd	10 16 28 45 46
2024-02-06	2	1st	16 32 34 36 47
2024-02-04	3	2nd	10 16 27 33 44
2024-02-01	3	1st	16 21 23 26 45
2024-01-29	8	2nd	14 16 28 30 43
2024-01-21	4	3rd	11 14 16 32 42
2024-01-17	33	3rd	3 13 16 29 36
2023-12-15	11	2nd	5 16 20 23 30
2023-12-04	5	2nd	1 16 22 39 40
2023-11-29	9	1st	16 33 38 39 47
2023-11-20	17	3rd	5 12 16 31 40
2023-11-03	2	2nd	11 16 30 34 40
2023-11-01	8	1st	16 18 32 36 47
2023-10-24	21	2nd	2 16 21 29 35
2023-10-03	5	3rd	3 11 16 18 33
2023-09-28	2	1st	16 19 25 30 47
2023-09-26	15	3rd	12 14 16 32 33
2023-09-11	1	2nd	7 16 22 34 45
2023-09-10	1	2nd	9 16 19 20 48
2023-09-09	5	2nd	11 16 27 38 42
2023-09-04	16	4th	2 4 8 16 22
2023-08-19	15	2nd	7 16 34 35 42
2023-08-04	16	2nd	3 16 18 42 47
2023-07-19	5	2nd	12 16 28 32 45
2023-07-14	2	3rd	6 8 16 19 45
2023-07-12	5	2nd	15 16 18 20 45
2023-07-07	2	4th	2 3 15 16 34
2023-07-05	3	2nd	8 16 26 30 38
2023-07-02	7	2nd	1 16 17 31 46
2023-06-25	11	1st	16 17 18 35 47
2023-06-14	11	2nd	6 16 28 34 45
2023-06-03	11	1st	16 19 20 42 46
2023-05-23	5	1st	16 22 24 26 27
2023-05-18	5	2nd	10 16 23 36 38
2023-05-13	2	3rd	10 12 16 23 32
2023-05-11	10	2nd	10 16 34 40 47
2023-05-01	8	4th	7 10 14 16 26
2023-04-23	15	1st	16 21 31 33 36
2023-04-08	8	2nd	1 16 18 20 41
2023-03-31	3	1st	16 19 28 31 34
2023-03-28	13	3rd	7 9 16 28 30
2023-03-15	7	1st	16 20 21 39 40
2023-03-08	17	2nd	1 16 31 36 44
2023-02-19	4	2nd	8 16 31 39 47
2023-02-15	10	2nd	9 16 28 35 44
2023-02-05	6	2nd	2 16 23 43 47
2023-01-30	1	2nd	9 16 34 46 47
2023-01-29	15	2nd	15 16 21 23 46
2023-01-14	23	3rd	4 7 16 22 40
2022-12-22	12	2nd	8 16 24 27 38
2022-12-10	4	2nd	2 16 30 39 41
2022-12-06	20	2nd	11 16 22 31 42
2022-11-16	14	2nd	1 16 21 32 44
2022-11-02	2	3rd	6 10 16 26 42
2022-10-31	21	3rd	3 13 16 19 28
2022-10-10	3	2nd	15 16 20 28 40
2022-10-07	19	4th	7 9 13 16 18
2022-09-18	6	4th	4 5 8 16 19
2022-09-12	3	3rd	4 6 16 41 46
2022-09-09	14	2nd	8 16 23 34 42
2022-08-26	20	3rd	2 8 16 30 45
2022-08-06	2	2nd	10 16 32 45 47
2022-08-04	6	1st	16 21 26 43 45
2022-07-29	2	4th	3 11 15 16 45
2022-07-27	1	2nd	4 16 29 34 39
2022-07-26	3	3rd	5 7 16 38 44
2022-07-23	5	3rd	2 12 16 32 44
2022-07-18	4	3rd	4 9 16 36 43
2022-07-14	12	3rd	4 14 16 34 39
2022-07-02	2	3rd	3 13 16 18 27
2022-06-30	1	2nd	4 16 19 24 46
2022-06-29	2	1st	16 17 20 31 42
2022-06-27	8	3rd	2 12 16 29 40
2022-06-19	1	2nd	2 16 23 38 47
2022-06-18	5	3rd	12 15 16 25 47
2022-06-13	1	2nd	9 16 17 24 27
2022-06-12	1	2nd	1 16 26 27 44
2022-06-11	2	2nd	11 16 31 37 41
2022-06-09	1	3rd	2 12 16 33 35
2022-06-08	20	3rd	5 14 16 25 26
2022-05-19	2	2nd	15 16 18 23 25
2022-05-17	30	2nd	5 16 29 31 32
2022-04-17	9	4th	4 7 10 16 23
2022-04-08	4	2nd	6 16 20 36 39
2022-04-04	3	1st	16 18 29 32 33
2022-04-01	3	2nd	6 16 25 40 47
2022-03-29	10	3rd	6 15 16 22 47
2022-03-19	36	3rd	6 13 16 37 41
2022-02-11	1	3rd	5 7 16 19 43
2022-02-10	1	2nd	8 16 25 28 48
2022-02-09	1	2nd	8 16 22 23 40
2022-02-08	5	4th	3 10 14 16 29
2022-02-03	7	3rd	6 14 16 25 36
2022-01-27	32	1st	16 23 27 34 40
2021-12-26	7	2nd	4 16 27 28 46
2021-12-19	8	2nd	9 16 42 44 48
2021-12-11	12	3rd	8 9 16 31 44
2021-11-29	6	1st	16 17 22 25 29
2021-11-23	41	4th	6 11 14 16 41
2021-10-13	18	2nd	13 16 18 23 33
2021-09-25	18	2nd	6 16 24 33 34
2021-09-07	4	3rd	8 14 16 32 38
2021-09-03	15	2nd	7 16 28 36 44
2021-08-19	4	3rd	11 12 16 38 48
2021-08-15	2	1st	16 23 26 29 46
2021-08-13	24	3rd	6 10 16 26 31
2021-07-20	29	3rd	6 8 16 31 46
2021-04-12	2	3rd	1 12 16 26 36
2021-04-05	11	3rd	2 5 16 26 39
2021-02-25	12	1st	16 34 35 38 45
2021-01-14	16	2nd	3 16 20 21 47
2020-11-19	1	2nd	5 16 27 35 36
2020-11-16	28	3rd	3 8 16 38 44
2020-08-10	3	3rd	4 5 16 19 37
2020-07-30	9	3rd	14 15 16 39 42
2020-06-29	3	3rd	6 12 16 19 22
2020-06-18	20	3rd	1 6 16 27 34
2020-04-09	9	2nd	6 16 23 27 48
2020-03-09	16	3rd	3 13 16 45 48
2020-01-13	5	2nd	7 16 30 32 39
2019-12-26	1	1st	16 25 29 30 35
2019-12-23	3	3rd	1 6 16 21 46
2019-12-12	1	1st	16 17 21 28 38
2019-12-09	1	2nd	1 16 27 39 45
2019-12-05	24	3rd	3 11 16 19 32
2019-09-12	13	2nd	2 16 29 43 46
2019-07-29	6	3rd	5 6 16 19 27
2019-07-08	3	2nd	11 16 18 23 37
2019-06-27	24	2nd	14 16 19 23 27
2019-04-04	21	4th	3 4 8 16 27
2019-01-21	7	2nd	2 16 40 43 47
2018-12-27	5	2nd	9 16 32 39 41
2018-12-10	9	1st	16 20 26 28 47
2018-11-08	3	2nd	10 16 38 39 40
2018-10-29	8	2nd	14 16 26 29 43
2018-10-01	2	4th	8 10 13 16 40
2018-09-24	7	2nd	9 16 21 27 45
2018-08-30	3	1st	16 20 32 40 46
2018-08-20	5	2nd	4 16 36 44 48
2018-08-02	8	2nd	9 16 17 20 23
2018-07-05	10	2nd	12 16 31 32 46
2018-05-31	1	1st	16 34 41 42 48
2018-05-28	8	4th	4 6 13 16 32
2018-04-30	3	4th	1 10 13 16 21
2018-04-19	6	1st	16 19 35 43 48
2018-03-29	4	1st	16 19 31 44 48
2018-03-15	5	2nd	10 16 17 40 47
2018-02-26	13	3rd	6 11 16 28 37
2018-01-11	7	4th	8 12 15 16 41
2017-12-18	2	2nd	13 16 21 29 32
2017-12-11	6	1st	16 37 46 47 48
2017-11-20	15	2nd	7 16 20 24 28
2017-09-28	18	4th	9 10 12 16 32
2017-07-27	1	1st	16 17 31 38 40
2017-07-24	18	1st	16 26 27 36 37
2017-05-22	51	2nd	12 16 31 43 46
2016-11-24	15	4th	5 10 15 16 37
2016-10-03	5	2nd	2 16 20 35 43
2016-09-15	42	3rd	1 4 16 28 29
2016-04-21	3	3rd	2 10 16 34 35
2016-04-11	15	3rd	4 12 16 20 24
2016-02-18	25	2nd	5 16 21 26 41
2015-11-23	3	3rd	1 12 16 26 42
2015-11-12	7	3rd	7 9 16 22 46
2015-10-19	12	2nd	12 16 19 29 42
2015-09-07	2	1st	16 17 21 32 36
2015-08-31	1	3rd	8 10 16 22 25
2015-08-27	1	1st	16 17 39 40 46
2015-08-24	10	3rd	5 11 16 22 46
2015-07-20	27	2nd	13 16 17 18 23
2015-04-16	13	3rd	14 15 16 27 33
2015-03-02	4	2nd	2 16 20 25 39
2015-02-16	—	3rd	14 15 16 22 46