Number 16

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,904 draws, 6 from 1–49.

225times drawn · chance expected 233 −0.57σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 21% for any number

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

50longest completed wait · 31% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 225 times in 1,904 draws against 233.1 expected, −0.57σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 225 times in 1,904 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 13 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 31.2
2nd smallest81 · chance 80.7
3rd smallest81 · chance 75.3
4th smallest31 · chance 31.6
5th smallest10 · chance 5.9
6th smallest1 · chance 0.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 3 10 18 23 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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	13	2nd	5 16 20 22 41 43
2026-08-12	3	2nd	3 16 18 32 39 40
2026-08-05	4	3rd	2 6 16 35 36 41
2026-07-27	11	4th

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-07	10	2nd	2 16 17 22 31 35
2025-04-14	3	2nd	14 16 21 24 37 43
2025-04-07	21	2nd	6 16 19 20 21 39
2025-02-17	5	3rd	2 13 16 23 34 42
2025-02-05	15	1st	16 23 24 27 31 36
2025-01-01	25	2nd	6 16 20 31 36 40
2024-11-04	1	3rd	5 13 16 29 31 41
2024-11-02	14	3rd	5 10 16 23 36 38
2024-09-30	5	2nd	6 16 17 18 22 26
2024-09-18	4	4th	3 6 12 16 26 37
2024-09-09	8	2nd	11 16 20 22 28 31
2024-08-21	15	2nd	11 16 21 23 25 34
2024-07-17	5	3rd	3 9 16 18 28 40
2024-07-06	3	2nd	2 16 23 29 35 39
2024-06-29	2	2nd	7 16 24 27 29 37
2024-06-24	9	3rd	14 15 16 22 28 44
2024-06-03	4	3rd	1 12 16 22 31 42
2024-05-25	1	2nd	14 16 19 21 22 37
2024-05-22	10	3rd	5 15 16 34 35 36
2024-04-29	18	3rd	2 6 16 19 20 27
2024-03-18	2	4th	5 10 11 16 18 23
2024-03-13	1	2nd	5 16 22 27 37 44
2024-03-11	7	4th	3 4 12 16 17 23
2024-02-24	8	3rd	7 10 16 20 21 32
2024-02-05	8	4th	6 12 15 16 17 43
2024-01-17	6	2nd	15 16 21 25 28 39
2024-01-03	7	2nd	7 16 18 27 34 43
2023-12-18	8	3rd	9 10 16 28 29 34
2023-11-29	4	2nd	13 16 22 39 41 42
2023-11-20	1	5th	5 6 7 10 16 19
2023-11-18	1	4th	2 10 12 16 29 34
2023-11-15	4	3rd	3 7 16 19 23 31
2023-11-04	4	3rd	4 10 16 31 33 36
2023-10-21	3	4th	3 9 13 16 18 34
2023-10-11	5	5th	10 11 13 14 16 29
2023-09-23	1	2nd	10 16 38 41 45 46
2023-09-20	20	3rd	3 10 16 23 32 34
2023-07-12	8	1st	16 19 22 26 37 38
2023-06-14	1	4th	8 14 15 16 21 41
2023-06-10	4	1st	16 19 22 24 40 43
2023-05-27	3	2nd	4 16 17 28 39 44
2023-05-17	1	3rd	3 15 16 24 35 48
2023-05-13	14	3rd	3 8 16 19 35 37
2023-03-25	3	2nd	10 16 21 26 33 34
2023-03-15	3	3rd	12 13 16 21 39 47
2023-03-04	10	3rd	8 11 16 25 33 49
2023-01-28	5	2nd	7 16 18 20 37 41
2023-01-11	23	2nd	2 16 22 26 46 47
2022-10-22	11	2nd	1 16 17 25 37 45
2022-09-14	19	2nd	11 16 19 38 43 44
2022-07-09	6	3rd	5 12 16 38 46 47
2022-06-18	1	2nd	6 16 38 44 46 48
2022-06-15	17	3rd	12 15 16 18 39 45
2022-04-16	3	2nd	4 16 17 27 30 47
2022-04-06	1	2nd	2 16 34 35 45 49
2022-04-02	25	2nd	14 16 19 23 29 30
2022-01-05	8	2nd	12 16 23 26 32 33
2021-12-08	1	4th	3 4 9 16 21 49
2021-12-04	4	5th	4 9 12 13 16 48
2021-11-20	11	2nd	15 16 18 40 47 48
2021-10-13	13	2nd	4 16 18 31 35 40
2021-08-28	9	3rd	9 11 16 29 31 47
2021-07-28	2	2nd	11 16 19 20 30 36
2021-07-21	2	2nd	3 16 20 25 38 47
2021-07-14	5	3rd	1 2 16 19 23 44
2021-06-26	7	1st	16 17 18 26 41 45
2021-06-02	21	1st	16 24 28 30 45 46
2021-03-20	10	2nd	2 16 23 27 31 45
2021-02-13	1	3rd	9 15 16 18 38 40
2021-02-10	4	3rd	3 6 16 18 37 48
2021-01-27	7	2nd	1 16 39 45 48 49
2021-01-02	5	2nd	11 16 17 23 24 30
2020-12-16	8	3rd	6 7 16 21 28 33
2020-11-18	1	4th	1 3 15 16 17 48
2020-11-14	10	1st	16 23 32 37 44 47
2020-10-10	8	2nd	3 16 20 37 45 48
2020-09-12	16	1st	16 22 32 34 38 42
2020-07-18	3	1st	16 20 38 45 47 49
2020-07-08	4	1st	16 29 30 34 36 37
2020-06-24	3	2nd	4 16 29 41 43 45
2020-06-13	8	3rd	4 10 16 22 24 44
2020-05-16	4	3rd	2 7 16 28 36 43
2020-05-02	2	2nd	13 16 17 21 22 48
2020-04-25	9	3rd	1 4 16 34 41 43
2020-03-25	5	3rd	4 13 16 18 19 44
2020-03-07	8	3rd	8 15 16 35 37 38
2020-02-08	5	3rd	7 15 16 23 42 43
2020-01-22	2	2nd	6 16 30 31 35 43
2020-01-15	2	2nd	1 16 17 30 32 44
2020-01-08	9	3rd	5 11 16 20 37 47
2019-12-07	2	4th	9 12 15 16 34 36
2019-11-30	11	2nd	3 16 23 28 35 37
2019-10-23	13	2nd	12 16 25 30 32 37
2019-09-07	15	5th	3 4 5 9 16 43
2019-07-17	6	2nd	11 16 29 32 41 42
2019-06-26	22	2nd	14 16 18 32 44 48
2019-04-10	5	3rd	2 8 16 18 39 44
2019-03-23	17	2nd	6 16 23 27 41 46
2019-01-23	2	3rd	6 10 16 20 44 49
2019-01-16	13	2nd	12 16 18 31 34 47
2018-12-01	6	3rd	1 9 16 35 37 42
2018-11-10	15	3rd	6 8 16 35 37 40
2018-09-19	3	5th	1 5 7 10 16 29
2018-09-08	20	3rd	3 15 16 23 45 46
2018-06-30	11	2nd	14 16 18 19 27 29
2018-05-23	2	3rd	3 7 16 33 43 45
2018-05-16	5	3rd	4 8 16 26 41 47
2018-04-28	6	3rd	5 7 16 29 39 42
2018-04-07	10	6th	1 2 12 13 15 16
2018-03-03	8	3rd	7 13 16 21 37 48
2018-02-03	50	3rd	4 15 16 26 41 47
2017-08-12	4	4th	6 8 12 16 32 49
2017-07-29	15	4th	4 7 12 16 34 38
2017-06-07	2	3rd	4 9 16 30 32 47
2017-05-31	14	3rd	9 14 16 21 22 43
2017-04-12	4	3rd	9 13 16 42 43 46
2017-03-29	11	2nd	6 16 24 39 40 45
2017-02-18	14	3rd	2 11 16 30 31 43
2016-12-31	7	3rd	8 11 16 20 25 42
2016-12-07	34	3rd	4 12 16 24 28 48
2016-08-10	4	2nd	9 16 29 33 45 46
2016-07-27	1	3rd	11 13 16 27 28 32
2016-07-23	6	4th	6 10 11 16 30 48
2016-07-02	24	2nd	7 16 21 26 40 42
2016-04-09	11	4th	1 11 12 16 23 29
2016-03-02	4	3rd	12 14 16 17 28 35
2016-02-17	4	1st	16 18 29 46 48 49
2016-02-03	13	3rd	6 8 16 22 27 39
2015-12-19	1	4th	6 12 13 16 21 47
2015-12-16	4	2nd	13 16 21 29 36 46
2015-12-02	3	2nd	2 16 19 30 31 33
2015-11-21	6	1st	16 23 26 35 41 48
2015-10-31	7	4th	3 6 11 16 27 45
2015-10-07	4	2nd	14 16 20 22 39 42
2015-09-23	8	3rd	8 14 16 35 39 43
2015-08-26	20	2nd	12 16 27 36 47 49
2015-06-17	2	1st	16 34 35 39 44 46
2015-06-10	2	4th	2 5 7 16 26 42
2015-06-03	9	3rd	3 9 16 24 29 49
2015-05-02	3	3rd	4 12 16 21 34 35
2015-04-22	3	2nd	13 16 20 29 44 49
2015-04-11	6	2nd	12 16 19 22 31 41
2015-03-21	6	2nd	4 16 18 26 34 42
2015-02-28	3	2nd	15 16 18 35 43 45
2015-02-18	20	3rd	1 12 16 34 41 46
2014-12-10	12	4th	7 9 11 16 23 47
2014-10-29	9	1st	16 18 26 28 42 47
2014-09-27	19	1st	16 27 33 37 38 45
2014-07-23	1	1st	16 22 35 36 38 45
2014-07-19	7	3rd	4 6 16 21 34 47
2014-06-25	25	2nd	5 16 22 25 33 43
2014-03-29	9	3rd	1 7 16 28 35 49
2014-02-26	3	3rd	6 12 16 26 39 47
2014-02-15	4	3rd	3 10 16 21 46 47
2014-02-01	5	3rd	10 15 16 22 34 44
2014-01-15	16	3rd	3 14 16 36 40 46
2013-11-20	14	2nd	14 16 20 28 31 42
2013-10-02	3	3rd	1 12 16 17 21 26
2013-09-21	1	2nd	8 16 24 33 36 42
2013-09-18	10	2nd	4 16 22 23 27 44
2013-08-14	22	2nd	7 16 18 32 35 49
2013-05-29	42	2nd	6 16 19 23 32 41
2013-01-02	4	3rd	6 15 16 17 42 49
2012-12-19	7	2nd	12 16 25 29 39 43
2012-11-24	10	3rd	3 4 16 25 26 28
2012-10-20	15	5th	9 10 12 13 16 34
2012-08-29	5	4th	3 5 10 16 33 41
2012-08-11	10	2nd	10 16 22 31 37 44
2012-07-07	1	3rd	10 15 16 19 25 46
2012-07-04	9	2nd	2 16 23 35 36 38
2012-06-02	12	3rd	4 11 16 29 38 46
2012-04-21	7	3rd	1 11 16 20 32 36
2012-03-28	8	1st	16 25 33 37 43 45
2012-02-29	5	2nd	12 16 24 42 45 48
2012-02-11	3	2nd	13 16 30 32 33 43
2012-02-01	13	2nd	12 16 19 23 29 47
2011-12-17	1	2nd	9 16 24 28 40 45
2011-12-14	10	4th	4 10 11 16 32 35
2011-11-09	3	3rd	3 7 16 17 25 31
2011-10-29	5	3rd	10 11 16 18 29 42
2011-10-12	4	1st	16 20 30 31 34 46
2011-09-28	18	3rd	10 11 16 26 29 30
2011-07-27	1	4th	5 8 9 16 20 38
2011-07-23	12	4th	10 11 14 16 26 49
2011-06-11	4	3rd	4 10 16 17 29 34
2011-05-28	10	1st	16 23 26 28 30 42
2011-04-23	5	4th	3 8 14 16 19 23
2011-04-06	2	4th	8 11 12 16 20 48
2011-03-30	5	5th	7 9 12 14 16 48
2011-03-12	7	2nd	11 16 17 27 31 42
2011-02-16	15	3rd	3 5 16 39 41 47
2010-12-25	4	2nd	6 16 18 25 28 37
2010-12-11	2	3rd	10 12 16 18 26 36
2010-12-04	34	2nd	2 16 22 40 46 48
2010-08-07	20	1st	16 17 22 39 40 45
2010-05-29	22	4th	2 8 13 16 26 36
2010-03-13	1	3rd	3 13 16 35 36 49
2010-03-10	1	1st	16 33 34 39 40 47
2010-03-06	4	1st	16 17 24 35 36 37
2010-02-20	1	2nd	11 16 17 24 31 35
2010-02-17	—	2nd	13 16 19 28 31 49