Number 16

In Classic Lotto 47 under the 6/47 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,721 draws, 6 from 1–47.

197times drawn · chance expected 220 −1.64σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

41longest completed wait · 57% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 197 times in 1,721 draws against 219.7 expected, −1.64σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 197 times in 1,721 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 41 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest20 · chance 24.4
2nd smallest74 · chance 67.8
3rd smallest62 · chance 67.8
4th smallest29 · chance 30.4
5th smallest11 · chance 6.1
6th smallest1 · chance 0.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

28 2 43 3 5 15

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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	1	1st	16 22 29 31 35 40
2026-10-07	2	1st	16 20 21 23 26 40
2026-09-30	2	2nd	10 16 26 37 46 47
2026-09-23

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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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