Number 16

In North 5 under the 5/34 · since Jan 2025 rules — 641 draws, 5 from 1–34.

85times drawn · chance expected 94 −1.03σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 6.8

27longest completed wait · 74% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 85 times in 641 draws against 94.3 expected, −1.03σ. 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 85 times in 641 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 27 · 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 smallest10 · chance 6.4
2nd smallest24 · chance 25.4
3rd smallest28 · chance 33.4
4th smallest19 · chance 17.0
5th smallest4 · chance 2.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 32 28 11 24 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 33 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 34. 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
2026-10-11	3	5th	4 8 11 14 16
2026-10-08	13	3rd	13 14 16 17 34
2026-09-25	1	2nd	1 16 24 30 32
2026-09-24	15	4th	3 8 12 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 5/34 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-14	5	2nd	3 16 23 30 32
2026-03-09	16	4th	2 4 6 16 19
2026-02-21	2	4th	3 11 14 16 22
2026-02-19	5	3rd	8 9 16 17 32
2026-02-14	1	2nd	3 16 21 24 32
2026-02-13	8	2nd	1 16 19 29 31
2026-02-05	10	3rd	7 14 16 17 34
2026-01-26	2	4th	1 3 12 16 17
2026-01-24	1	3rd	8 10 16 22 27
2026-01-23	5	2nd	6 16 19 24 32
2026-01-18	6	4th	3 6 9 16 17
2026-01-12	5	2nd	4 16 21 28 31
2026-01-07	14	4th	10 12 14 16 24
2025-12-24	1	2nd	5 16 25 29 30
2025-12-23	1	3rd	4 15 16 28 29
2025-12-22	3	3rd	5 7 16 23 27
2025-12-19	5	3rd	1 10 16 17 22
2025-12-14	6	4th	1 2 12 16 31
2025-12-08	6	1st	16 21 28 31 33
2025-12-02	8	5th	3 7 10 14 16
2025-11-24	3	1st	16 21 24 30 32
2025-11-21	10	3rd	1 5 16 25 28
2025-11-11	17	2nd	15 16 18 27 28
2025-10-25	13	3rd	2 13 16 20 34
2025-10-12	11	3rd	11 14 16 19 33
2025-10-01	13	2nd	1 16 25 31 33
2025-09-18	7	5th	7 9 13 14 16
2025-09-11	1	2nd	15 16 17 30 31
2025-09-10	3	4th	4 9 13 16 24
2025-09-07	10	2nd	10 16 26 29 32
2025-08-28	2	2nd	3 16 21 27 28
2025-08-26	6	2nd	12 16 17 18 31
2025-08-20	11	3rd	9 11 16 19 26
2025-08-09	13	1st	16 21 26 28 34
2025-07-27	7	3rd	1 6 16 21 29
2025-07-20	4	4th	3 4 13 16 27
2025-07-16	7	4th	2 4 10 16 24
2025-07-09	3	1st	16 17 20 21 33
2025-07-06	5	2nd	10 16 18 20 34
2025-07-01	18	1st	16 24 26 27 29
2025-06-13	5	4th	11 12 14 16 34
2025-06-08	27	5th	3 6 10 14 16
2025-05-12	11	1st	16 17 20 22 29
2025-05-01	4	2nd	12 16 28 30 34
2025-04-27	4	2nd	14 16 17 20 32
2025-04-23	25	3rd	3 7 16 20 30
2025-03-29	3	4th	3 5 11 16 22
2025-03-26	1	3rd	9 13 16 24 32
2025-03-25	9	2nd	9 16 18 23 32
2025-03-16	13	2nd	7 16 20 22 31
2025-03-03	1	2nd	6 16 19 22 24
2025-03-02	17	4th	7 13 15 16 20
2025-02-13	2	3rd	2 15 16 26 28
2025-02-11	7	2nd	12 16 17 24 34
2025-02-04	3	4th	4 8 11 16 27
2025-02-01	5	4th	1 8 11 16 34
2025-01-27	1	3rd	4 12 16 17 25
2025-01-26	1	1st	16 17 24 27 31
2025-01-25	7	4th	4 7 9 16 23
2025-01-18	8	2nd	7 16 18 20 31
2025-01-10	—	3rd	2 15 16 20 32