Number 16

In Match 5 under the 5/35 · since Apr 2021 rules — 1,497 draws, 5 from 1–35.

220times drawn · chance expected 214 +0.45σ

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

6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

32longest completed wait · 84% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 220 times in 1,497 draws against 213.9 expected, +0.45σ. 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 220 times in 1,497 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 32 · 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 smallest16 · chance 18.4
2nd smallest68 · chance 69.0
3rd smallest79 · chance 85.2
4th smallest51 · chance 41.0
5th smallest6 · chance 6.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 22 7 5 10 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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	2	4th	7 8 10 16 27
2026-10-08	5	3rd	2 15 16 18 24
2026-10-03	6	1st	16 18 25 26 31
2026-09-27	11	3rd	13 15 16 24

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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-16	1	2nd	8 16 18 26 31
2026-05-15	28	4th	4 7 15 16 22
2026-04-17	16	3rd	5 10 16 32 35
2026-04-01	6	5th	1 2 8 12 16
2026-03-26	5	2nd	5 16 25 29 35
2026-03-21	16	3rd	4 15 16 25 35
2026-03-05	8	1st	16 20 23 24 29
2026-02-25	1	4th	2 6 9 16 17
2026-02-24	6	4th	10 11 13 16 34
2026-02-18	3	4th	1 5 11 16 26
2026-02-15	1	3rd	5 13 16 22 35
2026-02-14	15	2nd	14 16 17 31 35
2026-01-30	10	4th	2 12 14 16 18
2026-01-20	3	4th	4 13 15 16 26
2026-01-17	2	4th	1 2 11 16 33
2026-01-15	13	2nd	1 16 29 31 35
2026-01-02	6	2nd	1 16 17 20 33
2025-12-27	19	5th	3 4 10 14 16
2025-12-08	1	2nd	9 16 22 25 27
2025-12-07	21	4th	1 9 12 16 25
2025-11-16	4	3rd	6 10 16 24 31
2025-11-12	1	2nd	2 16 21 34 35
2025-11-11	13	4th	1 4 10 16 22
2025-10-29	1	1st	16 21 26 28 29
2025-10-28	1	2nd	3 16 25 34 35
2025-10-27	1	4th	6 13 14 16 20
2025-10-26	1	3rd	3 14 16 20 31
2025-10-25	1	4th	1 5 11 16 34
2025-10-24	1	2nd	2 16 23 27 29
2025-10-23	3	3rd	5 8 16 24 33
2025-10-20	3	3rd	7 15 16 23 33
2025-10-17	2	2nd	4 16 17 28 33
2025-10-15	3	3rd	8 14 16 19 25
2025-10-12	6	3rd	11 13 16 24 32
2025-10-06	1	4th	3 8 10 16 26
2025-10-05	2	2nd	7 16 20 25 27
2025-10-03	1	2nd	12 16 17 27 30
2025-10-02	1	4th	3 6 14 16 31
2025-10-01	17	1st	16 21 23 30 35
2025-09-14	2	3rd	7 11 16 30 35
2025-09-12	2	2nd	15 16 24 27 32
2025-09-10	24	2nd	10 16 20 27 32
2025-08-17	1	3rd	2 3 16 27 33
2025-08-16	5	3rd	4 9 16 18 30
2025-08-11	6	4th	5 13 15 16 30
2025-08-05	1	1st	16 18 20 21 25
2025-08-04	3	2nd	13 16 22 24 29
2025-08-01	10	4th	1 5 9 16 20
2025-07-22	9	4th	4 7 10 16 22
2025-07-13	17	2nd	5 16 20 22 34
2025-06-26	1	5th	1 4 5 10 16
2025-06-25	6	4th	3 9 11 16 21
2025-06-19	7	4th	5 6 9 16 30
2025-06-12	6	3rd	7 14 16 24 29
2025-06-06	3	3rd	11 12 16 22 26
2025-06-03	9	1st	16 20 21 30 32
2025-05-25	5	3rd	13 15 16 23 28
2025-05-20	6	3rd	9 13 16 23 25
2025-05-14	4	5th	2 4 5 6 16
2025-05-10	7	3rd	9 15 16 27 29
2025-05-03	1	4th	3 11 15 16 22
2025-05-02	10	3rd	4 11 16 17 26
2025-04-22	11	2nd	2 16 17 18 34
2025-04-11	9	4th	7 11 15 16 21
2025-04-02	12	2nd	3 16 17 23 27
2025-03-21	2	3rd	7 13 16 24 26
2025-03-19	7	2nd	10 16 21 25 35
2025-03-12	3	3rd	7 14 16 28 32
2025-03-09	4	1st	16 18 21 25 32
2025-03-05	8	2nd	6 16 17 27 31
2025-02-25	2	2nd	9 16 20 27 34
2025-02-23	5	2nd	5 16 18 19 28
2025-02-18	5	3rd	9 15 16 21 26
2025-02-13	18	4th	7 8 14 16 18
2025-01-26	2	3rd	11 14 16 27 29
2025-01-24	6	3rd	8 10 16 26 27
2025-01-18	9	1st	16 19 27 28 30
2025-01-09	4	2nd	6 16 17 21 35
2025-01-05	2	2nd	15 16 22 23 30
2025-01-03	12	4th	6 10 15 16 25
2024-12-22	14	4th	5 9 12 16 18
2024-12-08	1	4th	1 5 15 16 35
2024-12-07	11	4th	2 3 11 16 20
2024-11-26	13	3rd	3 7 16 18 22
2024-11-13	2	3rd	6 14 16 19 29
2024-11-11	3	2nd	5 16 25 29 35
2024-11-08	2	2nd	8 16 27 29 30
2024-11-06	3	2nd	13 16 26 30 35
2024-11-03	13	3rd	9 13 16 18 34
2024-10-21	18	2nd	15 16 23 26 30
2024-10-03	1	4th	2 12 14 16 22
2024-10-02	12	3rd	9 15 16 17 19
2024-09-20	9	4th	6 8 14 16 32
2024-09-11	2	1st	16 22 23 34 35
2024-09-09	9	3rd	3 14 16 26 31
2024-08-31	1	4th	1 5 13 16 31
2024-08-30	8	3rd	3 10 16 23 28
2024-08-22	9	3rd	4 13 16 18 31
2024-08-13	5	3rd	2 5 16 27 32
2024-08-08	12	2nd	15 16 22 29 30
2024-07-27	15	2nd	14 16 17 22 29
2024-07-12	4	3rd	8 14 16 21 31
2024-07-08	1	2nd	8 16 27 30 33
2024-07-07	9	2nd	15 16 24 28 35
2024-06-28	17	2nd	14 16 17 24 29
2024-06-11	8	3rd	4 12 16 18 20
2024-06-03	29	2nd	2 16 22 24 30
2024-05-05	9	3rd	2 9 16 22 24
2024-04-26	1	3rd	3 4 16 25 28
2024-04-25	4	2nd	13 16 19 27 33
2024-04-21	20	3rd	2 7 16 17 18
2024-04-01	9	2nd	12 16 19 22 29
2024-03-23	1	3rd	5 13 16 18 26
2024-03-22	7	3rd	5 7 16 18 22
2024-03-15	2	3rd	7 9 16 25 29
2024-03-13	5	2nd	4 16 19 25 27
2024-03-08	2	3rd	13 15 16 18 33
2024-03-06	5	1st	16 17 22 24 33
2024-03-01	11	4th	4 7 14 16 25
2024-02-19	2	3rd	8 9 16 19 23
2024-02-17	2	2nd	10 16 19 21 34
2024-02-15	2	4th	1 7 10 16 33
2024-02-13	1	2nd	8 16 17 25 32
2024-02-12	2	1st	16 19 22 26 29
2024-02-10	6	5th	3 4 7 15 16
2024-02-04	19	3rd	6 13 16 22 29
2024-01-16	4	3rd	1 7 16 22 26
2024-01-12	1	2nd	11 16 18 23 31
2024-01-11	4	2nd	9 16 19 20 33
2024-01-07	11	2nd	7 16 20 23 35
2023-12-27	4	3rd	7 13 16 27 34
2023-12-23	25	2nd	14 16 23 27 34
2023-11-28	11	2nd	2 16 25 28 32
2023-11-17	2	3rd	7 10 16 18 31
2023-11-15	6	3rd	1 13 16 19 20
2023-11-09	9	3rd	4 9 16 22 34
2023-10-31	1	3rd	8 11 16 22 23
2023-10-30	30	2nd	15 16 19 22 23
2023-09-30	8	3rd	5 12 16 33 35
2023-09-22	23	3rd	5 12 16 25 31
2023-08-17	2	3rd	11 14 16 29 34
2023-08-12	4	2nd	6 16 22 24 35
2023-08-03	4	3rd	5 10 16 29 30
2023-07-25	7	4th	4 7 8 16 21
2023-07-08	9	3rd	9 10 16 19 26
2023-06-17	4	4th	3 4 5 16 28
2023-06-08	5	2nd	2 16 17 20 28
2023-05-27	14	4th	8 12 13 16 28
2023-04-25	10	3rd	4 8 16 17 34
2023-04-01	32	1st	16 27 28 31 35
2023-01-17	8	1st	16 17 18 19 23
2022-12-29	3	2nd	1 16 21 27 29
2022-12-22	2	3rd	13 15 16 21 25
2022-12-17	7	3rd	4 7 16 24 34
2022-12-01	2	4th	4 12 13 16 35
2022-11-26	7	4th	5 8 9 16 19
2022-11-10	4	3rd	2 5 16 23 32
2022-11-01	14	3rd	7 12 16 24 31
2022-09-29	1	2nd	13 16 20 29 31
2022-09-27	1	4th	5 6 11 16 18
2022-09-24	6	4th	1 3 8 16 27
2022-09-10	9	2nd	9 16 19 22 27
2022-08-20	4	2nd	12 16 18 29 30
2022-08-11	4	3rd	4 10 16 17 23
2022-08-02	5	2nd	10 16 20 31 32
2022-07-21	2	2nd	2 16 23 31 32
2022-07-16	11	2nd	15 16 17 23 34
2022-06-21	3	2nd	2 16 22 28 31
2022-06-14	2	4th	1 11 13 16 17
2022-06-09	7	3rd	1 8 16 33 35
2022-05-24	7	3rd	9 15 16 23 25
2022-05-07	1	2nd	8 16 19 22 32
2022-05-05	2	4th	6 8 15 16 33
2022-04-30	12	3rd	1 6 16 18 28
2022-04-02	8	2nd	14 16 19 30 31
2022-03-15	7	4th	3 7 13 16 32
2022-02-26	3	4th	4 10 13 16 23
2022-02-19	10	3rd	1 9 16 19 35
2022-01-27	1	2nd	10 16 17 22 33
2022-01-25	15	3rd	1 15 16 18 23
2021-12-21	11	3rd	3 8 16 33 35
2021-11-25	12	2nd	6 16 19 24 26
2021-10-28	5	4th	3 7 14 16 34
2021-10-16	1	4th	1 8 10 16 35
2021-10-14	3	4th	7 9 10 16 24
2021-10-07	7	4th	2 7 10 16 18
2021-09-21	3	3rd	10 15 16 19 33
2021-09-14	6	4th	6 12 15 16 18
2021-08-31	14	3rd	1 8 16 31 33
2021-07-29	10	3rd	13 14 16 23 30
2021-07-06	2	1st	16 17 26 30 33
2021-07-01	4	3rd	2 9 16 19 33
2021-06-22	12	2nd	1 16 20 21 24
2021-05-22	8	4th	6 10 12 16 25
2021-05-04	1	2nd	10 16 25 28 33
2021-05-01	—	4th	6 9 12 16 22