In Big Sky Bonus under the 4/31 + 1/16 · since Oct 2024 rules — 732 draws, 1 from 1–16.
44times drawn · chance expected 46 −0.27σ
38draws waiting · a wait this long: 9% for any number
15.9average wait between appearances · chance says 16.0
62longest completed wait · 57% chance of one at least that long
16 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 44 times in 732 draws against 45.8 expected, −0.27σ. Each draw is independent: after 38 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
16
Number 16, draw by draw
Drawn 44 times in 732 draws · average wait 15.9 draws · longest completed wait 62 · waiting 38 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.
Never drawn alongside 15 of the other 15 numbers; chance expects about 15 such strangers 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 — 13th most popular of 16. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 1/16 tonight whatever it did last week.