Number 16

In Pick 5 under the 5/40 · since Aug 2023 rules — 1,153 draws, 5 from 1–40.

146times drawn · chance expected 144 +0.17σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

35longest completed wait · 79% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 146 times in 1,153 draws against 144.1 expected, +0.17σ. 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 146 times in 1,153 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 35 · 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 smallest13 · chance 18.9
2nd smallest54 · chance 53.9
3rd smallest52 · chance 51.4
4th smallest26 · chance 19.4
5th smallest1 · chance 2.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 5 7 15 18 40

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-10-12	14	4th	3 6 10 16 20
2026-09-28	11	2nd	13 16 17 18 40
2026-09-17	3	2nd	2 16 20 23 38
2026-09-14	17	4th	8 10 14 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 5/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-02-20	12	3rd	7 10 16 22 23
2026-02-08	20	3rd	5 8 16 35 36
2026-01-19	1	1st	16 25 26 35 40
2026-01-18	7	4th	8 12 15 16 20
2026-01-11	10	3rd	9 15 16 18 22
2026-01-01	21	3rd	7 10 16 31 36
2025-12-11	5	4th	5 9 13 16 30
2025-12-06	4	3rd	9 10 16 22 25
2025-12-02	6	2nd	4 16 26 39 40
2025-11-26	3	3rd	13 15 16 20 37
2025-11-23	8	3rd	1 12 16 30 39
2025-11-15	2	4th	1 4 10 16 27
2025-11-13	8	4th	2 4 10 16 24
2025-11-05	8	3rd	11 14 16 36 39
2025-10-28	26	4th	11 14 15 16 19
2025-10-02	3	4th	1 9 11 16 19
2025-09-29	10	1st	16 18 25 29 33
2025-09-19	12	3rd	11 13 16 21 24
2025-09-07	3	3rd	2 7 16 24 27
2025-09-04	4	2nd	10 16 28 32 35
2025-08-31	2	1st	16 21 35 37 39
2025-08-29	7	2nd	5 16 18 21 39
2025-08-22	6	4th	2 4 11 16 26
2025-08-16	15	3rd	5 13 16 19 39
2025-08-01	8	3rd	10 14 16 19 22
2025-07-24	1	2nd	4 16 18 38 40
2025-07-23	35	3rd	7 14 16 36 40
2025-06-18	6	4th	2 7 13 16 29
2025-06-12	26	2nd	5 16 17 28 31
2025-05-17	8	2nd	13 16 17 32 37
2025-05-09	2	2nd	11 16 23 26 40
2025-05-07	2	4th	1 2 12 16 35
2025-05-05	1	3rd	1 13 16 20 39
2025-05-04	9	3rd	13 15 16 31 40
2025-04-25	10	3rd	4 15 16 20 24
2025-04-15	7	4th	5 9 15 16 35
2025-04-08	9	3rd	4 6 16 21 40
2025-03-30	6	2nd	5 16 23 24 37
2025-03-24	7	3rd	2 14 16 23 24
2025-03-17	7	3rd	3 7 16 32 40
2025-03-10	9	1st	16 17 26 28 29
2025-03-01	6	2nd	1 16 21 39 40
2025-02-23	9	1st	16 27 31 33 34
2025-02-14	1	3rd	1 5 16 19 28
2025-02-13	5	2nd	15 16 25 26 33
2025-02-08	2	2nd	8 16 18 27 40
2025-02-06	8	3rd	8 14 16 21 25
2025-01-29	1	3rd	7 9 16 36 38
2025-01-28	23	3rd	5 12 16 22 40
2025-01-05	2	2nd	9 16 17 18 28
2025-01-03	7	4th	1 3 5 16 28
2024-12-27	25	2nd	4 16 17 23 27
2024-12-02	4	2nd	8 16 26 31 39
2024-11-28	26	2nd	1 16 17 32 33
2024-11-02	1	2nd	5 16 22 35 36
2024-11-01	7	2nd	15 16 17 26 30
2024-10-25	10	3rd	1 13 16 17 33
2024-10-15	12	4th	1 6 13 16 27
2024-10-03	4	2nd	7 16 30 32 34
2024-09-29	1	2nd	13 16 19 27 30
2024-09-28	1	2nd	12 16 19 26 32
2024-09-27	4	2nd	9 16 20 25 37
2024-09-23	2	2nd	13 16 23 24 40
2024-09-21	18	3rd	2 13 16 27 39
2024-09-03	1	2nd	5 16 18 19 39
2024-09-02	10	3rd	7 12 16 24 26
2024-08-23	4	3rd	3 14 16 24 35
2024-08-19	8	3rd	1 14 16 29 39
2024-08-11	3	3rd	6 11 16 30 40
2024-08-08	7	4th	3 5 7 16 25
2024-08-01	10	2nd	7 16 18 20 34
2024-07-22	10	3rd	9 10 16 18 21
2024-07-12	6	2nd	8 16 17 25 26
2024-07-06	6	2nd	7 16 20 30 34
2024-06-30	3	2nd	3 16 17 38 39
2024-06-27	6	2nd	13 16 23 27 29
2024-06-21	7	3rd	1 7 16 22 29
2024-06-14	6	2nd	5 16 20 25 29
2024-06-08	1	1st	16 21 24 29 39
2024-06-07	2	4th	8 11 15 16 25
2024-06-05	14	3rd	12 13 16 29 30
2024-05-22	2	2nd	2 16 22 24 37
2024-05-20	6	3rd	7 9 16 36 40
2024-05-14	3	3rd	6 9 16 20 32
2024-05-11	2	3rd	10 15 16 29 37
2024-05-09	7	2nd	10 16 18 21 26
2024-05-02	1	4th	5 6 11 16 34
2024-05-01	2	2nd	9 16 19 22 24
2024-04-29	15	2nd	4 16 17 20 23
2024-04-14	1	2nd	5 16 22 32 35
2024-04-13	6	4th	3 6 8 16 40
2024-04-07	23	1st	16 18 23 33 35
2024-03-15	21	2nd	5 16 31 37 40
2024-02-23	3	5th	4 5 8 12 16
2024-02-20	2	3rd	7 14 16 18 26
2024-02-18	1	3rd	2 7 16 18 38
2024-02-17	1	3rd	3 15 16 17 26
2024-02-16	1	3rd	10 15 16 18 33
2024-02-15	5	2nd	15 16 24 27 29
2024-02-10	1	3rd	4 12 16 28 30
2024-02-09	8	4th	4 14 15 16 23
2024-02-01	6	1st	16 28 33 37 39
2024-01-26	13	1st	16 20 26 36 39
2024-01-13	1	4th	1 13 14 16 25
2024-01-12	7	3rd	6 8 16 27 37
2024-01-05	1	3rd	8 12 16 23 33
2024-01-04	24	2nd	4 16 25 29 36
2023-12-11	7	2nd	8 16 17 26 33
2023-12-04	3	1st	16 17 28 32 39
2023-12-01	23	3rd	13 14 16 25 38
2023-11-08	3	1st	16 21 23 29 30
2023-11-05	2	2nd	12 16 19 28 34
2023-11-03	11	2nd	5 16 28 31 33
2023-10-23	3	3rd	3 8 16 23 29
2023-10-20	1	2nd	9 16 30 32 40
2023-10-19	5	2nd	15 16 28 32 34
2023-10-14	9	2nd	6 16 19 27 28
2023-10-05	11	3rd	2 10 16 19 35
2023-09-24	6	3rd	4 14 16 19 31
2023-09-18	2	4th	7 8 11 16 33
2023-09-16	14	3rd	8 10 16 18 29
2023-09-02	—	2nd	15 16 21 24 31