Number 16

In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010 rules — 1,668 draws, 6 from 1–59.

174times drawn · chance expected 170 +0.35σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 31% for any number

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

49longest completed wait · 64% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 174 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, +0.35σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 26 times, counted separately.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 174 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 12 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 smallest31 · chance 36.6
2nd smallest65 · chance 70.3
3rd smallest56 · chance 49.2
4th smallest19 · chance 15.6
5th smallest3 · chance 2.2
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

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.

25 27 6 13 17 21

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-08-29	3	2nd	6 16 28 30 37 40
2026-08-19	32	1st	16 18 19 22 29 52
2026-04-29	1	4th	4 6 8 16 33 49
2026-04-25

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-01-03	8	3rd	12 15 16 34 40 58
2023-12-06	8	1st	16 19 35 37 39 54
2023-11-08	1	3rd	1 4 16 24 27 35
2023-11-04	7	3rd	6 13 16 21 35 40
2023-10-11	6	3rd	11 12 16 25 41 49
2023-09-20	1	2nd	1 16 20 23 34 45
2023-09-16	38	1st	16 20 37 40 48 49
2023-05-06	10	2nd	7 16 36 44 46 53
2023-04-01	2	3rd	10 13 16 39 51 52
2023-03-25	12	3rd	5 12 16 37 41 53
2023-02-11	1	3rd	2 7 16 50 56 57
2023-02-08	2	4th	3 5 13 16 29 37
2023-02-01	1	4th	2 4 6 16 23 32
2023-01-28	6	2nd	5 16 22 24 26 54
2023-01-07	1	3rd	13 14 16 21 24 39
2023-01-04	27	4th	6 9 12 16 29 57
2022-10-01	4	3rd	2 6 16 33 35 52
2022-09-17	1	1st	16 27 36 40 41 55
2022-09-14	2	2nd	8 16 18 36 54 59
2022-09-07	8	3rd	1 4 16 26 35 48
2022-08-10	17	3rd	3 13 16 25 32 42
2022-06-11	15	4th	1 12 13 16 17 49
2022-04-20	4	1st	16 25 26 39 43 48
2022-04-06	2	3rd	1 5 16 17 21 23
2022-03-30	11	2nd	1 16 24 40 56 59
2022-02-19	1	2nd	8 16 21 31 43 51
2022-02-16	1	3rd	1 8 16 29 39 51
2022-02-12	2	2nd	14 16 17 21 35 58
2022-02-05	6	3rd	7 8 16 28 43 53
2022-01-15	2	2nd	14 16 46 47 53 55
2022-01-08	8	3rd	3 7 16 18 27 59
2021-12-11	2	1st	16 27 28 36 45 56
2021-12-04	1	4th	6 9 15 16 43 53
2021-12-01	1	1st	16 24 44 53 55 59
2021-11-27	15	1st	16 20 27 44 49 55
2021-10-06	6	2nd	14 16 17 28 37 56
2021-09-15	16	4th	3 9 14 16 21 25
2021-07-21	14	1st	16 27 44 52 54 57
2021-06-02	9	1st	16 29 30 35 37 47
2021-05-01	20	2nd	7 16 25 33 35 49
2021-02-20	10	2nd	4 16 28 34 40 45
2021-01-16	2	3rd	4 13 16 29 44 51
2021-01-09	5	1st	16 30 34 43 46 50
2020-12-23	3	3rd	1 7 16 21 43 45
2020-12-12	2	3rd	7 13 16 29 33 56
2020-12-05	11	2nd	5 16 37 49 55 57
2020-10-28	22	2nd	10 16 18 30 49 50
2020-08-12	16	2nd	11 16 21 22 34 43
2020-06-17	27	2nd	10 16 21 30 31 56
2020-03-14	12	3rd	8 9 16 46 53 54
2020-02-01	8	2nd	10 16 36 38 42 55
2020-01-04	9	3rd	6 10 16 30 33 55
2019-12-04	7	4th	3 4 10 16 27 44
2019-11-09	21	3rd	4 9 16 32 42 44
2019-08-28	5	5th	1 5 6 7 16 48
2019-08-10	25	2nd	7 16 25 39 47 51
2019-05-15	7	2nd	6 16 17 26 29 48
2019-04-20	4	3rd	2 10 16 17 47 58
2019-04-06	13	3rd	6 9 16 20 26 41
2019-02-20	15	1st	16 25 29 32 50 59
2018-12-29	1	2nd	2 16 18 27 29 35
2018-12-26	4	3rd	2 8 16 22 45 46
2018-12-12	9	3rd	5 12 16 28 33 42
2018-11-10	27	2nd	3 16 19 25 28 43
2018-08-08	5	2nd	11 16 29 43 55 57
2018-07-21	5	2nd	14 16 26 47 52 55
2018-07-04	3	1st	16 19 34 42 44 57
2018-06-23	1	3rd	3 4 16 20 25 49
2018-06-20	10	3rd	2 3 16 27 32 34
2018-05-16	3	2nd	3 16 27 36 48 57
2018-05-05	3	2nd	2 16 17 38 41 42
2018-04-25	14	4th	7 8 13 16 37 41
2018-03-07	11	4th	3 8 9 16 21 53
2018-01-27	17	3rd	2 6 16 37 53 54
2017-11-29	14	4th	5 14 15 16 31 52
2017-10-11	3	2nd	6 16 24 25 37 38
2017-09-30	30	2nd	3 16 43 49 50 54
2017-06-17	7	2nd	9 16 18 34 45 51
2017-05-24	15	3rd	5 8 16 26 34 49
2017-04-01	22	3rd	1 4 16 25 29 56
2017-01-14	1	3rd	9 13 16 23 35 58
2017-01-11	3	3rd	12 13 16 49 50 59
2016-12-31	1	2nd	3 16 25 40 44 50
2016-12-28	3	1st	16 21 40 41 44 49
2016-12-17	6	1st	16 24 25 28 51 52
2016-11-26	18	2nd	6 16 22 25 31 56
2016-09-24	5	1st	16 21 32 33 35 57
2016-09-07	10	1st	16 22 31 37 48 52
2016-08-03	9	2nd	9 16 22 27 46 51
2016-07-02	7	1st	16 27 33 36 43 58
2016-06-08	10	2nd	2 16 22 44 56 59
2016-05-04	3	1st	16 18 26 44 49 51
2016-04-23	27	2nd	8 16 21 23 39 43
2016-01-20	7	2nd	10 16 17 21 33 58
2015-12-26	3	1st	16 18 22 28 35 46
2015-12-16	9	2nd	15 16 23 30 43 54
2015-11-14	5	4th	3 9 11 16 20 38
2015-10-28	3	2nd	1 16 18 25 28 55
2015-10-17	19	4th	1 9 11 16 19 22
2015-08-12	2	3rd	6 9 16 21 36 44
2015-08-05	5	1st	16 21 24 35 43 47
2015-07-18	7	3rd	5 10 16 17 46 48
2015-06-24	5	2nd	7 16 32 46 54 55
2015-06-06	4	1st	16 22 26 35 50 54
2015-05-23	18	2nd	15 16 17 26 49 55
2015-03-21	10	3rd	2 12 16 22 28 31
2015-02-14	9	2nd	13 16 20 22 47 57
2015-01-14	13	3rd	2 15 16 29 37 53
2014-11-29	29	2nd	5 16 17 25 27 31
2014-08-20	2	5th	3 10 11 15 16 54
2014-08-13	26	3rd	4 11 16 17 31 59
2014-05-14	18	5th	2 3 12 14 16 38
2014-03-12	13	4th	9 11 14 16 49 57
2014-01-25	1	2nd	13 16 17 22 27 55
2014-01-22	9	3rd	5 8 16 36 51 52
2013-12-21	14	3rd	3 4 16 22 58 59
2013-11-02	1	2nd	5 16 17 37 51 57
2013-10-30	1	2nd	14 16 27 29 52 58
2013-10-26	9	3rd	6 10 16 21 29 54
2013-09-25	9	3rd	5 11 16 27 28 59
2013-08-24	12	1st	16 25 40 46 55 58
2013-07-13	1	4th	2 9 14 16 23 27
2013-07-10	13	3rd	6 12 16 38 44 52
2013-05-25	3	1st	16 23 25 35 39 55
2013-05-15	23	2nd	3 16 34 36 47 50
2013-02-23	5	3rd	1 13 16 24 32 57
2013-02-06	13	2nd	1 16 17 22 27 36
2012-12-22	5	1st	16 19 20 22 25 55
2012-12-05	4	3rd	6 10 16 24 33 39
2012-11-21	5	3rd	2 3 16 17 23 43
2012-11-03	49	2nd	5 16 18 25 41 55
2012-05-16	15	3rd	8 12 16 27 42 52
2012-03-24	4	4th	5 13 14 16 22 25
2012-03-10	7	2nd	5 16 18 21 24 54
2012-02-15	15	3rd	1 13 16 25 40 43
2011-12-24	10	2nd	6 16 25 30 38 55
2011-11-19	14	2nd	8 16 27 30 37 57
2011-10-01	4	2nd	15 16 34 35 44 54
2011-09-17	3	2nd	14 16 31 38 43 54
2011-09-07	38	2nd	14 16 19 30 37 40
2011-04-27	2	1st	16 22 24 33 37 42
2011-04-20	11	2nd	8 16 17 29 39 56
2011-03-12	8	3rd	13 15 16 26 38 44
2011-02-12	3	2nd	8 16 21 36 41 44
2011-02-02	1	3rd	2 12 16 17 40 57
2011-01-29	2	2nd	1 16 19 31 34 53
2011-01-22	1	2nd	7 16 36 50 52 57
2011-01-19	5	1st	16 23 29 36 38 57
2011-01-01	6	2nd	14 16 18 23 27 54
2010-12-11	—	1st	16 18 21 24 34 41