Number 16

In Classic Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,627 draws, 6 from 1–49.

333times drawn · chance expected 322 +0.67σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 46% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

58longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 333 times in 2,627 draws against 321.7 expected, +0.67σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 333 times in 2,627 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 58 · waiting 7 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 smallest51 · chance 46.2
2nd smallest121 · chance 119.4
3rd smallest111 · chance 111.4
4th smallest34 · chance 46.7
5th smallest13 · chance 8.8
6th smallest3 · chance 0.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 34.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

19 36 17 1 4 24

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-09-26	12	4th	4 10 14 16 21 36
2026-08-29	15	1st	16 31 32 41 42 43
2026-07-25	8	3rd	11 12 16 20 44 46
2026-07-06

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-03	20	3rd	12 13 16 20 34 37
2025-03-17	1	3rd	5 14 16 17 19 24
2025-03-15	4	2nd	13 16 21 25 44 46
2025-03-05	2	3rd	6 8 16 33 35 47
2025-03-01	1	3rd	4 11 16 18 22 42
2025-02-26	8	4th	1 14 15 16 17 45
2025-02-08	16	2nd	8 16 27 30 37 48
2025-01-01	4	2nd	9 16 28 29 45 47
2024-12-23	3	2nd	15 16 27 30 34 35
2024-12-16	1	3rd	1 8 16 25 40 48
2024-12-14	4	2nd	11 16 17 24 33 49
2024-12-04	2	4th	2 4 12 16 42 46
2024-11-30	2	2nd	7 16 28 36 39 45
2024-11-25	7	1st	16 17 30 35 41 48
2024-11-09	8	2nd	15 16 28 41 42 43
2024-10-21	13	3rd	5 12 16 22 31 39
2024-09-21	2	2nd	1 16 18 31 46 48
2024-09-16	2	5th	1 8 11 13 16 36
2024-09-11	2	3rd	2 12 16 21 42 48
2024-09-07	4	3rd	1 14 16 22 28 33
2024-08-28	3	1st	16 19 21 34 47 48
2024-08-21	5	3rd	3 13 16 19 20 39
2024-08-10	11	4th	5 6 14 16 46 47
2024-07-15	1	3rd	6 13 16 17 24 40
2024-07-13	6	2nd	12 16 25 37 43 46
2024-06-29	3	2nd	13 16 19 29 42 43
2024-06-22	19	3rd	3 13 16 29 42 47
2024-05-08	3	2nd	15 16 27 28 29 36
2024-05-01	2	3rd	6 14 16 23 28 43
2024-04-27	6	3rd	10 15 16 20 22 37
2024-04-13	5	6th	9 10 13 14 15 16
2024-04-01	16	2nd	1 16 21 23 28 37
2024-02-24	21	2nd	10 16 17 32 34 40
2024-01-06	9	2nd	8 16 20 28 38 49
2023-12-16	1	3rd	9 14 16 17 34 44
2023-12-13	10	4th	1 3 8 16 29 48
2023-11-20	6	2nd	2 16 19 30 36 44
2023-11-06	2	2nd	12 16 18 30 40 44
2023-11-01	8	4th	13 14 15 16 17 49
2023-10-14	2	2nd	6 16 25 26 30 34
2023-10-09	14	2nd	9 16 18 27 41 44
2023-09-06	19	2nd	7 16 22 28 39 47
2023-07-24	24	3rd	6 13 16 17 20 23
2023-05-29	12	3rd	2 7 16 19 28 41
2023-05-01	8	3rd	4 7 16 17 24 34
2023-04-12	11	3rd	5 11 16 28 33 45
2023-03-18	5	6th	1 4 6 7 9 16
2023-03-06	8	3rd	2 5 16 17 37 41
2023-02-15	8	2nd	3 16 33 37 44 49
2023-01-28	5	1st	16 29 31 37 45 48
2023-01-16	7	2nd	7 16 17 31 44 49
2022-12-31	5	2nd	1 16 19 31 39 47
2022-12-19	3	3rd	6 12 16 20 35 37
2022-12-12	14	4th	1 3 4 16 17 47
2022-11-09	14	2nd	3 16 21 33 36 47
2022-10-08	6	1st	16 27 28 36 40 41
2022-09-24	15	3rd	2 9 16 28 41 47
2022-08-20	13	2nd	1 16 27 37 39 41
2022-07-20	5	3rd	4 13 16 17 25 44
2022-07-09	1	2nd	8 16 18 25 36 40
2022-07-06	1	1st	16 24 25 33 38 49
2022-07-04	20	2nd	1 16 23 30 45 46
2022-05-18	21	3rd	3 14 16 19 31 49
2022-03-30	30	1st	16 31 37 40 42 48
2022-01-19	11	3rd	3 13 16 26 29 30
2021-12-25	2	4th	12 13 14 16 24 26
2021-12-20	14	5th	5 8 9 13 16 27
2021-11-17	7	1st	16 20 21 24 31 46
2021-11-01	8	2nd	9 16 20 31 40 44
2021-10-13	2	2nd	15 16 17 29 39 40
2021-10-09	7	2nd	15 16 17 32 33 48
2021-09-22	4	2nd	14 16 25 30 33 43
2021-09-13	5	1st	16 19 30 36 37 48
2021-09-01	6	3rd	12 15 16 19 37 41
2021-08-18	3	2nd	1 16 29 32 38 39
2021-08-11	17	2nd	1 16 17 23 24 46
2021-07-03	1	3rd	6 15 16 19 24 47
2021-06-30	2	2nd	5 16 38 44 48 49
2021-06-26	16	2nd	2 16 20 32 43 45
2021-05-19	8	2nd	11 16 17 23 38 46
2021-05-01	13	3rd	7 9 16 21 35 49
2021-03-31	18	2nd	4 16 19 20 46 48
2021-02-17	1	2nd	3 16 21 25 37 42
2021-02-15	8	2nd	10 16 17 25 46 49
2021-01-27	3	1st	16 20 21 34 36 41
2021-01-20	4	4th	3 8 10 16 46 47
2021-01-11	2	2nd	12 16 23 33 42 49
2021-01-06	5	2nd	2 16 17 23 44 45
2020-12-26	19	2nd	8 16 26 27 29 35
2020-11-11	11	1st	16 21 29 30 36 38
2020-10-17	4	1st	16 19 32 35 37 41
2020-10-07	20	2nd	4 16 18 32 44 48
2020-08-22	24	3rd	3 13 16 17 19 47
2020-06-27	16	4th	1 7 10 16 44 46
2020-05-20	3	3rd	4 12 16 18 19 45
2020-05-13	2	1st	16 20 23 25 37 49
2020-05-09	1	2nd	3 16 18 23 25 44
2020-05-06	1	2nd	10 16 25 29 34 38
2020-05-04	18	3rd	3 4 16 28 30 33
2020-03-23	8	2nd	15 16 20 26 32 42
2020-03-04	4	1st	16 20 32 34 44 45
2020-02-24	5	4th	2 6 12 16 18 36
2020-02-12	1	1st	16 18 22 30 36 44
2020-02-10	1	3rd	3 6 16 18 37 42
2020-02-08	4	2nd	10 16 31 34 36 46
2020-01-29	3	2nd	11 16 21 37 38 39
2020-01-22	16	3rd	4 5 16 17 39 44
2019-12-16	10	4th	1 3 6 16 22 41
2019-11-23	12	4th	3 5 14 16 23 31
2019-10-26	8	3rd	8 9 16 19 20 26
2019-10-07	23	2nd	13 16 25 43 44 48
2019-08-14	16	1st	16 19 22 34 38 44
2019-07-08	20	4th	4 14 15 16 32 35
2019-05-22	10	3rd	4 10 16 22 25 49
2019-04-29	3	2nd	12 16 17 21 24 36
2019-04-22	6	3rd	7 13 16 17 30 32
2019-04-08	21	2nd	15 16 19 25 30 41
2019-02-18	16	3rd	4 6 16 19 27 36
2019-01-12	1	4th	3 10 12 16 24 27
2019-01-09	1	1st	16 22 30 41 47 48
2019-01-07	4	3rd	1 13 16 24 41 48
2018-12-29	4	1st	16 23 27 31 40 45
2018-12-19	2	3rd	12 13 16 19 25 29
2018-12-15	10	2nd	8 16 23 29 40 47
2018-11-21	3	4th	1 2 9 16 20 31
2018-11-14	2	2nd	12 16 22 23 37 49
2018-11-10	9	1st	16 24 30 32 39 49
2018-10-20	9	3rd	10 15 16 29 36 49
2018-09-29	9	3rd	2 9 16 22 24 40
2018-09-08	6	2nd	3 16 19 30 34 35
2018-08-25	1	3rd	5 10 16 24 28 41
2018-08-22	1	2nd	3 16 25 28 34 38
2018-08-20	3	3rd	12 15 16 23 27 41
2018-08-13	1	4th	2 3 8 16 20 42
2018-08-11	2	2nd	14 16 24 26 27 46
2018-08-06	4	3rd	7 8 16 30 39 48
2018-07-28	6	3rd	3 11 16 24 30 36
2018-07-14	2	3rd	6 13 16 20 34 41
2018-07-09	2	3rd	5 13 16 30 38 47
2018-07-04	4	3rd	1 7 16 19 25 30
2018-06-25	10	3rd	13 14 16 25 28 34
2018-06-02	2	2nd	10 16 22 32 36 40
2018-05-28	13	2nd	9 16 20 31 34 47
2018-04-28	1	1st	16 18 19 30 40 48
2018-04-25	1	2nd	14 16 30 40 42 46
2018-04-23	5	2nd	1 16 17 30 35 41
2018-04-11	9	3rd	1 7 16 21 28 32
2018-03-21	5	2nd	6 16 18 37 40 45
2018-03-10	2	5th	4 5 8 9 16 39
2018-03-05	4	2nd	4 16 22 24 30 38
2018-02-24	2	2nd	8 16 17 19 22 31
2018-02-19	18	4th	4 9 10 16 24 33
2018-01-08	3	3rd	4 10 16 28 39 48
2018-01-01	6	2nd	13 16 22 28 39 45
2017-12-18	16	5th	2 7 8 15 16 33
2017-11-11	7	3rd	3 13 16 27 33 37
2017-10-25	10	2nd	11 16 19 25 27 45
2017-10-02	1	2nd	15 16 22 31 44 49
2017-09-30	13	3rd	1 14 16 19 24 37
2017-08-30	6	3rd	1 9 16 25 43 46
2017-08-16	7	4th	5 11 14 16 21 27
2017-07-31	5	2nd	1 16 30 35 36 38
2017-07-19	2	5th	5 6 9 12 16 36
2017-07-15	3	2nd	12 16 20 29 36 44
2017-07-08	2	3rd	1 13 16 36 45 47
2017-07-03	1	2nd	1 16 21 31 32 39
2017-07-01	11	3rd	9 10 16 36 40 49
2017-06-05	49	2nd	3 16 21 23 27 36
2017-02-11	13	2nd	12 16 32 40 45 46
2017-01-11	3	4th	1 3 4 16 25 28
2017-01-04	21	3rd	4 7 16 17 29 49
2016-11-16	5	1st	16 22 27 30 34 47
2016-11-05	10	4th	9 11 13 16 26 34
2016-10-12	1	3rd	7 14 16 18 26 44
2016-10-10	1	3rd	14 15 16 24 34 36
2016-10-08	4	2nd	7 16 19 21 22 29
2016-09-28	4	3rd	8 14 16 32 40 41
2016-09-19	2	2nd	1 16 30 31 36 49
2016-09-14	6	3rd	7 9 16 17 35 45
2016-08-31	14	3rd	1 4 16 25 36 45
2016-07-30	7	2nd	3 16 20 33 37 38
2016-07-13	3	4th	12 13 15 16 44 45
2016-07-06	1	3rd	3 4 16 18 23 27
2016-07-04	4	2nd	5 16 24 29 36 45
2016-06-25	5	3rd	4 12 16 23 31 37
2016-06-13	27	3rd	3 13 16 19 23 28
2016-04-11	6	3rd	4 15 16 35 44 45
2016-03-28	6	3rd	10 14 16 23 24 44
2016-03-14	8	2nd	6 16 27 32 43 44
2016-02-24	4	3rd	6 9 16 22 35 39
2016-02-15	6	3rd	1 2 16 17 19 40
2016-02-01	13	5th	1 3 9 13 16 36
2016-01-02	2	4th	7 13 15 16 38 43
2015-12-28	3	2nd	3 16 31 33 45 48
2015-12-21	19	1st	16 26 31 33 35 42
2015-11-07	1	2nd	2 16 31 35 43 48
2015-11-04	5	2nd	3 16 20 23 24 43
2015-10-24	1	1st	16 17 19 21 27 33
2015-10-21	11	5th	2 7 9 14 16 43
2015-09-26	2	2nd	11 16 19 25 30 33
2015-09-21	2	3rd	2 6 16 21 29 37
2015-09-16	1	3rd	4 13 16 27 36 47
2015-09-14	1	1st	16 20 34 36 43 49
2015-09-12	4	3rd	5 14 16 26 27 37
2015-09-02	1	1st	16 35 36 44 46 47
2015-08-31	16	2nd	9 16 21 22 41 44
2015-07-25	8	2nd	10 16 18 21 24 37
2015-07-06	3	2nd	9 16 19 32 38 40
2015-06-29	3	3rd	2 4 16 29 32 49
2015-06-22	7	3rd	9 12 16 17 41 45
2015-06-06	3	2nd	8 16 18 21 24 42
2015-05-30	58	2nd	15 16 19 22 33 40
2015-01-14	13	2nd	12 16 25 42 43 44
2014-12-15	3	1st	16 19 25 29 39 48
2014-12-08	35	5th	1 5 14 15 16 19
2014-09-17	15	3rd	1 6 16 22 33 44
2014-08-13	4	3rd	2 11 16 21 25 28
2014-08-04	12	3rd	6 10 16 24 37 47
2014-07-07	9	3rd	3 6 16 23 31 35
2014-06-16	4	4th	3 12 15 16 22 30
2014-06-07	2	3rd	11 14 16 21 27 35
2014-06-02	5	2nd	7 16 17 33 39 43
2014-05-21	1	1st	16 20 22 30 44 47
2014-05-19	12	4th	2 4 6 16 39 46
2014-04-21	8	1st	16 20 22 38 45 49
2014-04-02	29	4th	7 9 13 16 45 48
2014-01-25	7	3rd	7 14 16 28 42 46
2014-01-08	26	3rd	7 12 16 21 30 34
2013-11-09	14	1st	16 17 22 28 39 44
2013-10-07	10	4th	4 11 14 16 19 47
2013-09-14	1	2nd	5 16 17 26 46 49
2013-09-11	2	4th	4 8 12 16 21 23
2013-09-07	10	3rd	2 8 16 27 31 39
2013-08-14	1	3rd	11 14 16 28 36 48
2013-08-12	4	2nd	2 16 20 23 34 38
2013-08-03	4	2nd	14 16 18 28 36 38
2013-07-24	4	2nd	3 16 25 36 40 44
2013-07-15	7	2nd	10 16 19 36 41 48
2013-06-29	12	2nd	4 16 17 27 32 42
2013-06-01	5	5th	1 2 10 12 16 29
2013-05-20	1	4th	2 5 12 16 24 45
2013-05-18	7	1st	16 18 27 33 34 36
2013-05-01	3	5th	3 5 12 14 16 33
2013-04-24	4	2nd	2 16 24 29 43 47
2013-04-15	4	3rd	2 9 16 17 29 48
2013-04-06	6	1st	16 18 26 29 39 47
2013-03-23	11	5th	1 5 12 14 16 17
2013-02-25	6	2nd	12 16 18 36 39 42
2013-02-11	3	3rd	4 14 16 17 44 48
2013-02-04	4	6th	4 7 9 11 13 16
2013-01-26	2	3rd	12 15 16 20 25 28
2013-01-21	12	4th	1 4 12 16 31 46
2012-12-24	2	2nd	12 16 20 32 33 43
2012-12-19	5	2nd	5 16 18 26 28 48
2012-12-08	4	1st	16 18 28 31 37 38
2012-11-28	5	1st	16 30 35 36 37 45
2012-11-17	3	1st	16 35 37 38 39 40
2012-11-10	4	1st	16 18 30 37 43 46
2012-10-31	2	3rd	1 2 16 19 24 32
2012-10-27	7	3rd	6 11 16 31 35 41
2012-10-10	18	2nd	15 16 17 35 43 48
2012-08-29	6	1st	16 32 34 39 42 45
2012-08-15	4	4th	3 6 8 16 21 46
2012-08-06	40	2nd	13 16 24 25 27 36
2012-05-05	4	2nd	9 16 24 30 40 45
2012-04-25	3	1st	16 25 28 38 45 46
2012-04-18	4	3rd	4 5 16 20 24 45
2012-04-09	20	1st	16 19 23 25 31 36
2012-02-22	2	3rd	6 13 16 31 39 43
2012-02-18	19	2nd	14 16 18 29 39 43
2012-01-04	2	1st	16 26 28 37 43 47
2011-12-31	5	5th	1 3 7 10 16 23
2011-12-19	33	3rd	4 8 16 21 28 38
2011-10-03	3	1st	16 21 26 31 33 35
2011-09-26	3	2nd	7 16 23 37 40 43
2011-09-19	1	3rd	4 6 16 24 36 46
2011-09-17	3	2nd	15 16 18 32 43 45
2011-09-10	11	3rd	1 10 16 26 44 47
2011-08-15	2	2nd	10 16 24 26 38 41
2011-08-10	16	2nd	5 16 19 26 27 39
2011-07-04	9	2nd	6 16 20 37 42 43
2011-06-13	2	3rd	4 5 16 17 25 29
2011-06-08	54	3rd	1 12 16 21 40 46
2011-02-02	3	2nd	15 16 26 45 47 48
2011-01-26	9	3rd	8 13 16 22 42 48
2011-01-05	15	3rd	10 15 16 22 26 45
2010-12-01	4	2nd	3 16 36 40 43 49
2010-11-22	1	1st	16 20 21 25 28 31
2010-11-20	9	3rd	2 8 16 31 37 39
2010-10-30	5	3rd	8 15 16 37 42 44
2010-10-18	1	1st	16 22 34 36 42 49
2010-10-16	5	2nd	1 16 18 24 31 41
2010-10-04	7	3rd	2 8 16 27 38 41
2010-09-18	6	3rd	8 12 16 21 22 47
2010-09-04	1	2nd	2 16 27 29 42 45
2010-09-01	1	2nd	7 16 19 20 24 38
2010-08-30	2	3rd	11 15 16 25 29 38
2010-08-25	9	2nd	12 16 21 22 27 30
2010-08-04	20	2nd	3 16 25 43 44 46
2010-06-19	1	3rd	3 12 16 18 22 49
2010-06-16	3	3rd	1 7 16 27 33 49
2010-06-09	13	3rd	11 15 16 23 24 43
2010-05-10	11	1st	16 24 29 33 39 45
2010-04-14	1	1st	16 19 30 36 39 49
2010-04-12	11	3rd	3 5 16 17 37 47
2010-03-17	1	1st	16 19 22 24 34 42
2010-03-15	23	2nd	4 16 21 26 37 47
2010-01-20	2	2nd	11 16 34 41 42 49
2010-01-16	—	1st	16 18 30 32 37 48