Number 16

In Win For Life under the 4/77 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,585 draws, 4 from 1–77.

149times drawn · chance expected 134 +1.30σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 95% for any number

17.2average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

93longest completed wait · 67% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 149 times in 2,585 draws against 134.3 expected, +1.30σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 149 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 17.2 draws · longest completed wait 93 · waiting 2 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 smallest83 · chance 76.3
2nd smallest50 · chance 58.2
3rd smallest14 · chance 13.6
4th smallest2 · chance 1.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

18 40 17 33 14 15

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 76 numbers; chance expected about 0.2 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 77. 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
2026-10-07	12	2nd	3 16 39 57
2026-09-09	1	1st	16 24 68 71
2026-09-07	40	1st	16 35 47 69
2026-06-06	5	1st	16 34 47 50
2026-05-25	2	1st

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 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-08-31	15	3rd	6 7 16 26
2024-07-27	5	1st	16 21 38 57
2024-07-15	1	3rd	3 15 16 31
2024-07-13	63	1st	16 17 40 77
2024-02-17	1	2nd	2 16 18 31
2024-02-14	6	1st	16 28 29 56
2024-01-31	23	1st	16 36 45 69
2023-12-09	8	1st	16 18 35 44
2023-11-20	13	2nd	6 16 27 60
2023-10-21	16	2nd	4 16 59 64
2023-09-13	8	1st	16 37 47 57
2023-08-26	55	1st	16 24 60 75
2023-04-19	9	1st	16 33 44 70
2023-03-29	1	2nd	5 16 56 63
2023-03-27	47	1st	16 27 41 77
2022-12-07	4	2nd	11 16 23 70
2022-11-28	23	3rd	8 12 16 69
2022-10-05	13	2nd	13 16 18 37
2022-09-05	11	1st	16 19 28 57
2022-08-10	10	1st	16 38 43 61
2022-07-18	9	2nd	5 16 40 49
2022-06-27	71	1st	16 33 52 74
2022-01-12	2	1st	16 28 65 71
2022-01-08	15	3rd	10 11 16 55
2021-12-04	6	1st	16 31 46 69
2021-11-20	1	1st	16 20 21 70
2021-11-17	16	2nd	1 16 56 74
2021-10-11	8	2nd	14 16 60 65
2021-09-22	6	1st	16 53 63 73
2021-09-08	10	1st	16 17 18 42
2021-08-16	2	2nd	3 16 44 74
2021-08-11	16	1st	16 17 31 68
2021-07-05	10	1st	16 22 48 71
2021-06-12	39	2nd	10 16 62 73
2021-03-13	41	1st	16 29 42 71
2020-12-07	18	1st	16 39 55 71
2020-10-26	6	1st	16 19 64 68
2020-10-12	33	1st	16 20 37 52
2020-07-27	17	4th	6 10 13 16
2020-06-17	11	1st	16 30 41 43
2020-05-23	22	2nd	7 16 19 64
2020-04-01	8	2nd	4 16 40 53
2020-03-14	4	1st	16 17 18 47
2020-03-04	44	1st	16 18 46 58
2019-11-23	1	1st	16 32 40 54
2019-11-20	16	2nd	2 16 46 55
2019-10-14	4	1st	16 64 71 77
2019-10-05	38	1st	16 18 25 43
2019-07-08	67	2nd	9 16 29 42
2019-02-02	13	1st	16 27 37 60
2019-01-02	12	1st	16 21 32 65
2018-12-05	33	1st	16 26 56 76
2018-09-19	2	3rd	9 12 16 30
2018-09-15	20	3rd	6 15 16 66
2018-07-30	19	2nd	1 16 19 51
2018-06-16	25	2nd	1 16 33 56
2018-04-18	36	2nd	7 16 43 45
2018-01-24	1	2nd	12 16 53 69
2018-01-22	39	2nd	14 16 29 47
2017-10-23	5	2nd	5 16 34 45
2017-10-11	30	1st	16 24 28 36
2017-08-02	9	1st	16 41 51 67
2017-07-12	8	2nd	2 16 36 74
2017-06-24	30	1st	16 23 28 57
2017-04-15	10	1st	16 35 38 56
2017-03-22	4	1st	16 17 22 25
2017-03-13	25	1st	16 35 37 45
2017-01-14	23	2nd	3 16 64 72
2016-11-21	48	3rd	8 10 16 26
2016-08-01	4	1st	16 18 20 40
2016-07-23	6	2nd	3 16 28 73
2016-07-09	7	3rd	11 14 16 75
2016-06-22	5	2nd	10 16 29 49
2016-06-11	14	4th	4 5 14 16
2016-05-09	6	1st	16 29 45 72
2016-04-25	80	1st	16 36 50 71
2015-10-21	22	1st	16 18 33 59
2015-08-31	3	3rd	2 8 16 26
2015-08-24	8	1st	16 33 39 59
2015-08-05	2	1st	16 40 47 67
2015-08-01	7	1st	16 25 55 61
2015-07-15	14	2nd	15 16 35 68
2015-06-13	2	1st	16 62 69 72
2015-06-08	10	1st	16 34 52 63
2015-05-16	12	2nd	8 16 49 71
2015-04-18	18	3rd	8 12 16 44
2015-03-07	18	1st	16 36 63 65
2015-01-24	25	2nd	12 16 31 58
2014-11-26	8	1st	16 24 31 42
2014-11-08	9	2nd	13 16 41 69
2014-10-18	40	1st	16 35 45 73
2014-07-16	6	3rd	10 14 16 40
2014-07-02	13	2nd	14 16 33 58
2014-06-02	9	1st	16 37 66 69
2014-05-12	4	2nd	15 16 31 32
2014-05-03	5	1st	16 17 38 45
2014-04-21	10	1st	16 18 33 49
2014-03-29	23	2nd	5 16 54 77
2014-02-03	7	1st	16 17 40 76
2014-01-18	93	1st	16 22 55 76
2013-06-15	36	1st	16 47 66 77
2013-03-23	4	1st	16 17 26 65
2013-03-13	38	1st	16 20 44 75
2012-12-15	1	2nd	12 16 21 47
2012-12-12	6	1st	16 23 30 51
2012-11-28	35	3rd	7 14 16 70
2012-09-08	31	1st	16 37 40 68
2012-06-27	16	1st	16 36 60 66
2012-05-21	20	1st	16 17 41 61
2012-04-02	7	1st	16 28 63 65
2012-03-17	13	2nd	15 16 40 48
2012-02-15	30	1st	16 26 28 74
2011-12-07	33	1st	16 34 42 56
2011-09-21	6	2nd	11 16 24 27
2011-09-07	27	1st	16 52 64 74
2011-07-06	17	2nd	9 16 18 54
2011-05-28	8	2nd	12 16 46 55
2011-05-09	2	2nd	5 16 31 33
2011-05-04	48	2nd	1 16 17 62
2011-01-12	12	2nd	1 16 25 36
2010-12-15	38	2nd	14 16 30 49
2010-09-18	31	2nd	15 16 18 67
2010-07-07	5	1st	16 35 52 68
2010-06-26	2	1st	16 35 42 44
2010-06-21	—	1st	16 21 28 55