Number 16

In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,418 draws, 5 from 1–69.

112times drawn · chance expected 103 +0.95σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 93% for any number

12.7average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

52longest completed wait · 91% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 112 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, +0.95σ. 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 112 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 12.7 draws · longest completed wait 52 · 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 smallest42 · chance 40.3
2nd smallest47 · chance 48.3
3rd smallest18 · chance 19.9
4th smallest5 · chance 3.3
5th smallest0 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 48 54 30 32 55

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 16 is picked about 1.06× as often as an indifferent choice — 16th most popular of 69. 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 ×1.14

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 16 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-05	10	1st	16 23 32 36 54
2026-09-12	8	2nd	14 16 23 58 69
2026-08-24	25	2nd	3 16 33 38 68
2026-06-27	1	2nd	3 16 28 30

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 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-03-08	9	3rd	2 4 16 23 63
2025-02-15	11	2nd	3 16 45 54 56
2025-01-20	3	2nd	15 16 32 47 54
2025-01-13	23	3rd	4 6 16 39 66
2024-11-20	14	1st	16 30 60 62 64
2024-10-19	17	2nd	7 16 19 45 64
2024-09-09	20	2nd	1 16 21 47 60
2024-07-24	27	1st	16 42 59 63 68
2024-05-22	13	2nd	5 16 18 26 67
2024-04-22	3	2nd	12 16 33 39 52
2024-04-15	15	2nd	7 16 41 56 61
2024-03-11	5	4th	1 3 7 16 66
2024-02-28	17	1st	16 26 29 38 50
2024-01-20	42	1st	16 31 34 47 65
2023-10-14	2	2nd	14 16 42 48 64
2023-10-09	8	1st	16 34 46 55 67
2023-09-20	24	1st	16 27 59 62 63
2023-07-26	19	2nd	3 16 40 48 60
2023-06-12	2	3rd	2 3 16 23 68
2023-06-07	17	1st	16 21 29 53 66
2023-04-29	11	1st	16 53 54 57 65
2023-04-03	8	1st	16 30 31 54 68
2023-03-15	5	1st	16 18 33 37 50
2023-03-04	2	2nd	10 16 18 40 66
2023-02-27	33	1st	16 28 49 51 55
2022-12-12	13	1st	16 31 50 55 61
2022-11-12	17	1st	16 20 44 57 58
2022-10-03	9	2nd	2 16 22 55 63
2022-09-12	2	3rd	6 14 16 34 66
2022-09-07	8	2nd	3 16 30 33 36
2022-08-20	20	4th	5 9 11 16 66
2022-07-04	13	2nd	15 16 24 31 56
2022-06-04	22	2nd	14 16 36 52 60
2022-04-13	2	2nd	14 16 41 63 68
2022-04-09	23	2nd	6 16 31 62 66
2022-02-14	4	1st	16 25 27 49 55
2022-02-05	19	2nd	5 16 27 39 61
2021-12-22	12	2nd	7 16 19 48 68
2021-11-24	3	2nd	10 16 32 63 65
2021-11-17	38	2nd	3 16 48 52 60
2021-08-21	31	1st	16 28 36 39 59
2021-05-05	2	1st	16 23 28 40 63
2021-04-28	5	1st	16 18 35 39 53
2021-04-10	18	2nd	14 16 23 50 53
2021-02-06	26	2nd	1 16 48 49 65
2020-11-07	16	2nd	14 16 37 48 58
2020-09-12	15	1st	16 17 20 53 67
2020-07-22	1	1st	16 25 36 44 55
2020-07-18	4	2nd	13 16 32 58 59
2020-07-04	18	1st	16 21 27 60 61
2020-05-02	22	2nd	13 16 33 58 68
2020-02-15	15	1st	16 32 35 36 46
2019-12-25	52	3rd	2 4 16 30 46
2019-06-26	3	3rd	1 5 16 22 54
2019-06-15	12	4th	8 11 14 16 49
2019-05-04	9	2nd	6 16 23 30 61
2019-04-03	2	1st	16 19 25 32 49
2019-03-27	16	1st	16 20 37 44 62
2019-01-30	29	3rd	2 12 16 29 54
2018-10-20	34	1st	16 54 57 62 69
2018-06-23	13	1st	16 29 43 45 56
2018-05-09	8	2nd	11 16 38 50 69
2018-04-11	30	1st	16 18 27 55 67
2017-12-27	13	3rd	3 9 16 56 60
2017-11-11	23	3rd	4 6 16 30 56
2017-08-23	6	3rd	6 7 16 23 26
2017-08-02	8	2nd	1 16 54 63 69
2017-07-05	32	3rd	4 9 16 54 68
2017-03-15	4	1st	16 30 41 48 53
2017-03-01	7	2nd	10 16 40 52 55
2017-02-04	7	3rd	6 13 16 17 52
2017-01-11	2	4th	1 3 13 16 43
2017-01-04	2	1st	16 17 29 41 42
2016-12-28	3	1st	16 23 30 44 58
2016-12-17	8	3rd	1 8 16 40 48
2016-11-19	7	1st	16 24 28 43 61
2016-10-26	2	3rd	2 3 16 48 56
2016-10-19	2	2nd	10 16 38 43 63
2016-10-12	37	1st	16 30 34 37 44
2016-06-04	10	1st	16 20 22 43 64
2016-04-30	20	3rd	3 12 16 32 34
2016-02-20	6	4th	11 12 15 16 54
2016-01-30	6	3rd	5 12 16 31 43
2016-01-09	5	1st	16 19 32 34 57
2015-12-23	4	1st	16 38 55 63 67
2015-12-09	4	3rd	7 10 16 46 56
2015-11-25	5	1st	16 29 53 58 69
2015-11-07	—	2nd	7 16 25 50 53