Number 16

In Palmetto Cash 5 under the 5/42 · since Mar 2024 rules — 939 draws, 5 from 1–42.

91times drawn · chance expected 112 −2.09σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

10.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

53longest completed wait · 12% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 91 times in 939 draws against 111.8 expected, −2.09σ. 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 91 times in 939 draws · average wait 10.3 draws · longest completed wait 53 · 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 smallest11 · chance 13.4
2nd smallest35 · chance 35.0
3rd smallest35 · chance 30.7
4th smallest9 · chance 10.6
5th smallest1 · chance 1.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

28 39 3 13 38 17

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-10-10	40	3rd	2 14 16 24 26
2026-08-31	5	3rd	7 9 16 38 39
2026-08-26	2	2nd	14 16 19 31 41
2026-08-24	12	1st	16 17

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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-12-15	15	3rd	4 7 16 25 35
2025-11-30	25	3rd	13 15 16 18 29
2025-11-05	1	2nd	11 16 20 22 28
2025-11-04	3	3rd	6 10 16 31 35
2025-11-01	16	2nd	4 16 17 34 38
2025-10-16	4	3rd	7 13 16 28 31
2025-10-12	10	3rd	10 14 16 29 39
2025-10-02	5	3rd	3 11 16 22 28
2025-09-27	2	3rd	3 11 16 21 27
2025-09-25	6	3rd	5 14 16 32 37
2025-09-19	6	2nd	4 16 18 40 41
2025-09-13	2	3rd	5 9 16 37 38
2025-09-11	13	3rd	9 10 16 32 41
2025-08-29	24	2nd	10 16 23 31 32
2025-08-05	7	2nd	9 16 17 24 33
2025-07-29	3	4th	3 4 13 16 33
2025-07-26	15	3rd	12 15 16 17 38
2025-07-11	45	4th	1 4 13 16 36
2025-05-27	38	1st	16 21 30 31 38
2025-04-19	1	4th	5 7 15 16 20
2025-04-18	1	2nd	6 16 23 27 41
2025-04-17	20	3rd	14 15 16 19 33
2025-03-28	4	2nd	3 16 24 34 35
2025-03-24	12	3rd	3 6 16 34 41
2025-03-12	19	2nd	12 16 19 20 38
2025-02-21	8	2nd	4 16 31 33 38
2025-02-13	3	4th	9 13 15 16 39
2025-02-10	3	3rd	6 7 16 17 32
2025-02-07	6	3rd	1 3 16 25 39
2025-02-01	1	3rd	7 11 16 28 39
2025-01-31	2	2nd	5 16 17 18 27
2025-01-29	1	1st	16 25 38 39 42
2025-01-28	6	1st	16 18 22 36 41
2025-01-22	16	3rd	3 7 16 18 26
2025-01-06	1	2nd	12 16 22 24 32
2025-01-05	11	3rd	5 13 16 27 29
2024-12-25	15	2nd	5 16 32 36 40
2024-12-10	5	2nd	11 16 17 19 39
2024-12-05	24	3rd	4 6 16 28 29
2024-11-11	2	3rd	12 13 16 18 37
2024-11-09	10	3rd	3 11 16 26 32
2024-10-30	2	2nd	7 16 23 28 42
2024-10-28	9	3rd	1 8 16 28 32
2024-10-19	25	3rd	7 14 16 32 36
2024-09-24	7	3rd	7 8 16 21 23
2024-09-17	3	4th	3 4 15 16 17
2024-09-14	1	2nd	2 16 29 33 34
2024-09-13	2	5th	1 2 4 8 16
2024-09-11	2	4th	1 8 15 16 20
2024-09-09	2	2nd	10 16 36 37 39
2024-09-07	7	1st	16 24 37 39 41
2024-08-31	1	3rd	14 15 16 18 24
2024-08-30	22	3rd	10 15 16 27 37
2024-08-08	1	2nd	14 16 19 37 38
2024-08-07	24	2nd	13 16 25 39 40
2024-07-14	26	3rd	1 9 16 20 28
2024-06-18	1	2nd	13 16 19 23 27
2024-06-17	14	2nd	3 16 19 23 41
2024-06-03	3	2nd	1 16 29 37 42
2024-05-31	2	4th	1 2 10 16 26
2024-05-29	46	3rd	8 13 16 34 39
2024-04-13	2	2nd	12 16 22 33 40
2024-04-11	5	1st	16 31 36 37 41
2024-04-06	6	2nd	3 16 19 23 28
2024-03-31	2	2nd	1 16 19 35 38
2024-03-29	5	4th	2 5 9 16 17
2024-03-24	—	2nd	9 16 30 35 40