Number 16

In Dakota Cash under the 5/35 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 5 from 1–35.

212times drawn · chance expected 246 −2.36σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

47longest completed wait · 16% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 212 times in 1,724 draws against 246.3 expected, −2.36σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 212 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 1 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 smallest20 · chance 17.7
2nd smallest69 · chance 66.4
3rd smallest72 · chance 82.1
4th smallest43 · chance 39.5
5th smallest8 · chance 6.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 26 15 10 14 25

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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	1	2nd	8 16 21 25 30
2026-10-03	13	5th	6 9 10 14 16
2026-08-19	1	2nd	10 16 17 25 32
2026-08-15	4	2nd	4 16 18

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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

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