Number 16

In Tennessee Cash under the 5/35 + 1/5 · since Oct 2010 rules — 2,508 draws, 5 from 1–35.

341times drawn · chance expected 358 −0.99σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 86% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

42longest completed wait · 46% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 341 times in 2,508 draws against 358.3 expected, −0.99σ. 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 341 times in 2,508 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 42 · 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 smallest24 · chance 28.5
2nd smallest104 · chance 106.9
3rd smallest145 · chance 132.0
4th smallest65 · chance 63.6
5th smallest3 · chance 10.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 40.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 20 30 6 26 27

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
2026-10-05	1	1st	16 22 25 29 31
2026-10-02	7	3rd	13 15 16 25 34
2026-09-16	3	2nd	13 16 26 31 33
2026-09-09	17	4th	7 9

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.

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