Number 16

In Bank a Million under the 6/40 + 1/40 · since Sep 2015 rules — 1,160 draws, 6 from 1–40.

151times drawn · chance expected 174 −1.89σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 17% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

41longest completed wait · 20% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 151 times in 1,160 draws against 174.0 expected, −1.89σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 23 times, counted separately.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 151 times in 1,160 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 12 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 smallest15 · chance 11.1
2nd smallest41 · chance 41.8
3rd smallest55 · chance 55.7
4th smallest37 · chance 32.9
5th smallest3 · chance 8.6
6th smallest0 · chance 0.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

35 6 18 20 23 29

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-08-29	4	2nd	15 16 24 27 33 35
2026-08-15	3	1st	16 17 19 26 29 36
2026-08-05	14	3rd	3 8 16 34 37 39
2026-06-17

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-07-31	2	2nd	8 16 18 21 28 35
2024-07-24	12	3rd	4 14 16 22 28 40
2024-06-12	8	3rd	2 5 16 23 33 38
2024-05-15	8	2nd	14 16 21 23 35 37
2024-04-17	12	3rd	6 7 16 19 21 23
2024-03-06	2	2nd	3 16 23 29 32 34
2024-02-28	6	3rd	1 9 16 18 20 23
2024-02-07	9	1st	16 22 29 31 36 40
2024-01-06	6	3rd	4 13 16 27 37 40
2023-12-16	15	3rd	2 10 16 19 32 35
2023-10-25	2	2nd	6 16 18 19 35 36
2023-10-18	2	2nd	7 16 19 23 36 40
2023-10-11	4	3rd	1 10 16 17 18 23
2023-09-27	27	2nd	3 16 17 19 22 23
2023-06-24	3	3rd	8 15 16 19 25 37
2023-06-14	11	3rd	11 14 16 25 32 40
2023-05-06	13	5th	7 9 14 15 16 38
2023-03-22	10	4th	1 7 14 16 20 37
2023-02-15	7	4th	9 12 14 16 27 37
2023-01-21	3	3rd	6 11 16 21 25 38
2023-01-11	2	4th	5 7 9 16 29 36
2023-01-04	7	3rd	13 15 16 24 26 35
2022-12-10	3	2nd	5 16 18 27 30 31
2022-11-30	4	3rd	1 11 16 17 20 28
2022-11-16	10	4th	4 12 14 16 19 30
2022-10-12	15	4th	2 3 9 16 29 34
2022-08-20	4	3rd	1 11 16 24 34 36
2022-08-06	2	3rd	2 4 16 22 26 40
2022-07-30	6	2nd	4 16 23 27 33 35
2022-07-09	4	2nd	5 16 19 21 34 36
2022-06-25	4	4th	4 8 9 16 17 28
2022-06-11	4	4th	13 14 15 16 17 18
2022-05-28	2	3rd	2 15 16 17 20 25
2022-05-21	2	1st	16 23 27 29 35 40
2022-05-14	3	3rd	6 8 16 17 24 35
2022-05-04	9	4th	5 11 12 16 38 39
2022-04-02	4	4th	2 12 14 16 28 39
2022-03-19	3	3rd	9 10 16 18 19 23
2022-03-09	6	4th	6 7 9 16 30 33
2022-02-16	3	3rd	9 11 16 17 34 35
2022-02-05	12	3rd	10 14 16 30 35 37
2021-12-25	12	3rd	5 6 16 22 25 29
2021-11-13	2	3rd	4 7 16 29 34 37
2021-11-06	1	2nd	7 16 20 29 31 37
2021-11-03	6	4th	2 4 15 16 21 36
2021-10-13	2	4th	5 9 14 16 28 34
2021-10-06	13	3rd	6 15 16 20 29 33
2021-08-21	1	1st	16 20 24 27 28 31
2021-08-18	4	3rd	2 11 16 19 23 38
2021-08-04	2	3rd	12 14 16 18 34 39
2021-07-28	2	1st	16 17 18 21 38 39
2021-07-21	15	4th	6 8 9 16 23 26
2021-05-29	7	2nd	7 16 18 23 30 33
2021-05-05	10	3rd	4 11 16 31 32 38
2021-03-31	20	3rd	1 2 16 18 21 32
2021-01-20	5	4th	5 6 13 16 34 39
2021-01-02	1	3rd	8 13 16 20 22 26
2020-12-30	16	2nd	5 16 31 33 38 39
2020-11-04	2	4th	4 6 8 16 24 38
2020-10-28	9	5th	3 4 5 15 16 24
2020-09-26	27	3rd	5 10 16 18 27 35
2020-06-24	2	4th	5 6 8 16 20 31
2020-06-17	3	2nd	9 16 17 20 26 35
2020-06-06	13	2nd	12 16 20 27 32 33
2020-04-22	12	2nd	7 16 22 23 33 34
2020-03-11	14	2nd	5 16 23 30 32 36
2020-01-22	16	2nd	5 16 19 24 27 35
2019-11-27	8	1st	16 23 27 31 39 40
2019-10-30	1	3rd	2 10 16 19 22 34
2019-10-26	1	2nd	1 16 22 25 28 40
2019-10-23	23	1st	16 18 23 24 33 37
2019-08-03	1	4th	8 12 13 16 17 38
2019-07-31	9	1st	16 20 28 35 36 40
2019-06-29	41	2nd	12 16 24 27 29 30
2019-02-06	16	3rd	9 11 16 21 24 28
2018-12-12	8	3rd	3 13 16 31 37 39
2018-11-14	9	2nd	11 16 19 26 30 37
2018-10-13	1	4th	5 7 10 16 32 37
2018-10-10	17	4th	1 2 12 16 36 37
2018-08-11	17	4th	3 6 10 16 24 33
2018-06-13	12	4th	5 6 8 16 17 34
2018-05-02	4	2nd	3 16 18 33 34 40
2018-04-18	4	3rd	5 15 16 19 22 34
2018-04-04	5	2nd	7 16 18 19 30 40
2018-03-17	1	3rd	11 15 16 21 30 37
2018-03-14	3	3rd	8 12 16 20 27 28
2018-03-03	18	1st	16 20 21 33 38 39
2017-12-30	1	4th	1 6 8 16 21 40
2017-12-27	9	4th	1 4 10 16 31 33
2017-11-25	18	3rd	6 10 16 17 24 35
2017-09-23	13	4th	2 8 10 16 22 32
2017-08-09	5	3rd	8 12 16 28 34 35
2017-07-22	8	2nd	1 16 23 25 37 40
2017-06-24	5	4th	8 12 14 16 29 35
2017-06-07	1	2nd	14 16 18 24 25 36
2017-06-03	2	2nd	4 16 24 25 31 35
2017-05-27	5	3rd	5 6 16 26 27 28
2017-05-10	5	2nd	6 16 17 28 31 33
2017-04-22	10	2nd	10 16 19 21 25 39
2017-03-18	1	3rd	9 11 16 19 33 36
2017-03-15	6	2nd	4 16 22 34 35 40
2017-02-22	7	2nd	15 16 29 35 36 37
2017-01-28	10	4th	6 10 15 16 37 40
2016-12-24	3	1st	16 21 22 30 35 40
2016-12-14	8	4th	3 4 15 16 18 19
2016-11-16	6	4th	6 9 13 16 21 26
2016-10-26	12	2nd	3 16 25 26 37 39
2016-09-14	1	3rd	12 13 16 18 28 38
2016-09-10	3	3rd	2 7 16 17 18 21
2016-08-31	28	1st	16 20 29 31 39 40
2016-05-25	3	5th	1 3 4 8 16 23
2016-05-14	6	4th	6 7 11 16 20 29
2016-04-23	3	3rd	8 13 16 27 32 37
2016-04-13	3	4th	6 7 11 16 26 35
2016-04-02	7	3rd	10 12 16 19 33 35
2016-03-09	7	4th	2 4 14 16 17 27
2016-02-13	3	1st	16 20 25 28 35 38
2016-02-03	10	3rd	10 12 16 23 28 40
2015-12-30	8	3rd	1 13 16 20 21 33
2015-12-02	1	4th	1 6 12 16 21 38
2015-11-28	2	2nd	15 16 22 33 39 40
2015-11-21	2	2nd	15 16 23 26 29 32
2015-11-14	3	2nd	14 16 29 32 36 39
2015-11-04	5	2nd	3 16 18 22 23 37
2015-10-17	7	3rd	7 15 16 18 24 31
2015-09-23	4	3rd	6 12 16 18 35 39
2015-09-09	—	2nd	12 16 25 26 33 38