Number 16

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Oct 2023 rules — 1,089 draws, 5 from 1–45.

136times drawn · chance expected 121 +1.45σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 44% for any number

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

48longest completed wait · 41% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 136 times in 1,089 draws against 121.0 expected, +1.45σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 136 times in 1,089 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 8 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 smallest27 · chance 23.8
2nd smallest53 · chance 54.9
3rd smallest35 · chance 42.7
4th smallest18 · chance 13.2
5th smallest3 · chance 1.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

20 26 5 4 33 7

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-03	1	1st	16 22 26 34 35
2026-10-02	3	2nd	2 16 26 31 38
2026-09-29	9	1st	16 20 30 33 39
2026-09-20	4	3rd	2 7 16 39

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-06-12	13	3rd	6 11 16 20 31
2026-05-30	18	2nd	11 16 25 27 33
2026-05-12	3	2nd	13 16 35 36 37
2026-05-09	1	1st	16 22 29 38 42
2026-05-08	13	2nd	15 16 20 37 44
2026-04-25	5	2nd	14 16 19 33 37
2026-04-20	48	3rd	3 13 16 40 41
2026-03-03	3	4th	6 8 13 16 20
2026-02-28	6	3rd	4 14 16 30 39
2026-02-22	8	1st	16 29 32 33 43
2026-02-14	30	2nd	8 16 27 34 41
2026-01-15	24	2nd	14 16 20 22 41
2025-12-22	6	2nd	4 16 33 41 43
2025-12-16	9	2nd	1 16 17 18 39
2025-12-07	2	2nd	6 16 21 25 30
2025-12-05	2	3rd	5 9 16 17 28
2025-12-03	9	4th	9 10 14 16 30
2025-11-24	4	3rd	7 14 16 24 35
2025-11-20	1	1st	16 20 25 29 40
2025-11-19	3	4th	4 13 14 16 37
2025-11-16	3	2nd	7 16 18 22 32
2025-11-13	6	2nd	15 16 25 33 37
2025-11-07	12	2nd	15 16 25 34 36
2025-10-26	7	5th	2 5 7 8 16
2025-10-19	4	2nd	2 16 26 32 39
2025-10-15	6	5th	4 9 11 15 16
2025-10-09	10	3rd	6 13 16 37 41
2025-09-29	12	1st	16 22 23 26 33
2025-09-17	9	2nd	9 16 27 29 43
2025-09-08	18	2nd	3 16 31 32 38
2025-08-21	5	3rd	8 14 16 28 33
2025-08-16	1	2nd	10 16 17 39 44
2025-08-15	3	1st	16 29 37 41 44
2025-08-12	6	2nd	6 16 36 39 42
2025-08-06	4	3rd	9 10 16 19 26
2025-08-02	5	1st	16 20 22 23 41
2025-07-28	4	2nd	14 16 36 39 43
2025-07-24	8	2nd	5 16 23 26 36
2025-07-16	13	2nd	15 16 26 32 35
2025-07-03	11	2nd	10 16 31 37 41
2025-06-22	6	2nd	3 16 25 43 45
2025-06-16	11	3rd	2 13 16 19 20
2025-06-05	7	3rd	4 9 16 32 36
2025-05-29	19	2nd	1 16 23 39 45
2025-05-10	1	2nd	11 16 21 23 33
2025-05-09	24	3rd	2 9 16 29 35
2025-04-15	1	1st	16 22 31 32 37
2025-04-14	4	4th	2 9 13 16 20
2025-04-10	2	3rd	12 13 16 23 25
2025-04-08	11	2nd	12 16 17 24 32
2025-03-28	8	3rd	4 8 16 30 33
2025-03-20	9	2nd	5 16 28 32 38
2025-03-11	19	3rd	3 12 16 30 45
2025-02-20	1	1st	16 24 36 38 41
2025-02-19	10	1st	16 18 26 36 41
2025-02-09	2	2nd	2 16 23 26 35
2025-02-07	11	3rd	1 3 16 36 44
2025-01-27	5	1st	16 22 28 33 45
2025-01-22	6	1st	16 17 18 40 41
2025-01-16	16	3rd	2 5 16 24 39
2024-12-31	4	3rd	2 8 16 20 29
2024-12-27	8	1st	16 21 30 32 43
2024-12-19	7	1st	16 17 21 27 32
2024-12-12	1	4th	1 5 12 16 43
2024-12-11	2	1st	16 28 38 42 45
2024-12-09	17	4th	7 9 13 16 18
2024-11-22	7	3rd	5 12 16 30 36
2024-11-15	16	1st	16 26 31 32 41
2024-10-30	1	1st	16 24 30 38 45
2024-10-29	21	2nd	3 16 35 39 41
2024-10-08	5	2nd	1 16 32 38 42
2024-10-03	7	2nd	2 16 19 24 45
2024-09-26	2	3rd	8 10 16 40 45
2024-09-24	6	2nd	6 16 20 22 45
2024-09-18	13	4th	4 7 11 16 44
2024-09-05	2	2nd	4 16 25 41 45
2024-09-03	6	5th	6 7 8 15 16
2024-08-28	7	1st	16 18 26 33 43
2024-08-21	20	2nd	7 16 23 26 38
2024-08-01	5	1st	16 17 22 23 25
2024-07-27	7	2nd	13 16 19 22 40
2024-07-20	12	4th	5 8 12 16 44
2024-07-08	5	2nd	3 16 20 28 45
2024-07-03	7	1st	16 18 30 34 43
2024-06-26	10	1st	16 27 29 33 38
2024-06-16	4	3rd	4 9 16 24 28
2024-06-12	4	4th	10 14 15 16 26
2024-06-08	7	2nd	4 16 27 39 40
2024-06-01	8	3rd	5 8 16 32 36
2024-05-24	17	1st	16 18 20 40 43
2024-05-07	16	4th	2 10 12 16 31
2024-04-21	5	3rd	6 7 16 25 29
2024-04-16	2	3rd	3 7 16 23 32
2024-04-14	6	3rd	4 5 16 26 36
2024-04-08	18	4th	4 10 13 16 24
2024-03-21	2	4th	6 8 13 16 17
2024-03-19	15	3rd	4 12 16 17 29
2024-03-04	1	2nd	1 16 28 30 33
2024-03-03	2	2nd	8 16 18 28 37
2024-03-01	21	2nd	13 16 20 24 37
2024-02-09	18	2nd	12 16 32 42 45
2024-01-22	4	2nd	7 16 20 29 37
2024-01-18	7	3rd	5 8 16 19 37
2024-01-11	11	4th	3 5 6 16 24
2023-12-31	6	2nd	15 16 23 27 35
2023-12-25	6	4th	5 12 15 16 43
2023-12-19	24	3rd	4 11 16 17 38
2023-11-25	4	4th	8 9 15 16 20
2023-11-21	1	3rd	3 7 16 27 42
2023-11-20	11	1st	16 18 24 26 35
2023-11-09	17	3rd	1 4 16 29 42
2023-10-23	—	1st	16 25 27 29 30