Number 16

In Hit 5 under the 5/42 · since Sep 2020 rules — 2,228 draws, 5 from 1–42.

256times drawn · chance expected 265 −0.60σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 25% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

44longest completed wait · 67% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 256 times in 2,228 draws against 265.2 expected, −0.60σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 256 times in 2,228 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 44 · 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 smallest32 · chance 37.8
2nd smallest95 · chance 98.6
3rd smallest98 · chance 86.3
4th smallest31 · chance 29.9
5th smallest0 · chance 3.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 21 41 2 14 22

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
2026-09-30	4	4th	5 6 7 16 29
2026-09-26	2	3rd	4 11 16 18 40
2026-09-24	20	3rd	2 6 16 32 40
2026-09-04	6	2nd	1 16 17 20

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.

2026-03-11	17	3rd	5 11 16 24 34
2026-02-22	1	2nd	4 16 24 29 33
2026-02-21	1	3rd	5 12 16 27 36
2026-02-20	2	2nd	9 16 23 34 36
2026-02-18	2	3rd	1 8 16 28 39
2026-02-16	1	3rd	4 13 16 23 27
2026-02-15	9	4th	3 4 5 16 28
2026-02-06	1	3rd	3 5 16 22 30
2026-02-05	28	2nd	14 16 21 24 30
2026-01-08	2	3rd	2 15 16 30 40
2026-01-06	12	2nd	1 16 27 31 39
2025-12-25	13	3rd	2 5 16 21 41
2025-12-12	6	1st	16 24 25 41 42
2025-12-06	4	4th	3 11 14 16 23
2025-12-02	12	2nd	7 16 23 35 41
2025-11-20	4	3rd	4 13 16 32 34
2025-11-16	5	2nd	2 16 29 32 35
2025-11-11	2	2nd	1 16 27 33 40
2025-11-09	1	3rd	4 10 16 20 30
2025-11-08	27	3rd	13 14 16 26 33
2025-10-12	2	4th	10 12 15 16 35
2025-10-10	7	1st	16 18 24 28 32
2025-10-03	3	2nd	12 16 26 27 38
2025-09-30	21	4th	1 3 5 16 38
2025-09-09	11	3rd	7 12 16 31 40
2025-08-29	4	2nd	2 16 17 21 39
2025-08-25	16	1st	16 26 33 36 39
2025-08-09	10	2nd	4 16 36 39 42
2025-07-30	1	3rd	7 15 16 17 23
2025-07-29	13	2nd	4 16 20 24 33
2025-07-16	2	3rd	11 13 16 18 34
2025-07-14	9	1st	16 18 21 26 30
2025-07-05	10	3rd	2 15 16 26 29
2025-06-25	30	3rd	6 15 16 25 41
2025-05-26	8	4th	8 11 12 16 35
2025-05-18	6	2nd	3 16 19 34 38
2025-05-12	13	3rd	4 10 16 22 30
2025-04-29	7	2nd	6 16 19 31 38
2025-04-22	2	3rd	10 14 16 23 37
2025-04-20	6	1st	16 20 22 24 41
2025-04-14	13	2nd	14 16 38 39 41
2025-04-01	13	1st	16 21 22 24 33
2025-03-19	2	2nd	8 16 17 28 38
2025-03-17	10	2nd	15 16 19 31 41
2025-03-07	2	2nd	4 16 21 30 33
2025-03-05	15	3rd	2 12 16 29 30
2025-02-18	6	2nd	9 16 27 33 35
2025-02-12	4	3rd	2 11 16 29 32
2025-02-08	38	1st	16 20 28 30 36
2025-01-01	1	3rd	2 6 16 21 35
2024-12-31	4	2nd	12 16 18 21 41
2024-12-27	11	2nd	15 16 18 22 34
2024-12-16	20	2nd	4 16 22 26 30
2024-11-26	1	4th	10 12 14 16 27
2024-11-25	1	2nd	10 16 17 22 27
2024-11-24	4	3rd	5 13 16 24 29
2024-11-20	14	4th	2 5 10 16 30
2024-11-06	1	3rd	10 14 16 38 39
2024-11-05	43	3rd	1 15 16 20 39
2024-09-23	9	4th	1 8 10 16 28
2024-09-14	7	3rd	6 15 16 24 42
2024-09-07	18	4th	2 5 10 16 33
2024-08-20	9	2nd	2 16 19 27 37
2024-08-11	13	2nd	5 16 17 21 37
2024-07-29	4	2nd	11 16 18 19 28
2024-07-25	44	2nd	11 16 19 24 37
2024-06-11	7	3rd	6 10 16 21 31
2024-06-04	4	2nd	13 16 18 33 37
2024-05-31	3	2nd	5 16 18 37 42
2024-05-28	5	2nd	10 16 25 29 42
2024-05-23	4	3rd	8 14 16 20 22
2024-05-19	1	3rd	11 13 16 18 28
2024-05-18	31	2nd	12 16 21 22 23
2024-04-17	2	2nd	7 16 18 22 41
2024-04-15	5	3rd	3 6 16 30 34
2024-04-10	8	3rd	3 9 16 20 39
2024-04-02	1	3rd	4 15 16 32 34
2024-04-01	2	3rd	3 15 16 26 37
2024-03-30	16	1st	16 22 31 36 42
2024-03-14	15	3rd	5 9 16 18 40
2024-02-28	3	1st	16 24 34 36 41
2024-02-25	13	1st	16 24 25 30 33
2024-02-12	15	3rd	4 10 16 21 40
2024-01-28	4	2nd	12 16 30 33 38
2024-01-24	4	3rd	3 8 16 21 23
2024-01-20	8	1st	16 17 21 22 29
2024-01-12	8	3rd	5 15 16 30 36
2024-01-04	6	2nd	1 16 21 31 33
2023-12-29	9	1st	16 22 27 33 38
2023-12-20	4	3rd	10 12 16 30 40
2023-12-16	6	2nd	12 16 25 26 28
2023-12-10	11	1st	16 19 32 34 41
2023-11-29	6	4th	7 12 14 16 33
2023-11-23	8	3rd	8 12 16 21 33
2023-11-15	8	2nd	3 16 19 20 27
2023-11-07	2	1st	16 17 24 29 35
2023-11-05	20	1st	16 23 28 33 41
2023-10-16	5	4th	1 11 12 16 34
2023-10-11	11	4th	4 7 10 16 21
2023-09-30	2	2nd	7 16 20 30 35
2023-09-28	2	3rd	4 7 16 26 28
2023-09-26	13	3rd	13 15 16 20 42
2023-09-13	2	3rd	2 8 16 31 33
2023-09-11	2	2nd	8 16 17 29 41
2023-09-09	25	3rd	1 14 16 38 41
2023-08-15	4	2nd	14 16 31 35 41
2023-08-11	2	2nd	8 16 19 32 41
2023-08-09	10	2nd	11 16 23 31 32
2023-07-30	25	3rd	1 2 16 38 40
2023-07-05	3	1st	16 21 29 31 42
2023-07-02	5	3rd	2 11 16 25 42
2023-06-27	8	3rd	2 8 16 19 21
2023-06-19	11	2nd	11 16 29 31 32
2023-06-08	3	4th	3 7 13 16 41
2023-06-05	7	2nd	3 16 26 33 40
2023-05-29	6	3rd	1 7 16 22 26
2023-05-23	3	3rd	2 13 16 41 42
2023-05-20	23	4th	2 8 12 16 20
2023-04-27	36	3rd	11 14 16 25 31
2023-03-22	10	2nd	14 16 18 32 33
2023-03-12	10	3rd	1 8 16 22 31
2023-03-02	2	1st	16 24 31 36 38
2023-02-28	1	4th	5 10 14 16 30
2023-02-27	3	2nd	7 16 19 36 41
2023-02-24	7	2nd	2 16 23 29 41
2023-02-17	7	3rd	7 12 16 23 33
2023-02-10	6	2nd	15 16 20 38 42
2023-02-04	16	3rd	6 12 16 24 31
2023-01-19	6	2nd	1 16 17 22 33
2023-01-13	4	3rd	5 12 16 22 30
2023-01-09	8	1st	16 18 20 28 31
2023-01-01	18	2nd	11 16 28 36 41
2022-12-14	13	3rd	3 6 16 22 40
2022-12-01	22	2nd	5 16 23 26 28
2022-11-09	11	2nd	8 16 18 27 36
2022-10-29	10	4th	5 12 15 16 30
2022-10-19	4	3rd	9 13 16 19 21
2022-10-15	8	2nd	12 16 25 27 33
2022-10-07	15	3rd	3 9 16 22 39
2022-09-22	22	4th	6 11 14 16 36
2022-08-31	1	3rd	9 10 16 17 30
2022-08-30	5	2nd	9 16 29 33 40
2022-08-25	1	3rd	2 14 16 29 34
2022-08-24	1	2nd	15 16 30 33 41
2022-08-23	4	1st	16 35 36 37 39
2022-08-19	5	2nd	2 16 28 31 33
2022-08-14	12	2nd	3 16 21 36 40
2022-08-02	4	3rd	3 9 16 26 38
2022-07-29	3	2nd	15 16 20 29 40
2022-07-26	32	2nd	9 16 24 26 36
2022-06-24	16	4th	1 2 12 16 20
2022-06-08	30	3rd	3 4 16 23 31
2022-05-09	6	3rd	6 10 16 20 23
2022-05-03	10	2nd	2 16 18 19 42
2022-04-23	13	3rd	3 10 16 33 34
2022-04-10	2	3rd	3 12 16 29 36
2022-04-08	1	4th	2 6 8 16 42
2022-04-07	4	2nd	6 16 21 25 40
2022-04-03	10	3rd	8 14 16 22 42
2022-03-24	4	2nd	1 16 33 36 42
2022-03-20	25	2nd	11 16 23 30 38
2022-02-23	1	3rd	2 6 16 34 41
2022-02-22	2	2nd	6 16 17 32 35
2022-02-20	12	2nd	11 16 21 30 40
2022-02-08	1	3rd	1 13 16 31 42
2022-02-07	5	1st	16 17 23 29 32
2022-02-02	4	3rd	8 15 16 21 26
2022-01-29	4	2nd	6 16 17 27 35
2022-01-25	1	1st	16 22 23 24 26
2022-01-24	13	2nd	14 16 34 36 39
2022-01-11	5	3rd	4 8 16 21 27
2022-01-06	1	3rd	4 15 16 24 34
2022-01-05	2	4th	2 5 14 16 23
2022-01-03	2	4th	1 3 11 16 39
2022-01-01	3	1st	16 18 20 24 41
2021-12-29	8	4th	4 7 10 16 39
2021-12-21	8	2nd	6 16 21 30 39
2021-12-13	18	1st	16 19 20 34 42
2021-11-25	2	2nd	6 16 21 24 31
2021-11-23	1	3rd	10 13 16 32 41
2021-11-22	8	3rd	10 13 16 22 41
2021-11-14	10	3rd	1 4 16 17 28
2021-11-04	10	2nd	2 16 25 37 38
2021-10-25	4	2nd	9 16 17 21 23
2021-10-21	6	2nd	7 16 19 26 33
2021-10-15	5	3rd	10 14 16 23 26
2021-10-10	18	3rd	1 2 16 17 36
2021-09-22	1	3rd	7 9 16 20 30
2021-09-21	12	3rd	8 11 16 24 25
2021-09-09	18	4th	3 7 8 16 25
2021-08-22	8	3rd	7 15 16 30 41
2021-08-14	1	2nd	7 16 17 24 35
2021-08-13	2	3rd	11 14 16 17 41
2021-08-11	11	3rd	8 14 16 20 28
2021-07-31	4	1st	16 21 30 33 40
2021-07-27	16	2nd	15 16 22 23 34
2021-07-11	3	1st	16 17 21 25 27
2021-07-08	5	3rd	2 8 16 27 41
2021-07-03	1	3rd	4 14 16 19 22
2021-07-02	7	2nd	6 16 17 24 33
2021-06-25	1	2nd	3 16 21 40 41
2021-06-24	11	3rd	4 6 16 23 33
2021-06-13	6	3rd	3 13 16 22 29
2021-06-07	10	2nd	8 16 20 25 37
2021-05-28	4	2nd	5 16 26 40 42
2021-05-24	26	3rd	5 15 16 20 40
2021-04-28	10	3rd	1 14 16 17 19
2021-04-18	22	4th	2 6 15 16 32
2021-03-27	3	2nd	11 16 20 25 36
2021-03-24	8	2nd	4 16 20 33 40
2021-03-16	5	2nd	14 16 21 31 32
2021-03-11	25	3rd	4 7 16 22 33
2021-02-14	1	2nd	12 16 29 39 41
2021-02-13	6	2nd	1 16 23 28 29
2021-02-07	4	3rd	4 11 16 20 24
2021-02-03	10	3rd	7 14 16 36 40
2021-01-24	18	4th	3 4 14 16 38
2021-01-06	3	2nd	1 16 24 28 36
2021-01-03	13	1st	16 22 29 30 36
2020-12-21	4	3rd	7 13 16 26 31
2020-12-17	6	2nd	2 16 31 33 39
2020-12-11	7	3rd	1 11 16 18 27
2020-12-04	16	2nd	11 16 27 29 32
2020-11-18	1	2nd	6 16 20 30 42
2020-11-17	1	4th	2 7 8 16 33
2020-11-16	5	1st	16 20 21 28 30
2020-11-11	13	2nd	7 16 17 23 37
2020-10-29	22	2nd	12 16 17 19 27
2020-10-07	2	1st	16 17 35 36 40
2020-10-05	16	4th	10 11 12 16 40
2020-09-19	5	1st	16 22 27 33 36
2020-09-14	—	3rd	10 11 16 28 38