Number 16

In Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,626 draws, 6 from 1–49.

337times drawn · chance expected 322 +0.92σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 77% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

58longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 337 times in 2,626 draws against 321.6 expected, +0.92σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 337 times in 2,626 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 58 · waiting 3 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 smallest46 · chance 46.7
2nd smallest118 · chance 120.8
3rd smallest122 · chance 112.7
4th smallest42 · chance 47.3
5th smallest9 · chance 8.9
6th smallest0 · chance 0.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 35.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

37 23 14 4 32 40

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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	9	3rd	7 13 16 25 29 37
2026-09-12	2	2nd	13 16 27 37 40 44
2026-09-07	5	2nd	13 16 18 34 41 43
2026-08-26	7	3rd	10

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-09-10	11	2nd	8 16 20 28 30 46
2025-08-16	1	4th	4 8 13 16 33 37
2025-08-13	5	2nd	2 16 25 35 42 43
2025-08-02	7	2nd	6 16 21 23 42 48
2025-07-16	1	4th	3 11 13 16 19 21
2025-07-14	14	2nd	4 16 22 25 41 44
2025-06-11	5	2nd	8 16 18 42 48 49
2025-05-31	10	4th	2 8 11 16 31 47
2025-05-07	1	4th	4 6 12 16 26 29
2025-05-05	14	3rd	4 15 16 33 44 48
2025-04-02	1	2nd	9 16 23 26 37 44
2025-03-31	15	4th	5 7 12 16 30 40
2025-02-24	12	2nd	4 16 23 32 43 44
2025-01-27	2	1st	16 21 22 23 34 37
2025-01-22	21	3rd	5 13 16 21 29 42
2024-12-04	12	2nd	1 16 20 25 33 40
2024-11-06	4	2nd	10 16 21 22 24 47
2024-10-28	2	2nd	4 16 23 39 40 45
2024-10-23	1	3rd	11 13 16 39 41 46
2024-10-21	2	3rd	7 13 16 17 27 31
2024-10-16	2	4th	6 14 15 16 19 49
2024-10-12	7	1st	16 18 33 42 43 48
2024-09-25	5	2nd	15 16 18 19 33 49
2024-09-14	6	3rd	5 9 16 24 38 44
2024-08-31	10	1st	16 21 28 31 40 45
2024-08-07	5	3rd	1 8 16 21 36 46
2024-07-27	11	3rd	3 7 16 19 28 34
2024-07-01	6	2nd	15 16 27 39 40 45
2024-06-17	2	3rd	9 13 16 40 47 48
2024-06-12	2	1st	16 24 28 33 37 39
2024-06-08	2	2nd	3 16 32 36 39 43
2024-06-03	4	2nd	1 16 17 23 33 34
2024-05-25	1	3rd	1 14 16 21 33 34
2024-05-22	1	2nd	2 16 23 33 34 38
2024-05-20	6	4th	1 9 11 16 35 40
2024-05-06	4	4th	6 9 15 16 27 35
2024-04-27	1	1st	16 33 36 37 39 47
2024-04-24	4	1st	16 17 18 19 30 48
2024-04-15	6	4th	1 9 14 16 18 42
2024-04-01	2	3rd	2 14 16 19 23 41
2024-03-27	11	3rd	8 11 16 28 36 38
2024-03-02	6	3rd	4 6 16 31 44 48
2024-02-17	1	2nd	15 16 28 30 48 49
2024-02-14	4	3rd	12 13 16 31 37 45
2024-02-05	4	1st	16 18 20 22 23 37
2024-01-27	5	3rd	9 10 16 21 23 32
2024-01-15	9	3rd	8 12 16 20 43 45
2023-12-25	3	1st	16 27 28 29 35 36
2023-12-18	2	2nd	13 16 18 29 36 38
2023-12-13	2	2nd	7 16 39 44 47 49
2023-12-09	8	3rd	3 14 16 19 21 33
2023-11-20	5	2nd	5 16 28 30 34 38
2023-11-08	18	2nd	3 16 26 31 34 41
2023-09-27	6	3rd	1 11 16 17 19 48
2023-09-13	4	4th	1 9 10 16 22 24
2023-09-04	3	2nd	12 16 17 33 42 44
2023-08-28	7	2nd	12 16 23 26 34 45
2023-08-12	6	3rd	4 8 16 32 37 43
2023-07-29	8	2nd	6 16 33 36 37 43
2023-07-10	1	3rd	1 5 16 35 40 45
2023-07-08	9	3rd	2 3 16 20 40 47
2023-06-17	2	2nd	11 16 25 31 44 45
2023-06-12	6	1st	16 17 35 37 39 43
2023-05-29	11	3rd	12 13 16 29 32 42
2023-05-03	13	2nd	2 16 18 29 30 32
2023-04-03	15	2nd	11 16 20 25 40 48
2023-02-27	2	5th	4 7 11 13 16 46
2023-02-22	4	2nd	1 16 18 27 38 48
2023-02-13	21	2nd	12 16 24 26 35 48
2022-12-26	6	2nd	5 16 19 21 28 47
2022-12-12	2	3rd	2 8 16 39 41 49
2022-12-07	29	5th	5 8 9 14 16 32
2022-10-01	14	3rd	8 12 16 19 39 41
2022-08-29	10	3rd	1 8 16 32 41 49
2022-08-06	5	2nd	11 16 21 31 39 48
2022-07-25	11	2nd	5 16 18 30 32 36
2022-06-29	7	3rd	8 12 16 22 36 44
2022-06-13	7	3rd	2 6 16 23 31 34
2022-05-28	3	1st	16 19 25 26 44 48
2022-05-21	4	3rd	10 11 16 34 39 49
2022-05-11	3	2nd	8 16 29 31 35 48
2022-05-04	7	4th	1 13 14 16 38 47
2022-04-18	5	3rd	1 2 16 20 43 46
2022-04-06	1	3rd	10 13 16 26 33 37
2022-04-04	4	4th	5 8 10 16 22 39
2022-03-26	5	3rd	3 5 16 30 43 46
2022-03-14	7	3rd	6 15 16 32 42 43
2022-02-26	4	3rd	1 10 16 20 23 36
2022-02-16	15	2nd	15 16 18 20 32 37
2022-01-12	17	2nd	13 16 32 36 40 46
2021-12-04	11	2nd	8 16 20 31 38 45
2021-11-08	28	2nd	8 16 17 23 38 46
2021-09-04	6	3rd	1 12 16 39 46 47
2021-08-21	2	1st	16 19 22 24 30 47
2021-08-16	5	3rd	10 14 16 21 36 44
2021-08-04	4	3rd	5 11 16 23 41 46
2021-07-26	3	3rd	7 14 16 22 23 29
2021-07-19	11	2nd	4 16 17 28 35 45
2021-06-23	6	2nd	13 16 30 32 48 49
2021-06-09	3	1st	16 27 31 38 41 48
2021-06-02	21	5th	6 9 10 12 16 35
2021-04-14	7	3rd	7 10 16 25 47 48
2021-03-29	16	3rd	6 7 16 20 31 48
2021-02-20	13	2nd	14 16 25 28 31 32
2021-01-20	7	3rd	4 10 16 31 37 40
2021-01-04	9	2nd	2 16 23 24 30 36
2020-12-14	7	1st	16 31 41 42 48 49
2020-11-28	5	2nd	5 16 21 23 27 36
2020-11-16	7	2nd	6 16 18 27 40 47
2020-10-31	1	3rd	4 8 16 20 28 37
2020-10-28	6	3rd	3 5 16 18 23 33
2020-10-14	4	2nd	14 16 25 35 43 45
2020-10-05	11	2nd	7 16 25 37 39 43
2020-09-09	13	2nd	5 16 33 40 44 45
2020-08-10	8	3rd	7 12 16 33 42 49
2020-07-22	18	1st	16 20 27 30 35 39
2020-06-10	4	3rd	7 8 16 41 42 45
2020-06-01	6	3rd	12 13 16 18 23 48
2020-05-18	1	1st	16 29 32 33 35 43
2020-05-16	12	3rd	11 12 16 32 41 45
2020-04-18	1	4th	3 5 13 16 28 34
2020-04-15	2	3rd	5 14 16 42 47 49
2020-04-11	1	5th	2 3 11 12 16 28
2020-04-08	5	3rd	7 14 16 19 27 49
2020-03-28	10	3rd	1 7 16 27 29 40
2020-03-04	7	3rd	5 7 16 23 36 37
2020-02-17	10	2nd	10 16 25 38 45 46
2020-01-25	8	3rd	5 9 16 25 26 43
2020-01-06	7	3rd	8 13 16 34 37 42
2019-12-21	1	3rd	3 5 16 24 28 32
2019-12-18	6	4th	6 14 15 16 31 43
2019-12-04	8	3rd	2 14 16 23 32 34
2019-11-16	6	4th	4 9 14 16 28 48
2019-11-02	2	2nd	1 16 26 30 41 47
2019-10-28	13	3rd	6 8 16 23 37 48
2019-09-28	3	5th	2 6 7 15 16 47
2019-09-21	7	4th	4 6 12 16 28 43
2019-09-04	6	4th	1 9 10 16 17 20
2019-08-21	26	4th	3 10 14 16 38 39
2019-06-22	3	1st	16 23 33 35 36 48
2019-06-15	8	2nd	4 16 27 39 40 46
2019-05-27	2	2nd	5 16 17 23 25 32
2019-05-22	11	1st	16 30 31 42 47 48
2019-04-27	6	2nd	14 16 20 23 28 41
2019-04-13	2	3rd	12 13 16 19 23 44
2019-04-08	1	2nd	2 16 24 31 40 46
2019-04-06	1	2nd	7 16 17 21 27 49
2019-04-03	5	5th	6 7 8 14 16 18
2019-03-23	11	3rd	1 8 16 18 38 44
2019-02-25	2	4th	3 4 13 16 22 30
2019-02-20	8	2nd	15 16 19 25 29 33
2019-02-02	5	4th	11 12 15 16 21 41
2019-01-21	3	2nd	10 16 18 26 44 45
2019-01-14	37	2nd	10 16 17 19 22 46
2018-10-20	6	2nd	10 16 20 26 28 29
2018-10-06	6	1st	16 19 36 37 43 49
2018-09-22	4	2nd	13 16 20 25 37 45
2018-09-12	16	3rd	9 14 16 28 37 42
2018-08-06	1	5th	2 3 9 14 16 38
2018-08-04	6	1st	16 17 22 24 29 35
2018-07-21	13	4th	4 6 15 16 20 40
2018-06-20	16	2nd	14 16 19 38 45 47
2018-05-14	2	1st	16 25 31 33 34 37
2018-05-09	3	3rd	6 13 16 24 33 39
2018-05-02	3	2nd	1 16 21 32 40 41
2018-04-25	2	2nd	13 16 18 20 34 45
2018-04-21	10	1st	16 19 21 26 27 46
2018-03-28	6	4th	10 12 14 16 35 40
2018-03-14	15	3rd	5 15 16 38 41 47
2018-02-07	8	2nd	1 16 22 29 30 35
2018-01-20	7	2nd	8 16 22 30 34 35
2018-01-03	2	2nd	7 16 17 21 24 26
2017-12-30	4	3rd	2 5 16 18 20 22
2017-12-20	17	3rd	4 12 16 28 33 42
2017-11-11	5	3rd	4 7 16 17 34 49
2017-10-30	4	4th	3 5 14 16 18 26
2017-10-21	4	1st	16 18 24 35 37 49
2017-10-11	4	3rd	4 6 16 30 42 43
2017-10-02	8	1st	16 26 35 36 43 44
2017-09-13	9	4th	7 11 13 16 18 22
2017-08-23	16	3rd	4 9 16 31 41 42
2017-07-17	2	2nd	5 16 19 25 43 45
2017-07-12	8	4th	4 10 14 16 37 49
2017-06-24	3	2nd	12 16 21 23 32 43
2017-06-17	2	3rd	9 10 16 18 21 46
2017-06-12	9	1st	16 22 26 34 39 41
2017-05-22	3	3rd	1 5 16 21 29 47
2017-05-15	13	3rd	4 5 16 27 29 39
2017-04-15	30	4th	1 5 8 16 23 38
2017-02-04	1	4th	6 7 12 16 30 46
2017-02-01	12	5th	3 4 12 13 16 19
2017-01-04	1	4th	5 6 9 16 25 27
2017-01-02	3	4th	7 11 12 16 32 47
2016-12-26	1	3rd	8 14 16 32 33 37
2016-12-24	9	3rd	5 8 16 23 24 26
2016-12-03	6	2nd	4 16 24 34 35 49
2016-11-19	10	2nd	1 16 20 23 25 35
2016-10-26	8	1st	16 18 27 30 31 33
2016-10-08	9	2nd	11 16 21 27 28 30
2016-09-17	2	3rd	4 12 16 17 33 38
2016-09-12	39	3rd	2 5 16 22 34 45
2016-06-13	10	3rd	6 15 16 20 25 45
2016-05-21	8	3rd	9 15 16 17 42 45
2016-05-02	27	3rd	4 9 16 20 26 42
2016-02-29	14	2nd	10 16 18 25 34 37
2016-01-27	6	3rd	4 6 16 30 34 40
2016-01-13	23	3rd	10 11 16 31 32 49
2015-11-21	3	3rd	5 9 16 23 34 48
2015-11-14	2	4th	7 9 11 16 17 37
2015-11-09	7	2nd	1 16 25 35 43 46
2015-10-24	15	2nd	4 16 27 34 36 46
2015-09-19	4	2nd	7 16 30 40 43 47
2015-09-09	3	1st	16 22 23 25 31 46
2015-09-02	3	3rd	4 13 16 26 42 45
2015-08-26	9	2nd	14 16 17 30 40 48
2015-08-05	24	4th	4 5 14 16 32 49
2015-06-10	2	1st	16 24 31 34 37 49
2015-06-06	18	2nd	4 16 21 31 37 47
2015-04-25	11	3rd	5 6 16 33 39 41
2015-03-30	2	1st	16 17 28 41 45 48
2015-03-25	3	3rd	2 14 16 20 21 37
2015-03-18	8	2nd	3 16 17 21 25 33
2015-02-28	2	3rd	8 11 16 22 36 43
2015-02-23	4	1st	16 23 28 30 40 43
2015-02-14	43	4th	4 10 15 16 29 49
2014-11-05	19	2nd	1 16 27 32 35 47
2014-09-22	8	3rd	2 11 16 30 32 35
2014-09-03	11	2nd	10 16 25 32 40 47
2014-08-09	4	3rd	7 8 16 21 31 32
2014-07-30	16	3rd	1 11 16 20 45 49
2014-06-23	1	2nd	9 16 24 30 46 49
2014-06-21	11	1st	16 25 26 33 43 46
2014-05-26	25	2nd	2 16 21 32 33 44
2014-03-29	3	3rd	3 8 16 30 36 42
2014-03-22	12	4th	5 9 11 16 17 21
2014-02-22	1	2nd	4 16 17 20 24 48
2014-02-19	3	1st	16 20 21 36 37 49
2014-02-12	12	2nd	15 16 27 31 40 49
2014-01-15	7	3rd	5 9 16 22 24 33
2013-12-30	3	1st	16 20 34 35 41 46
2013-12-23	4	1st	16 25 28 31 43 47
2013-12-14	5	4th	6 7 12 16 26 31
2013-12-02	9	3rd	6 8 16 22 33 38
2013-11-11	58	2nd	14 16 20 31 32 38
2013-06-29	7	3rd	3 4 16 18 22 32
2013-06-12	5	2nd	13 16 22 24 26 33
2013-06-01	1	2nd	13 16 22 25 44 47
2013-05-29	4	2nd	5 16 22 26 32 34
2013-05-20	2	4th	2 6 12 16 17 23
2013-05-15	9	1st	16 26 33 36 40 48
2013-04-24	2	3rd	7 12 16 30 32 41
2013-04-20	1	4th	1 2 10 16 35 44
2013-04-17	2	2nd	7 16 29 32 34 35
2013-04-13	3	3rd	9 15 16 36 37 49
2013-04-06	2	4th	11 14 15 16 28 45
2013-04-01	10	2nd	8 16 23 31 42 47
2013-03-09	2	3rd	5 14 16 21 28 42
2013-03-04	3	2nd	14 16 24 32 48 49
2013-02-25	7	1st	16 23 24 38 42 48
2013-02-09	11	2nd	11 16 23 31 32 35
2013-01-14	2	2nd	13 16 17 23 34 36
2013-01-09	1	3rd	7 14 16 22 25 48
2013-01-07	5	2nd	15 16 19 26 28 41
2012-12-26	1	3rd	5 10 16 27 39 44
2012-12-24	11	3rd	10 14 16 37 40 49
2012-11-28	3	2nd	7 16 19 42 48 49
2012-11-21	2	3rd	3 10 16 32 35 37
2012-11-17	11	3rd	4 9 16 17 18 32
2012-10-22	9	2nd	2 16 18 35 42 43
2012-10-01	2	4th	3 7 11 16 29 37
2012-09-26	14	2nd	10 16 22 23 40 42
2012-08-25	17	1st	16 29 39 40 44 47
2012-07-16	6	3rd	3 14 16 31 35 39
2012-07-02	10	1st	16 18 21 26 40 41
2012-06-09	32	4th	1 2 3 16 37 42
2012-03-26	5	3rd	10 14 16 19 37 49
2012-03-14	8	2nd	13 16 22 26 27 41
2012-02-25	5	2nd	8 16 18 19 24 25
2012-02-13	18	3rd	6 15 16 40 41 45
2012-01-02	5	2nd	6 16 29 30 36 37
2011-12-21	14	3rd	2 14 16 17 37 40
2011-11-19	17	2nd	12 16 28 34 43 45
2011-10-10	5	2nd	3 16 18 25 32 47
2011-09-28	3	1st	16 17 19 22 27 35
2011-09-21	9	3rd	4 13 16 24 40 43
2011-08-31	34	4th	3 4 7 16 34 48
2011-06-13	1	1st	16 17 22 25 35 49
2011-06-11	5	1st	16 19 20 26 35 37
2011-05-30	11	1st	16 18 20 23 32 49
2011-05-04	3	2nd	7 16 30 36 37 39
2011-04-27	2	2nd	4 16 17 36 40 48
2011-04-23	5	1st	16 20 23 29 33 38
2011-04-11	19	3rd	6 7 16 39 40 41
2011-02-26	6	2nd	2 16 19 36 39 41
2011-02-12	8	2nd	11 16 25 31 46 49
2011-01-24	3	3rd	11 15 16 29 34 45
2011-01-17	9	3rd	9 10 16 19 20 43
2010-12-27	20	2nd	3 16 17 27 48 49
2010-11-10	2	2nd	10 16 22 35 41 45
2010-11-06	1	3rd	2 10 16 17 21 30
2010-11-03	1	2nd	12 16 22 30 43 44
2010-11-01	8	3rd	4 15 16 24 26 28
2010-10-13	1	4th	4 7 14 16 27 40
2010-10-11	14	3rd	1 8 16 26 34 37
2010-09-08	8	3rd	6 14 16 23 40 49
2010-08-21	4	2nd	6 16 20 21 45 48
2010-08-11	4	3rd	3 10 16 33 43 46
2010-08-02	23	3rd	8 11 16 29 46 49
2010-06-09	1	1st	16 18 21 22 35 38
2010-06-07	25	3rd	3 14 16 19 20 39
2010-04-10	9	3rd	1 14 16 23 36 38
2010-03-20	14	3rd	2 4 16 34 45 47
2010-02-15	—	2nd	4 16 26 27 33 47