Number 16

In Cowboy Draw under the 5/45 · since Mar 2015 rules — 1,206 draws, 5 from 1–45.

136times drawn · chance expected 134 +0.18σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 14% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

47longest completed wait · 45% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 136 times in 1,206 draws against 134.0 expected, +0.18σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 136 times in 1,206 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 18 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 smallest54 · chance 54.9
3rd smallest48 · chance 42.7
4th smallest7 · chance 13.2
5th smallest0 · 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.

28 34 27 8 21 25

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
2026-08-10	2	4th	4 5 6 16 37
2026-08-03	7	2nd	9 16 21 25 41
2026-07-09	3	3rd	2 4 16 32 42
2026-06-29	2	2nd	10 16 28

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.

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