Number 16

In PowerBall under the 5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018 rules — 865 draws, 5 from 1–50.

94times drawn · chance expected 87 +0.85σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 35% for any number

9.1average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

46longest completed wait · 56% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 94 times in 865 draws against 86.5 expected, +0.85σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 94 times in 865 draws · average wait 9.1 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 11 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 smallest21 · chance 20.6
2nd smallest41 · chance 39.8
3rd smallest28 · chance 26.1
4th smallest3 · chance 6.9
5th smallest1 · chance 0.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

18 36 7 13 32 34

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-09-01	8	2nd	14 16 31 34 40
2026-08-04	8	1st	16 24 29 34 38
2026-07-07	4	1st	16 18 21 29 47
2026-06-23	5	1st	16 25 32 33

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-29	20	2nd	5 16 27 32 40
2024-09-20	3	3rd	6 12 16 18 47
2024-09-10	14	1st	16 17 18 47 48
2024-07-23	17	3rd	3 11 16 26 48
2024-05-24	1	3rd	4 14 16 18 25
2024-05-21	13	3rd	3 9 16 26 38
2024-04-05	13	3rd	6 8 16 28 36
2024-02-20	3	3rd	4 13 16 21 32
2024-02-09	5	2nd	8 16 24 29 36
2024-01-23	11	2nd	9 16 21 26 39
2023-12-15	4	1st	16 24 34 38 44
2023-12-01	10	1st	16 18 44 46 48
2023-10-27	19	1st	16 17 21 31 36
2023-08-22	1	3rd	5 10 16 19 29
2023-08-18	1	5th	1 3 6 7 16
2023-08-15	4	3rd	7 9 16 34 38
2023-08-01	21	2nd	1 16 30 38 46
2023-05-19	3	2nd	3 16 22 42 49
2023-05-09	2	3rd	2 4 16 17 34
2023-05-02	5	2nd	13 16 17 41 43
2023-04-14	35	1st	16 20 33 37 44
2022-12-13	5	1st	16 23 36 43 46
2022-11-25	3	2nd	7 16 26 34 40
2022-11-15	7	3rd	5 7 16 36 41
2022-10-21	4	1st	16 18 26 35 41
2022-10-07	5	3rd	3 12 16 33 45
2022-09-20	1	2nd	13 16 23 45 47
2022-09-16	12	2nd	7 16 27 28 29
2022-08-05	9	1st	16 18 21 32 44
2022-07-05	12	3rd	13 14 16 18 31
2022-05-24	13	2nd	7 16 21 22 32
2022-04-08	29	4th	7 12 13 16 38
2021-12-28	11	3rd	2 13 16 49 50
2021-11-19	19	2nd	4 16 39 40 50
2021-09-14	12	1st	16 18 23 31 35
2021-08-03	8	2nd	8 16 18 30 34
2021-07-06	3	2nd	1 16 18 26 39
2021-06-25	12	2nd	4 16 34 36 46
2021-05-14	13	2nd	3 16 28 31 48
2021-03-30	3	2nd	7 16 24 25 38
2021-03-19	12	2nd	5 16 27 32 46
2021-02-05	2	2nd	8 16 19 20 50
2021-01-29	3	3rd	2 11 16 22 47
2021-01-19	3	2nd	13 16 28 42 45
2021-01-08	8	2nd	11 16 28 32 41
2020-12-08	7	2nd	6 16 35 37 40
2020-11-13	13	3rd	1 11 16 19 24
2020-09-29	8	3rd	7 12 16 28 38
2020-09-01	5	1st	16 21 22 36 39
2020-08-14	10	3rd	10 11 16 25 30
2020-07-10	5	2nd	11 16 44 46 50
2020-06-23	19	3rd	2 7 16 36 47
2020-04-17	8	1st	16 19 20 23 25
2020-03-20	1	3rd	4 9 16 21 36
2020-03-17	34	1st	16 29 34 38 49
2019-11-19	11	3rd	3 4 16 43 44
2019-10-11	4	2nd	15 16 17 26 43
2019-09-27	2	2nd	14 16 18 22 39
2019-09-20	5	2nd	9 16 22 29 35
2019-09-03	6	3rd	6 11 16 31 34
2019-08-13	12	2nd	5 16 17 25 38
2019-07-02	1	1st	16 29 43 44 47
2019-06-28	7	3rd	3 13 16 33 41
2019-06-04	11	2nd	10 16 22 46 50
2019-04-26	11	2nd	13 16 19 43 49
2019-03-19	10	2nd	3 16 32 33 36
2019-02-12	14	2nd	15 16 24 38 47
2018-12-25	3	2nd	13 16 28 29 30
2018-12-14	46	4th	4 5 9 16 20
2018-07-06	—	2nd	8 16 19 35 39