Number 16

In Set for Life under the 8/37 + 2/37 · Aug 2015 – Mar 2020 rules — 1,690 draws, 8 from 1–37 (an earlier era).

346times drawn · chance expected 365 −1.15σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

4.9average wait between appearances · chance says 4.6

29longest completed wait · 31% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 346 times in 1,690 draws against 365.4 expected, −1.15σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 87 times, counted separately.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 346 times in 1,690 draws · average wait 4.9 draws · longest completed wait 29 · waiting 1 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 smallest2 · chance 4.8
2nd smallest27 · chance 33.7
3rd smallest98 · chance 88.6
4th smallest120 · chance 112.9
5th smallest70 · chance 75.2
6th smallest24 · chance 26.1
7th smallest5 · chance 4.4
8th smallest0 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 67.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 19 37 14 21 5

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 36 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 37. 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
2020-03-21	4	5th	2 3 6 10 16 21 22 27
2020-03-17	11	5th	1 6 9 10 16 21 22 28
2020-03-06	2	4th	2 8 9

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 8/37 tonight whatever it did last week.

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