Number 16

In Lotto Max under the 7/50 + 1/50 · May 2019 – Apr 2026 rules — 722 draws, 7 from 1–50 (an earlier era).

99times drawn · chance expected 101 −0.22σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1

32longest completed wait · 60% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 99 times in 722 draws against 101.1 expected, −0.22σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 13 times, counted separately.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 99 times in 722 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 32 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest3 · chance 9.5
2nd smallest41 · chance 29.5
3rd smallest36 · chance 34.5
4th smallest18 · chance 19.3
5th smallest1 · chance 5.4
6th smallest0 · chance 0.7
7th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

44 19 31 4 8 2

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
2026-04-10	9	3rd	1 11 16 20 28 32 45
2026-03-10	5	2nd	14 16 22 28 33 37 48
2026-02-20	8	2nd	15 16 29 31 32 45

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 7/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

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