Number 16

In SuperEnalotto under the 6/90 + 1/90 · Dec 1997 – Jul 2009 rules — 1,425 draws, 6 from 1–90 (an earlier era).

92times drawn · chance expected 95 −0.32σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 54% for any number

15.4average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

75longest completed wait · 43% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 92 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, −0.32σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 10 times, counted separately.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 92 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 15.4 draws · longest completed wait 75 · waiting 10 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 smallest37 · chance 35.7
2nd smallest33 · chance 38.3
3rd smallest19 · chance 15.1
4th smallest3 · chance 2.7
5th smallest0 · chance 0.2
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

60 64 21 8 17 20

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 numbers; chance expected about 0.5 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 90. 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
2009-06-06	28	3rd	8 14 16 18 56 60
2009-04-02	1	3rd	3 12 16 30 84 89
2009-03-31	38	3rd	2 4 16 20 29 53

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 6/90 tonight whatever it did last week.

2007-03-10	26	1st	16 22 36 40 62 75
2007-01-09	7	1st	16 39 65 67 83 86
2006-12-23	47	3rd	8 13 16 17 49 68
2006-09-05	6	1st	16 21 51 64 65 89
2006-08-22	16	3rd	3 8 16 64 72 73
2006-07-15	20	1st	16 21 27 43 56 64
2006-05-30	9	2nd	1 16 25 33 54 71
2006-05-09	7	1st	16 23 40 62 79 88
2006-04-22	5	1st	16 21 59 70 71 83
2006-04-11	1	1st	16 19 44 60 76 89
2006-04-08	6	1st	16 33 60 61 62 63
2006-03-25	53	1st	16 20 29 31 38 45
2005-11-22	4	2nd	4 16 31 54 70 87
2005-11-12	49	2nd	11 16 54 56 57 82
2005-07-21	24	3rd	2 7 16 26 34 80
2005-05-14	4	2nd	6 16 44 45 89 90
2005-04-30	26	1st	16 31 53 63 70 81
2005-01-29	5	2nd	1 16 18 43 47 78
2005-01-12	35	3rd	2 12 16 20 24 79
2004-09-11	29	1st	16 20 43 77 78 84
2004-06-03	1	2nd	13 16 42 61 63 81
2004-05-29	15	3rd	1 5 16 60 84 86
2004-04-07	51	2nd	4 16 17 52 62 67
2003-10-11	10	2nd	13 16 25 45 47 55
2003-09-06	19	1st	16 17 49 50 74 81
2003-07-02	14	3rd	9 13 16 17 34 57
2003-05-14	10	1st	16 21 38 44 67 87
2003-04-09	27	3rd	4 14 16 44 76 77
2003-01-04	16	1st	16 17 26 28 37 85
2002-11-27	19	2nd	10 16 20 26 48 56
2002-09-21	3	3rd	1 10 16 51 76 89
2002-09-11	1	1st	16 23 55 83 86 89
2002-09-07	8	1st	16 51 57 64 72 90
2002-08-10	14	1st	16 29 32 40 48 70
2002-06-22	2	1st	16 37 42 46 60 64
2002-06-15	23	2nd	8 16 33 64 71 86
2002-03-27	36	3rd	3 11 16 38 69 82
2001-11-24	3	3rd	6 7 16 51 62 83
2001-11-14	7	3rd	3 4 16 36 74 89
2001-10-20	14	1st	16 19 20 30 31 47
2001-09-01	19	3rd	10 11 16 45 46 55
2001-06-27	46	1st	16 20 27 31 32 77
2001-01-17	3	1st	16 22 35 41 53 62
2001-01-08	9	1st	16 19 61 69 72 84
2000-12-06	17	2nd	9 16 48 70 75 77
2000-10-07	1	3rd	8 10 16 21 39 65
2000-10-04	10	4th	2 3 15 16 24 67
2000-08-30	14	2nd	8 16 59 61 78 90
2000-07-12	9	3rd	11 15 16 43 49 84
2000-06-10	57	2nd	3 16 37 56 58 79
1999-11-24	7	2nd	12 16 24 48 53 58
1999-10-30	9	1st	16 21 29 39 70 90
1999-09-29	9	2nd	4 16 27 55 67 72
1999-08-28	3	4th	7 12 14 16 24 45
1999-08-18	3	2nd	13 16 51 56 65 67
1999-08-07	4	2nd	4 16 29 58 69 88
1999-07-24	13	2nd	13 16 23 52 67 78
1999-06-09	2	1st	16 32 35 45 72 77
1999-06-02	2	2nd	2 16 17 65 69 72
1999-05-26	75	4th	3 4 13 16 59 70
1998-09-05	5	2nd	15 16 20 23 24 87
1998-08-19	11	3rd	6 15 16 50 62 82
1998-07-11	4	2nd	15 16 17 57 60 63
1998-06-27	3	2nd	2 16 38 40 44 57
1998-06-17	23	2nd	10 16 35 39 64 65
1998-03-28	4	1st	16 40 50 58 62 63
1998-03-14	17	1st	16 33 42 86 88 89
1998-01-14	—	1st	16 37 49 52 53 82