Number 16

In Cash 5 under the 5/41 · Apr 2014 – Jun 2017 rules — 1,156 draws, 5 from 1–41 (an earlier era).

141times drawn · chance expected 141 +0.00σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 35% for any number

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

49longest completed wait · 24% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 141 times in 1,156 draws against 141.0 expected, +0.00σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 141 times in 1,156 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 9 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 19.5
2nd smallest59 · chance 53.2
3rd smallest47 · chance 48.6
4th smallest13 · chance 17.5
5th smallest1 · chance 2.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

39 22 7 34 12 14

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 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 41. 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
2017-06-09	8	3rd	7 8 16 21 22
2017-06-01	1	2nd	5 16 20 34 35
2017-05-31	2	2nd	7 16 21 26 27
2017-05-29	6	3rd	4 14 16

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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

2016-10-21	12	3rd	1 7 16 35 39
2016-10-09	3	2nd	10 16 19 22 34
2016-10-06	21	3rd	7 14 16 17 38
2016-09-15	21	3rd	5 15 16 19 35
2016-08-25	4	3rd	3 15 16 23 30
2016-08-21	12	3rd	14 15 16 17 34
2016-08-09	6	2nd	7 16 27 32 37
2016-08-03	4	3rd	2 11 16 27 31
2016-07-30	8	3rd	8 10 16 19 28
2016-07-22	5	3rd	3 7 16 22 41
2016-07-17	6	3rd	6 11 16 26 39
2016-07-11	19	1st	16 35 38 39 41
2016-06-22	14	3rd	8 13 16 19 21
2016-06-08	6	2nd	12 16 20 22 29
2016-06-02	6	2nd	6 16 17 22 39
2016-05-27	1	4th	2 9 12 16 25
2016-05-26	7	3rd	11 13 16 29 30
2016-05-19	4	1st	16 22 23 33 40
2016-05-15	1	2nd	1 16 21 26 40
2016-05-14	1	4th	2 8 15 16 20
2016-05-13	15	2nd	8 16 26 38 41
2016-04-28	15	1st	16 23 28 34 41
2016-04-13	9	2nd	9 16 24 25 34
2016-04-04	5	2nd	13 16 27 30 41
2016-03-30	20	1st	16 23 26 33 34
2016-03-10	2	2nd	15 16 25 26 35
2016-03-08	49	3rd	2 6 16 30 39
2016-01-19	1	3rd	6 14 16 35 40
2016-01-18	14	3rd	6 15 16 31 41
2016-01-04	3	2nd	1 16 18 19 32
2016-01-01	9	4th	5 8 14 16 31
2015-12-23	7	2nd	8 16 17 22 39
2015-12-16	6	2nd	4 16 23 24 26
2015-12-10	13	3rd	2 13 16 27 38
2015-11-27	6	1st	16 18 30 31 35
2015-11-21	9	3rd	7 12 16 18 26
2015-11-12	1	1st	16 27 28 36 39
2015-11-11	3	4th	4 5 8 16 17
2015-11-08	18	2nd	9 16 23 26 35
2015-10-21	2	2nd	14 16 24 33 37
2015-10-19	5	1st	16 21 25 34 35
2015-10-14	21	4th	1 10 12 16 18
2015-09-23	9	3rd	5 6 16 19 21
2015-09-14	2	3rd	8 9 16 29 30
2015-09-12	14	1st	16 22 27 32 41
2015-08-29	22	2nd	2 16 22 29 38
2015-08-07	13	3rd	5 15 16 20 26
2015-07-25	6	4th	5 10 13 16 35
2015-07-19	5	2nd	6 16 17 21 32
2015-07-14	7	3rd	12 14 16 21 36
2015-07-07	3	3rd	10 15 16 19 38
2015-07-04	2	1st	16 26 31 36 39
2015-07-02	5	2nd	9 16 35 37 39
2015-06-27	6	2nd	7 16 30 35 40
2015-06-21	4	2nd	4 16 32 39 40
2015-06-17	21	3rd	7 9 16 17 34
2015-05-27	4	4th	4 10 13 16 22
2015-05-23	3	2nd	4 16 19 31 39
2015-05-20	12	4th	9 12 14 16 28
2015-05-08	16	2nd	1 16 27 35 37
2015-04-21	5	3rd	9 12 16 28 40
2015-04-16	2	2nd	14 16 17 18 40
2015-04-14	6	4th	3 11 13 16 31
2015-04-08	1	4th	1 5 9 16 29
2015-04-07	10	2nd	6 16 33 36 37
2015-03-28	9	2nd	2 16 18 25 36
2015-03-19	8	2nd	11 16 18 23 32
2015-03-11	4	3rd	2 3 16 34 41
2015-03-07	16	1st	16 22 23 31 39
2015-02-19	3	1st	16 22 25 29 32
2015-02-16	5	1st	16 26 32 39 40
2015-02-11	5	3rd	2 15 16 30 36
2015-02-06	7	1st	16 27 29 33 35
2015-01-30	3	3rd	4 5 16 17 33
2015-01-27	3	2nd	5 16 18 26 34
2015-01-24	2	2nd	12 16 21 24 39
2015-01-22	6	3rd	3 12 16 37 40
2015-01-16	3	2nd	5 16 18 22 29
2015-01-13	10	2nd	5 16 18 19 29
2015-01-03	4	2nd	3 16 18 36 38
2014-12-30	9	2nd	5 16 20 29 39
2014-12-21	2	2nd	12 16 23 25 31
2014-12-19	3	2nd	10 16 26 35 41
2014-12-16	10	2nd	12 16 22 25 37
2014-12-06	12	3rd	12 15 16 24 25
2014-11-24	3	5th	6 7 11 12 16
2014-11-21	1	3rd	5 14 16 18 31
2014-11-20	7	3rd	8 12 16 27 34
2014-11-13	1	2nd	6 16 20 23 24
2014-11-12	1	1st	16 23 24 29 39
2014-11-11	10	1st	16 27 34 36 39
2014-11-01	24	3rd	3 4 16 19 31
2014-10-08	4	2nd	7 16 18 30 33
2014-10-04	16	4th	6 7 14 16 30
2014-09-18	16	3rd	7 11 16 30 40
2014-09-02	3	2nd	1 16 19 22 36
2014-08-30	7	3rd	5 7 16 20 33
2014-08-23	1	3rd	7 13 16 27 34
2014-08-22	3	2nd	6 16 24 38 40
2014-08-19	5	2nd	14 16 25 28 38
2014-08-14	3	4th	6 9 13 16 39
2014-08-11	16	1st	16 30 31 32 34
2014-07-26	15	2nd	15 16 24 34 38
2014-07-11	21	2nd	15 16 24 37 38
2014-06-20	1	3rd	14 15 16 27 32
2014-06-19	8	1st	16 23 27 34 40
2014-06-11	1	2nd	14 16 18 24 33
2014-06-10	4	2nd	15 16 26 28 33
2014-06-06	6	3rd	1 9 16 21 22
2014-05-31	9	1st	16 19 20 29 35
2014-05-22	3	3rd	2 11 16 30 37
2014-05-19	3	3rd	1 12 16 20 34
2014-05-16	11	1st	16 22 24 37 41
2014-05-05	1	2nd	10 16 23 34 39
2014-05-04	3	2nd	14 16 26 28 41
2014-05-01	10	2nd	10 16 20 23 33
2014-04-21	—	2nd	11 16 26 32 33