Number 16

In MultiMatch under the 6/43 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2022 rules — 1,318 draws, 6 from 1–43 (an earlier era).

197times drawn · chance expected 184 +1.04σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

6.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

31longest completed wait · 89% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 197 times in 1,318 draws against 183.9 expected, +1.04σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 197 times in 1,318 draws · average wait 6.7 draws · longest completed wait 31 · 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 smallest18 · chance 18.7
2nd smallest64 · chance 61.0
3rd smallest59 · chance 71.1
4th smallest48 · chance 37.0
5th smallest6 · chance 8.5
6th smallest2 · chance 0.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 8 31 24 23 35

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 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 43. 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
2022-11-21	8	2nd	9 16 20 23 35 39
2022-10-24	11	3rd	8 15 16 28 36 40
2022-09-15	21	3rd	2 11 16 19 22 24

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 6/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

2020-10-19	20	2nd	1 16 23 35 39 42
2020-08-10	4	3rd	6 12 16 20 38 41
2020-07-27	5	2nd	11 16 27 30 34 37
2020-07-09	1	4th	1 2 12 16 21 34
2020-07-06	1	3rd	7 12 16 21 38 43
2020-07-02	2	2nd	5 16 22 39 40 41
2020-06-25	20	3rd	8 10 16 28 37 40
2020-04-16	10	3rd	3 13 16 24 29 34
2020-03-12	15	1st	16 19 23 32 35 36
2020-01-20	11	3rd	1 9 16 23 35 43
2019-12-12	4	4th	5 8 9 16 26 35
2019-11-28	1	2nd	14 16 29 31 35 40
2019-11-25	1	4th	2 3 12 16 19 25
2019-11-21	6	3rd	8 14 16 21 27 33
2019-10-31	4	1st	16 17 19 31 41 42
2019-10-17	7	3rd	11 14 16 19 21 26
2019-09-23	12	4th	7 12 13 16 25 43
2019-08-12	7	3rd	9 14 16 19 33 35
2019-07-18	5	1st	16 23 30 31 33 34
2019-07-01	1	3rd	2 12 16 30 38 42
2019-06-27	3	1st	16 24 26 28 41 43
2019-06-17	6	4th	6 12 15 16 18 36
2019-05-27	9	3rd	9 11 16 24 38 42
2019-04-25	7	3rd	6 11 16 17 29 41
2019-04-01	3	2nd	14 16 17 27 38 43
2019-03-21	4	3rd	8 12 16 19 24 40
2019-03-07	12	3rd	9 13 16 24 42 43
2019-01-24	2	4th	2 9 11 16 22 30
2019-01-17	1	3rd	8 9 16 32 39 40
2019-01-14	6	4th	3 8 13 16 34 35
2018-12-24	2	4th	5 8 13 16 23 40
2018-12-17	21	3rd	3 8 16 19 27 29
2018-10-04	3	4th	6 10 13 16 23 25
2018-09-24	5	3rd	8 13 16 23 26 38
2018-09-06	10	2nd	13 16 24 31 36 42
2018-08-02	1	4th	3 5 11 16 27 30
2018-07-30	2	5th	1 2 10 13 16 20
2018-07-23	4	4th	3 5 8 16 20 23
2018-07-09	4	5th	7 8 9 10 16 19
2018-06-25	6	2nd	2 16 21 23 26 30
2018-06-04	4	3rd	4 10 16 30 34 36
2018-05-21	10	4th	4 8 10 16 27 35
2018-04-16	6	3rd	3 7 16 27 28 33
2018-03-26	3	2nd	15 16 17 29 31 41
2018-03-15	4	3rd	8 9 16 25 26 35
2018-03-01	21	3rd	4 15 16 36 40 42
2017-12-18	6	3rd	9 12 16 24 25 41
2017-11-27	8	4th	2 3 5 16 20 42
2017-10-30	23	2nd	12 16 20 21 34 42
2017-08-10	5	3rd	2 12 16 17 19 20
2017-07-24	4	2nd	4 16 21 31 38 39
2017-07-10	1	3rd	2 15 16 35 37 38
2017-07-06	17	3rd	5 9 16 20 22 38
2017-05-08	6	4th	1 4 5 16 20 24
2017-04-17	4	3rd	10 14 16 26 36 39
2017-04-03	6	4th	3 7 13 16 21 37
2017-03-13	7	2nd	7 16 19 25 33 35
2017-02-16	22	2nd	7 16 26 28 37 41
2016-12-01	7	3rd	2 8 16 31 39 40
2016-11-07	3	2nd	8 16 20 34 39 43
2016-10-27	2	2nd	1 16 18 26 41 42
2016-10-20	1	2nd	7 16 26 32 40 41
2016-10-17	14	2nd	12 16 17 21 35 43
2016-08-29	2	2nd	15 16 18 24 29 35
2016-08-22	7	3rd	2 7 16 19 24 28
2016-07-28	5	3rd	2 11 16 29 32 41
2016-07-11	2	4th	2 9 14 16 20 38
2016-07-04	14	3rd	2 4 16 21 27 34
2016-05-16	11	4th	5 7 12 16 21 33
2016-04-07	8	3rd	5 11 16 19 24 27
2016-03-10	10	4th	6 10 14 16 18 37
2016-02-04	6	4th	2 7 13 16 37 41
2016-01-14	2	1st	16 21 22 24 31 35
2016-01-07	12	6th	1 3 4 7 11 16
2015-11-26	17	3rd	4 5 16 31 35 37
2015-09-28	10	3rd	3 8 16 17 19 20
2015-08-24	3	4th	2 10 11 16 22 35
2015-08-13	2	4th	1 14 15 16 23 41
2015-08-06	7	3rd	10 14 16 33 38 40
2015-07-13	3	3rd	2 4 16 20 30 43
2015-07-02	3	3rd	7 9 16 21 22 25
2015-06-22	3	4th	3 5 7 16 18 21
2015-06-11	2	2nd	4 16 22 23 27 31
2015-06-04	13	3rd	1 9 16 24 27 35
2015-04-20	6	3rd	5 15 16 18 40 42
2015-03-30	24	5th	2 4 5 7 16 26
2015-01-05	4	3rd	9 14 16 17 22 23
2014-12-22	4	3rd	11 14 16 17 36 39
2014-12-08	2	3rd	1 15 16 20 22 37
2014-12-01	2	2nd	3 16 17 29 33 37
2014-11-24	1	3rd	2 8 16 18 31 41
2014-11-20	6	1st	16 17 21 22 26 27
2014-10-30	5	2nd	4 16 20 23 41 43
2014-10-13	12	2nd	2 16 23 31 36 40
2014-09-01	4	2nd	13 16 17 19 24 28
2014-08-18	2	3rd	2 8 16 17 24 41
2014-08-11	2	3rd	11 14 16 21 30 34
2014-08-04	19	2nd	14 16 19 23 31 35
2014-05-29	1	5th	1 7 8 15 16 30
2014-05-26	5	4th	2 8 12 16 29 30
2014-05-08	7	3rd	5 10 16 23 31 34
2014-04-14	6	3rd	1 3 16 22 32 38
2014-03-24	3	4th	1 10 13 16 37 38
2014-03-13	1	2nd	14 16 21 23 31 34
2014-03-10	7	2nd	14 16 25 27 36 37
2014-02-13	12	4th	1 14 15 16 31 34
2014-01-02	1	6th	5 8 9 11 13 16
2013-12-30	1	2nd	3 16 21 27 38 42
2013-12-26	5	2nd	4 16 20 21 28 37
2013-12-09	2	4th	2 6 13 16 29 36
2013-12-02	2	2nd	2 16 19 28 34 42
2013-11-25	6	4th	3 8 11 16 20 41
2013-11-04	1	2nd	13 16 17 19 22 34
2013-10-31	10	5th	7 9 11 12 16 38
2013-09-26	2	3rd	2 9 16 30 31 33
2013-09-19	1	4th	1 4 6 16 36 37
2013-09-16	10	4th	4 5 15 16 18 22
2013-08-12	13	2nd	2 16 20 36 38 40
2013-06-27	4	2nd	11 16 27 31 32 38
2013-06-13	1	3rd	4 7 16 17 37 38
2013-06-10	14	2nd	13 16 17 19 28 31
2013-04-22	5	1st	16 18 25 26 32 35
2013-04-04	15	2nd	2 16 22 27 30 34
2013-02-11	7	1st	16 28 31 35 37 42
2013-01-17	6	5th	4 6 10 15 16 24
2012-12-27	4	2nd	9 16 18 22 23 40
2012-12-13	5	4th	1 2 9 16 35 42
2012-11-26	2	2nd	3 16 24 37 39 41
2012-11-19	1	2nd	14 16 26 33 39 41
2012-11-15	2	2nd	7 16 18 23 35 40
2012-11-08	6	3rd	8 11 16 23 33 36
2012-10-18	1	1st	16 17 20 21 33 43
2012-10-15	2	2nd	6 16 18 24 29 37
2012-10-08	1	1st	16 23 24 25 35 42
2012-10-04	2	4th	10 13 15 16 22 34
2012-09-27	1	2nd	13 16 20 30 38 43
2012-09-24	17	4th	3 5 7 16 29 43
2012-07-26	9	2nd	5 16 17 18 19 29
2012-06-25	6	2nd	11 16 28 30 34 36
2012-06-04	10	4th	10 14 15 16 31 37
2012-04-30	2	3rd	8 14 16 24 25 31
2012-04-23	4	4th	2 10 14 16 20 26
2012-04-09	1	4th	2 6 8 16 36 39
2012-04-05	2	2nd	9 16 22 35 36 38
2012-03-29	3	3rd	14 15 16 19 28 43
2012-03-19	3	2nd	14 16 25 31 32 42
2012-03-08	4	2nd	4 16 21 22 23 32
2012-02-23	6	2nd	7 16 22 23 26 33
2012-01-30	19	1st	16 24 28 33 36 40
2011-11-24	5	4th	6 12 15 16 33 40
2011-11-07	9	4th	1 8 13 16 31 33
2011-10-06	6	3rd	1 9 16 20 28 31
2011-09-15	2	1st	16 21 30 33 34 41
2011-09-08	3	2nd	2 16 24 33 35 43
2011-08-29	10	4th	2 10 14 16 22 43
2011-07-25	5	4th	1 6 8 16 27 34
2011-07-07	23	3rd	7 9 16 26 28 42
2011-04-18	8	4th	1 4 11 16 19 34
2011-03-21	11	3rd	2 14 16 17 20 41
2011-02-10	7	4th	8 10 11 16 32 40
2011-01-17	2	2nd	13 16 20 23 26 40
2011-01-10	1	2nd	13 16 21 29 32 43
2011-01-06	7	1st	16 23 28 32 37 43
2010-12-13	2	2nd	8 16 22 24 31 39
2010-12-06	22	4th	10 13 15 16 22 43
2010-09-20	9	2nd	2 16 31 34 37 42
2010-08-19	1	2nd	11 16 24 27 28 40
2010-08-16	5	2nd	15 16 25 28 35 42
2010-07-29	1	2nd	14 16 17 19 22 27
2010-07-26	23	2nd	15 16 29 31 41 42
2010-05-06	7	2nd	8 16 25 31 41 42
2010-04-12	2	4th	12 13 14 16 21 36
2010-04-05	—	1st	16 22 30 31 39 43