Number 16

In Big Sky Bonus under the 4/31 + 1/16 · since Oct 2024 rules — 737 draws, 4 from 1–31.

93times drawn · chance expected 95 −0.23σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 66% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

53longest completed wait · 7% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 93 times in 737 draws against 95.1 expected, −0.23σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 93 times in 737 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 53 · waiting 4 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest10 · chance 10.4
2nd smallest34 · chance 36.1
3rd smallest37 · chance 36.1
4th smallest12 · chance 10.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 2 11 25 10 17

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 30 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 31. 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
2026-10-18	1	2nd	14 16 19 29
2026-10-17	3	2nd	2 16 24 25
2026-10-14	11	3rd	11 14 16 21
2026-10-03	5	4th	5 10 11 16
2026-09-28	9	4th

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 4/31 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-02	3	1st	16 17 22 25
2026-04-29	11	1st	16 18 27 28
2026-04-18	2	2nd	10 16 29 31
2026-04-16	9	2nd	8 16 24 30
2026-04-07	11	3rd	9 13 16 21
2026-03-27	24	4th	4 5 15 16
2026-03-03	4	2nd	5 16 28 31
2026-02-27	4	4th	4 6 8 16
2026-02-23	7	3rd	5 8 16 19
2026-02-16	2	2nd	1 16 17 19
2026-02-14	6	2nd	4 16 20 21
2026-02-08	1	3rd	4 14 16 28
2026-02-07	14	3rd	9 10 16 26
2026-01-24	33	4th	1 5 10 16
2025-12-22	1	3rd	10 11 16 19
2025-12-21	9	2nd	1 16 26 28
2025-12-12	1	1st	16 20 24 29
2025-12-11	1	2nd	3 16 17 31
2025-12-10	18	2nd	2 16 18 31
2025-11-22	1	3rd	6 7 16 28
2025-11-21	1	2nd	9 16 18 31
2025-11-20	8	1st	16 17 18 27
2025-11-12	15	4th	3 7 9 16
2025-10-28	2	3rd	4 6 16 26
2025-10-26	2	2nd	11 16 21 27
2025-10-24	2	3rd	5 7 16 24
2025-10-22	13	3rd	5 10 16 20
2025-10-09	4	3rd	9 13 16 25
2025-10-05	5	2nd	9 16 20 25
2025-09-30	1	4th	1 11 15 16
2025-09-29	3	1st	16 19 25 27
2025-09-26	8	3rd	3 4 16 25
2025-09-18	18	2nd	3 16 20 25
2025-08-31	5	2nd	14 16 21 22
2025-08-26	4	3rd	1 2 16 26
2025-08-22	6	4th	6 14 15 16
2025-08-16	11	2nd	2 16 21 30
2025-08-05	10	3rd	5 10 16 19
2025-07-26	4	4th	5 8 9 16
2025-07-22	7	3rd	2 6 16 18
2025-07-15	10	1st	16 18 19 22
2025-07-05	6	2nd	1 16 17 19
2025-06-29	8	3rd	9 13 16 24
2025-06-21	6	2nd	4 16 17 20
2025-06-15	9	1st	16 17 20 30
2025-06-06	12	2nd	3 16 18 26
2025-05-25	6	3rd	2 3 16 17
2025-05-19	4	2nd	5 16 22 25
2025-05-15	1	2nd	12 16 25 26
2025-05-14	2	3rd	8 14 16 28
2025-05-12	10	3rd	5 9 16 17
2025-05-02	53	4th	2 11 12 16
2025-03-10	10	2nd	1 16 29 31
2025-02-28	4	2nd	15 16 18 28
2025-02-24	5	3rd	11 12 16 26
2025-02-19	11	1st	16 18 19 20
2025-02-08	1	3rd	1 6 16 31
2025-02-07	10	2nd	6 16 26 29
2025-01-28	17	2nd	14 16 22 27
2025-01-11	8	3rd	2 7 16 21
2025-01-03	6	3rd	11 13 16 24
2024-12-28	8	3rd	3 11 16 21
2024-12-20	17	3rd	13 15 16 22
2024-12-03	5	2nd	7 16 17 27
2024-11-28	12	3rd	5 11 16 21
2024-11-16	18	3rd	4 11 16 26
2024-10-29	2	3rd	2 10 16 26
2024-10-27	2	1st	16 19 20 25
2024-10-25	—	3rd	2 9 16 31