Number 16

In Big Sky Bonus under the 4/31 + 1/17 · Nov 2016 – Oct 2024 rules — 2,889 draws, 4 from 1–31 (an earlier era).

398times drawn · chance expected 373 +1.40σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 19% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

42longest completed wait · 75% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 398 times in 2,889 draws against 372.8 expected, +1.40σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 398 times in 2,889 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 13 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 smallest43 · chance 44.6
2nd smallest133 · chance 154.4
3rd smallest160 · chance 154.4
4th smallest62 · chance 44.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 39.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 11 2 20 22 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
2024-10-02	3	2nd	11 16 23 28
2024-09-29	1	2nd	1 16 27 29
2024-09-28	10	3rd	2 13 16 31
2024-09-18	9	3rd	3 15 16 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 4/31 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-03-20	21	3rd	4 6 16 28
2024-02-28	2	4th	3 11 12 16
2024-02-26	8	1st	16 24 28 30
2024-02-18	5	3rd	7 9 16 26
2024-02-13	2	3rd	9 11 16 24
2024-02-11	1	3rd	3 10 16 29
2024-02-10	2	2nd	12 16 22 27
2024-02-08	4	2nd	12 16 26 30
2024-02-04	27	1st	16 28 29 31
2024-01-08	16	3rd	4 5 16 23
2023-12-23	2	4th	8 9 11 16
2023-12-21	3	1st	16 20 24 27
2023-12-18	1	2nd	10 16 17 28
2023-12-17	1	3rd	1 5 16 30
2023-12-16	10	1st	16 17 29 30
2023-12-06	1	3rd	4 14 16 22
2023-12-05	3	2nd	2 16 26 31
2023-12-02	10	2nd	2 16 17 25
2023-11-22	8	4th	8 11 15 16
2023-11-14	11	2nd	7 16 27 28
2023-11-03	3	2nd	3 16 26 30
2023-10-31	2	3rd	6 11 16 20
2023-10-29	8	3rd	5 8 16 19
2023-10-21	20	3rd	4 9 16 20
2023-10-01	3	3rd	10 13 16 28
2023-09-28	11	4th	1 4 11 16
2023-09-17	5	4th	8 12 13 16
2023-09-12	14	2nd	4 16 26 28
2023-08-29	4	1st	16 22 25 31
2023-08-25	21	3rd	4 5 16 30
2023-08-04	21	2nd	3 16 19 23
2023-07-14	3	2nd	1 16 18 22
2023-07-11	16	3rd	2 15 16 19
2023-06-25	11	4th	2 9 12 16
2023-06-14	19	2nd	3 16 18 19
2023-05-26	18	3rd	1 6 16 19
2023-05-08	2	3rd	3 13 16 26
2023-05-06	4	3rd	11 12 16 17
2023-05-02	3	4th	2 8 9 16
2023-04-29	26	3rd	6 13 16 17
2023-04-03	2	3rd	1 9 16 30
2023-04-01	26	4th	5 7 10 16
2023-03-06	15	1st	16 24 30 31
2023-02-19	1	2nd	3 16 20 22
2023-02-18	8	2nd	4 16 22 23
2023-02-10	20	3rd	2 7 16 22
2023-01-21	1	3rd	3 15 16 26
2023-01-20	8	2nd	2 16 19 30
2023-01-12	8	3rd	5 14 16 17
2023-01-04	5	3rd	9 12 16 17
2022-12-30	10	3rd	3 4 16 27
2022-12-20	7	2nd	8 16 20 21
2022-12-13	9	2nd	2 16 27 30
2022-12-04	2	2nd	5 16 25 26
2022-12-02	6	2nd	2 16 21 26
2022-11-26	3	4th	3 13 15 16
2022-11-23	3	1st	16 18 20 25
2022-11-20	12	3rd	2 15 16 21
2022-11-08	18	2nd	15 16 19 30
2022-10-21	16	2nd	10 16 22 30
2022-10-05	6	2nd	3 16 20 25
2022-09-29	20	2nd	3 16 23 25
2022-09-09	1	3rd	4 6 16 26
2022-09-08	3	1st	16 22 23 26
2022-09-05	1	1st	16 17 23 31
2022-09-04	5	2nd	5 16 21 28
2022-08-30	8	3rd	6 10 16 29
2022-08-22	4	3rd	2 8 16 29
2022-08-18	3	3rd	9 14 16 17
2022-08-15	2	1st	16 17 24 30
2022-08-13	1	2nd	5 16 17 23
2022-08-12	4	3rd	6 15 16 21
2022-08-08	6	2nd	4 16 17 30
2022-08-02	10	3rd	8 14 16 27
2022-07-23	7	4th	2 6 10 16
2022-07-16	1	2nd	13 16 28 30
2022-07-15	3	3rd	6 9 16 19
2022-07-12	2	3rd	1 9 16 21
2022-07-10	3	3rd	10 11 16 27
2022-07-07	6	4th	5 10 14 16
2022-07-01	4	3rd	8 11 16 19
2022-06-27	3	2nd	3 16 23 31
2022-06-24	10	4th	1 10 13 16
2022-06-14	11	2nd	13 16 20 24
2022-06-03	10	3rd	9 12 16 17
2022-05-24	35	1st	16 21 27 29
2022-04-19	1	1st	16 25 28 30
2022-04-18	2	3rd	5 14 16 17
2022-04-16	8	3rd	10 13 16 29
2022-04-08	8	2nd	4 16 19 22
2022-03-31	8	2nd	11 16 23 31
2022-03-23	4	2nd	10 16 24 29
2022-03-19	1	3rd	2 9 16 21
2022-03-18	4	3rd	2 12 16 20
2022-03-14	5	2nd	11 16 19 26
2022-03-09	1	4th	2 8 15 16
2022-03-08	8	2nd	9 16 30 31
2022-02-28	2	2nd	5 16 18 19
2022-02-26	2	2nd	12 16 21 28
2022-02-24	13	1st	16 24 25 28
2022-02-11	2	2nd	7 16 24 31
2022-02-09	5	2nd	4 16 19 26
2022-02-04	3	3rd	7 13 16 20
2022-02-01	36	2nd	5 16 22 30
2021-12-27	3	3rd	4 11 16 18
2021-12-24	3	3rd	4 9 16 23
2021-12-21	1	4th	1 5 11 16
2021-12-20	18	2nd	6 16 19 22
2021-12-02	6	4th	3 4 6 16
2021-11-26	19	3rd	3 13 16 20
2021-11-07	9	3rd	11 12 16 22
2021-10-29	39	2nd	2 16 23 30
2021-09-20	4	2nd	13 16 18 22
2021-09-16	7	4th	6 11 12 16
2021-09-09	2	2nd	11 16 19 23
2021-09-07	3	1st	16 27 29 30
2021-09-04	9	2nd	2 16 20 24
2021-08-26	8	1st	16 17 27 29
2021-08-18	11	2nd	8 16 23 30
2021-08-07	8	3rd	5 14 16 20
2021-07-30	16	3rd	4 14 16 18
2021-07-14	2	3rd	2 12 16 18
2021-07-12	16	2nd	13 16 20 28
2021-06-26	11	2nd	10 16 17 18
2021-06-15	5	2nd	7 16 21 25
2021-06-10	3	3rd	1 5 16 24
2021-06-07	14	2nd	11 16 21 23
2021-05-24	7	3rd	3 5 16 24
2021-05-17	2	2nd	1 16 20 30
2021-05-15	2	1st	16 20 23 29
2021-05-13	2	3rd	4 13 16 24
2021-05-11	1	3rd	9 14 16 22
2021-05-10	1	4th	3 9 13 16
2021-05-09	12	2nd	7 16 28 30
2021-04-27	6	1st	16 22 24 26
2021-04-21	5	2nd	2 16 19 22
2021-04-16	1	4th	3 4 10 16
2021-04-15	3	4th	9 11 12 16
2021-04-12	9	4th	2 3 13 16
2021-04-03	6	2nd	1 16 21 28
2021-03-28	22	1st	16 17 19 22
2021-03-06	11	3rd	3 5 16 22
2021-02-23	12	2nd	8 16 20 28
2021-02-11	15	3rd	4 5 16 21
2021-01-27	2	2nd	11 16 18 25
2021-01-25	22	3rd	8 13 16 21
2021-01-03	17	4th	5 8 9 16
2020-12-17	4	3rd	3 9 16 28
2020-12-13	8	3rd	1 12 16 25
2020-12-05	18	4th	1 4 7 16
2020-11-17	1	3rd	9 11 16 28
2020-11-16	5	4th	2 6 14 16
2020-11-11	12	4th	11 14 15 16
2020-10-30	5	3rd	8 11 16 19
2020-10-25	4	3rd	9 14 16 17
2020-10-21	8	3rd	2 11 16 27
2020-10-13	2	4th	5 13 15 16
2020-10-11	27	4th	3 7 15 16
2020-09-14	1	4th	2 4 11 16
2020-09-13	1	4th	5 6 7 16
2020-09-12	8	4th	2 10 13 16
2020-09-04	2	3rd	12 15 16 24
2020-09-02	5	2nd	11 16 17 27
2020-08-28	7	2nd	4 16 18 21
2020-08-21	2	2nd	4 16 18 20
2020-08-19	10	3rd	3 8 16 20
2020-08-09	3	3rd	3 7 16 23
2020-08-06	4	1st	16 17 21 22
2020-08-02	6	2nd	11 16 27 28
2020-07-27	12	1st	16 20 24 27
2020-07-15	6	3rd	1 4 16 18
2020-07-09	2	3rd	6 10 16 24
2020-07-07	16	2nd	5 16 22 23
2020-06-21	4	3rd	13 14 16 22
2020-06-17	7	3rd	2 15 16 26
2020-06-10	4	3rd	12 15 16 25
2020-06-06	11	2nd	15 16 25 26
2020-05-26	7	3rd	9 12 16 17
2020-05-19	12	2nd	13 16 19 26
2020-05-07	15	4th	1 2 5 16
2020-04-22	14	2nd	12 16 27 28
2020-04-08	5	3rd	5 10 16 27
2020-04-03	4	2nd	6 16 18 23
2020-03-30	11	4th	2 3 7 16
2020-03-19	16	2nd	8 16 20 21
2020-03-03	14	2nd	10 16 19 25
2020-02-18	6	3rd	7 15 16 28
2020-02-12	4	4th	10 13 15 16
2020-02-08	7	3rd	7 10 16 20
2020-02-01	12	2nd	14 16 23 25
2020-01-20	13	2nd	13 16 19 24
2020-01-07	6	2nd	14 16 25 27
2020-01-01	4	2nd	6 16 23 27
2019-12-28	3	1st	16 17 23 27
2019-12-25	1	3rd	1 2 16 24
2019-12-24	9	3rd	2 9 16 17
2019-12-15	15	4th	13 14 15 16
2019-11-30	1	4th	4 8 13 16
2019-11-29	11	1st	16 19 22 23
2019-11-18	2	4th	7 11 14 16
2019-11-16	10	2nd	1 16 18 28
2019-11-06	4	3rd	7 14 16 23
2019-11-02	5	2nd	14 16 18 19
2019-10-28	7	2nd	3 16 17 22
2019-10-21	11	3rd	1 14 16 20
2019-10-10	3	3rd	7 15 16 20
2019-10-07	21	1st	16 19 25 26
2019-09-16	11	4th	4 6 12 16
2019-09-05	4	4th	5 9 11 16
2019-09-01	7	3rd	3 6 16 18
2019-08-25	3	3rd	10 14 16 21
2019-08-22	2	3rd	3 13 16 28
2019-08-20	3	3rd	7 11 16 22
2019-08-17	8	2nd	6 16 23 26
2019-08-09	1	2nd	8 16 18 28
2019-08-08	2	3rd	1 9 16 20
2019-08-06	5	3rd	1 2 16 20
2019-08-01	6	3rd	5 7 16 28
2019-07-26	7	3rd	1 3 16 28
2019-07-19	9	3rd	4 14 16 28
2019-07-10	1	1st	16 20 25 26
2019-07-09	3	2nd	4 16 17 21
2019-07-06	1	3rd	7 13 16 20
2019-07-05	7	3rd	7 9 16 19
2019-06-28	10	1st	16 19 21 23
2019-06-18	2	2nd	7 16 25 27
2019-06-16	1	3rd	3 14 16 21
2019-06-15	3	4th	3 8 11 16
2019-06-12	2	2nd	14 16 26 28
2019-06-10	1	2nd	4 16 18 19
2019-06-09	9	2nd	1 16 19 20
2019-05-31	5	3rd	9 10 16 26
2019-05-26	5	3rd	13 15 16 17
2019-05-21	6	3rd	1 8 16 25
2019-05-15	11	4th	2 9 14 16
2019-05-04	24	4th	6 8 11 16
2019-04-10	15	2nd	12 16 22 26
2019-03-26	8	3rd	6 8 16 17
2019-03-18	1	2nd	1 16 18 19
2019-03-17	5	2nd	5 16 18 19
2019-03-12	1	4th	6 9 15 16
2019-03-11	1	2nd	14 16 25 28
2019-03-10	4	4th	1 3 14 16
2019-03-06	3	1st	16 19 22 23
2019-03-03	12	3rd	8 14 16 27
2019-02-19	10	4th	8 9 15 16
2019-02-09	3	3rd	6 8 16 20
2019-02-06	6	3rd	9 14 16 23
2019-01-31	4	3rd	1 2 16 18
2019-01-27	2	2nd	10 16 21 27
2019-01-25	2	2nd	9 16 20 25
2019-01-23	9	4th	1 6 12 16
2019-01-14	7	2nd	6 16 17 21
2019-01-07	1	3rd	4 12 16 26
2019-01-06	7	4th	6 9 14 16
2018-12-30	5	3rd	14 15 16 18
2018-12-25	12	4th	3 8 11 16
2018-12-13	1	3rd	5 10 16 18
2018-12-12	3	2nd	2 16 21 22
2018-12-09	6	2nd	8 16 22 23
2018-12-03	12	1st	16 18 25 26
2018-11-21	1	2nd	7 16 17 28
2018-11-20	5	3rd	2 13 16 24
2018-11-15	12	3rd	5 14 16 28
2018-11-03	16	3rd	8 10 16 25
2018-10-18	16	1st	16 20 21 22
2018-10-02	22	4th	7 13 15 16
2018-09-10	5	4th	5 12 15 16
2018-09-05	2	2nd	4 16 18 22
2018-09-03	4	3rd	11 15 16 27
2018-08-30	7	4th	5 10 13 16
2018-08-23	1	4th	6 9 15 16
2018-08-22	2	3rd	10 11 16 26
2018-08-20	11	3rd	10 11 16 25
2018-08-09	7	2nd	2 16 18 21
2018-08-02	6	2nd	8 16 19 27
2018-07-27	9	3rd	4 8 16 20
2018-07-18	3	3rd	1 14 16 24
2018-07-15	1	2nd	3 16 20 26
2018-07-14	9	2nd	11 16 17 22
2018-07-05	1	3rd	8 10 16 21
2018-07-04	1	2nd	6 16 22 28
2018-07-03	10	4th	2 4 13 16
2018-06-23	2	2nd	11 16 18 24
2018-06-21	4	2nd	8 16 18 27
2018-06-17	2	3rd	5 8 16 27
2018-06-15	3	3rd	1 2 16 19
2018-06-12	13	3rd	9 14 16 20
2018-05-30	5	4th	3 4 6 16
2018-05-25	6	3rd	5 12 16 19
2018-05-19	3	2nd	5 16 27 28
2018-05-16	2	3rd	5 6 16 25
2018-05-14	1	3rd	9 13 16 26
2018-05-13	5	3rd	5 11 16 28
2018-05-08	6	2nd	13 16 18 19
2018-05-02	17	3rd	2 10 16 26
2018-04-15	10	1st	16 20 21 24
2018-04-05	3	2nd	8 16 17 27
2018-04-02	13	4th	4 5 13 16
2018-03-20	13	2nd	1 16 26 28
2018-03-07	6	1st	16 22 25 26
2018-03-01	8	2nd	11 16 17 19
2018-02-21	1	1st	16 18 25 28
2018-02-20	3	2nd	3 16 20 23
2018-02-17	4	2nd	11 16 17 23
2018-02-13	2	2nd	5 16 19 24
2018-02-11	5	2nd	3 16 20 25
2018-02-06	8	3rd	6 11 16 20
2018-01-29	6	2nd	5 16 17 25
2018-01-23	2	3rd	2 15 16 25
2018-01-21	1	1st	16 17 19 24
2018-01-20	10	3rd	6 7 16 20
2018-01-10	6	2nd	13 16 17 25
2018-01-04	7	2nd	9 16 17 25
2017-12-28	5	3rd	7 13 16 20
2017-12-23	3	3rd	10 15 16 22
2017-12-20	12	4th	3 9 13 16
2017-12-08	8	1st	16 18 23 26
2017-11-30	17	3rd	2 11 16 26
2017-11-13	4	1st	16 19 21 25
2017-11-09	11	3rd	1 2 16 17
2017-10-29	1	3rd	4 12 16 22
2017-10-28	7	1st	16 19 20 21
2017-10-20	1	3rd	1 10 16 19
2017-10-19	7	4th	1 4 5 16
2017-10-12	1	3rd	6 11 16 23
2017-10-11	28	2nd	14 16 22 28
2017-09-12	1	3rd	10 15 16 22
2017-09-11	1	3rd	2 4 16 26
2017-09-10	16	3rd	8 11 16 22
2017-08-25	19	3rd	2 13 16 24
2017-08-06	1	2nd	12 16 17 22
2017-08-05	13	3rd	8 12 16 23
2017-07-23	1	3rd	1 5 16 22
2017-07-22	3	3rd	1 9 16 19
2017-07-19	3	2nd	2 16 17 22
2017-07-16	7	4th	3 4 8 16
2017-07-09	17	3rd	3 4 16 26
2017-06-22	1	2nd	6 16 17 28
2017-06-21	6	3rd	5 11 16 17
2017-06-15	6	3rd	1 11 16 22
2017-06-09	4	4th	2 8 14 16
2017-06-05	2	2nd	8 16 21 26
2017-06-03	15	3rd	6 10 16 20
2017-05-19	10	1st	16 17 23 27
2017-05-09	1	3rd	9 15 16 28
2017-05-08	3	3rd	2 7 16 24
2017-05-05	3	2nd	8 16 24 26
2017-05-02	7	3rd	9 15 16 18
2017-04-25	8	2nd	12 16 20 28
2017-04-17	12	3rd	10 13 16 21
2017-04-05	21	3rd	9 15 16 26
2017-03-15	4	3rd	8 14 16 22
2017-03-11	3	2nd	11 16 19 20
2017-03-08	5	3rd	2 9 16 27
2017-03-03	11	3rd	1 9 16 25
2017-02-20	4	2nd	15 16 26 27
2017-02-16	3	2nd	8 16 23 27
2017-02-13	4	4th	9 12 13 16
2017-02-09	4	2nd	14 16 18 20
2017-02-05	5	4th	4 8 13 16
2017-01-31	6	4th	9 14 15 16
2017-01-25	1	2nd	12 16 18 26
2017-01-24	5	2nd	12 16 23 26
2017-01-19	11	4th	4 7 9 16
2017-01-08	8	2nd	9 16 27 28
2016-12-31	1	2nd	7 16 18 22
2016-12-30	16	4th	10 12 14 16
2016-12-14	2	3rd	1 15 16 21
2016-12-12	6	3rd	5 11 16 20
2016-12-06	1	3rd	6 15 16 24
2016-12-05	3	1st	16 17 22 26
2016-12-02	11	3rd	2 5 16 19
2016-11-21	—	2nd	14 16 22 26