Number 16

In MyDaY under the 3/99 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2026 rules — 5,628 draws, 3 from 0–99 (an earlier era).

248times drawn · chance expected 169 +6.19σ

39draws waiting · a wait this long: 31% for any number

22.6average wait between appearances · chance says 33.3

129longest completed wait · 99% chance of one at least that long

16 deviates beyond what chance explains for a pool of 100

Drawn 248 times in 5,628 draws against 168.8 expected, +6.19σ. It passes even the threshold tightened for testing every number at once. Read the draw-by-draw history below before reading anything into it — and it still says nothing about the next draw.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 248 times in 5,628 draws · average wait 22.6 draws · longest completed wait 129 · waiting 39 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 smallest0 · chance 174.0
2nd smallest192 · chance 67.9
3rd smallest56 · chance 6.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 2 5 3 11 7

Never drawn alongside 9 of the other 99 numbers; chance expects about 0.7 such strangers 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 — 16th most popular of 100. 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
2026-07-14	2	2nd	8 16 73
2026-07-12	53	3rd	4 12 16
2026-05-20	12	3rd	4 7 16
2026-05-08	10	2nd	1 16 17
2026-04-28	1	2nd	2 16 83
2026-04-27

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 3/100 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-04	22	2nd	5 16 26
2025-04-12	34	2nd	3 16 91
2025-03-09	8	2nd	4 16 68
2025-03-01	79	3rd	3 11 16
2024-12-12	43	2nd	9 16 23
2024-10-30	32	3rd	2 11 16
2024-09-28	24	2nd	2 16 64
2024-09-04	36	3rd	8 12 16
2024-07-30	55	2nd	11 16 65
2024-06-05	9	2nd	3 16 87
2024-05-27	0	2nd	10 16
2024-05-27	4	2nd	10 16
2024-05-23	47	2nd	2 16 99
2024-04-06	20	2nd	7 16 40
2024-03-17	30	2nd	10 16 72
2024-02-16	42	2nd	5 16 86
2024-01-05	24	2nd	10 16 49
2023-12-12	22	2nd	3 16 18
2023-11-20	7	2nd	4 16 18
2023-11-13	22	2nd	9 16 54
2023-10-22	3	2nd	6 16 43
2023-10-19	23	2nd	7 16 64
2023-09-26	15	2nd	2 16 66
2023-09-11	92	2nd	11 16 30
2023-06-11	13	3rd	6 7 16
2023-05-29	8	2nd	9 16 20
2023-05-21	31	2nd	4 16 17
2023-04-20	62	3rd	3 12 16
2023-02-17	6	2nd	3 16 22
2023-02-11	1	2nd	6 16 50
2023-02-10	3	3rd	5 14 16
2023-02-07	57	2nd	2 16 18
2022-12-12	1	3rd	6 10 16
2022-12-11	26	2nd	2 16 75
2022-11-15	3	2nd	7 16 84
2022-11-12	15	2nd	1 16 53
2022-10-28	22	2nd	7 16 88
2022-10-06	12	2nd	4 16 40
2022-09-24	38	2nd	2 16 84
2022-08-17	12	2nd	11 16 59
2022-08-05	46	2nd	8 16 91
2022-06-20	4	2nd	8 16 43
2022-06-16	60	2nd	4 16 56
2022-04-17	13	3rd	5 12 16
2022-04-04	6	2nd	9 16 23
2022-03-29	12	2nd	1 16 32
2022-03-17	11	3rd	1 8 16
2022-03-06	34	2nd	4 16 31
2022-01-31	32	2nd	12 16 64
2021-12-30	20	2nd	9 16 62
2021-12-10	26	3rd	3 12 16
2021-11-14	1	2nd	5 16 87
2021-11-13	29	3rd	11 15 16
2021-10-15	9	2nd	7 16 76
2021-10-06	8	2nd	10 16 23
2021-09-28	23	3rd	9 12 16
2021-09-05	1	2nd	7 16 48
2021-09-04	1	2nd	3 16 33
2021-09-03	5	2nd	2 16 24
2021-08-29	29	2nd	12 16 97
2021-07-31	24	2nd	2 16 22
2021-07-07	5	3rd	7 11 16
2021-07-02	29	2nd	5 16 75
2021-06-03	4	2nd	5 16 32
2021-05-30	20	2nd	9 16 33
2021-05-10	4	2nd	6 16 33
2021-05-06	2	2nd	4 16 28
2021-05-04	23	2nd	8 16 36
2021-04-11	57	3rd	9 12 16
2021-02-13	60	2nd	8 16 74
2020-12-15	76	2nd	7 16 69
2020-09-30	9	2nd	9 16 95
2020-09-21	45	3rd	5 9 16
2020-08-07	10	2nd	8 16 21
2020-07-28	10	3rd	10 10 16
2020-07-18	29	3rd	4 9 16
2020-06-19	13	2nd	5 16 64
2020-06-06	48	2nd	2 16 21
2020-04-19	10	2nd	12 16 95
2020-04-09	19	2nd	10 16 78
2020-03-21	129	3rd	2 9 16
2019-11-13	2	3rd	1 12 16
2019-11-11	8	2nd	4 16 86
2019-11-03	6	3rd	6 13 16
2019-10-28	26	2nd	11 16 80
2019-10-02	18	3rd	7 11 16
2019-09-14	5	2nd	11 16 92
2019-09-09	11	2nd	12 16 77
2019-08-29	2	2nd	4 16 75
2019-08-27	103	3rd	8 15 16
2019-05-16	14	2nd	3 16 75
2019-05-02	7	2nd	1 16 41
2019-04-25	1	3rd	8 12 16
2019-04-24	13	2nd	7 16 32
2019-04-11	35	2nd	8 16 26
2019-03-07	9	3rd	5 15 16
2019-02-26	10	3rd	3 7 16
2019-02-16	17	2nd	11 16 72
2019-01-30	4	2nd	4 16 72
2019-01-26	20	3rd	1 6 16
2019-01-06	62	2nd	8 16 47
2018-11-05	18	3rd	3 7 16
2018-10-18	14	2nd	3 16 60
2018-10-04	1	2nd	10 16 63
2018-10-03	25	2nd	12 16 65
2018-09-08	5	2nd	4 16 50
2018-09-03	49	2nd	11 16 23
2018-07-16	8	3rd	7 14 16
2018-07-08	57	3rd	5 10 16
2018-05-12	1	2nd	7 16 20
2018-05-11	14	2nd	4 16 59
2018-04-27	18	2nd	1 16 79
2018-04-09	4	2nd	3 16 57
2018-04-05	4	2nd	6 16 94
2018-04-01	65	2nd	8 16 23
2018-01-26	18	3rd	8 12 16
2018-01-08	4	3rd	5 12 16
2018-01-04	51	2nd	7 16 88
2017-11-14	7	3rd	5 9 16
2017-11-07	30	2nd	2 16 61
2017-10-08	28	2nd	10 16 65
2017-09-10	38	2nd	4 16 56
2017-08-03	8	2nd	11 16 71
2017-07-26	21	2nd	1 16 27
2017-07-05	22	2nd	4 16 33
2017-06-13	6	2nd	3 16 28
2017-06-07	17	3rd	9 13 16
2017-05-21	82	3rd	1 3 16
2017-02-28	9	2nd	5 16 91
2017-02-19	3	2nd	6 16 69
2017-02-16	19	2nd	3 16 78
2017-01-28	25	2nd	11 16 51
2017-01-03	26	2nd	4 16 26
2016-12-08	56	2nd	6 16 91
2016-10-08	7	2nd	11 16 77
2016-09-30	32	2nd	3 16 31
2016-08-24	28	3rd	8 12 16
2016-07-22	77	2nd	4 16 98
2016-04-23	14	2nd	4 16 59
2016-04-07	13	2nd	12 16 94
2016-03-23	5	2nd	8 16 48
2016-03-17	0	2nd	6 16
2016-03-17	5	2nd	6 16
2016-03-11	14	2nd	3 16 18
2016-02-24	41	2nd	5 16 72
2016-01-07	28	3rd	9 11 16
2015-12-05	57	2nd	2 16 95
2015-09-30	52	2nd	4 16 42
2015-07-31	7	2nd	10 16 43
2015-07-23	12	2nd	4 16 17
2015-07-09	22	2nd	2 16 43
2015-06-13	3	2nd	6 16 39
2015-06-10	32	2nd	3 16 25
2015-05-04	1	2nd	11 16 70
2015-05-02	10	2nd	4 16 93
2015-04-21	56	2nd	4 16 59
2015-02-14	5	3rd	5 7 16
2015-02-09	76	3rd	3 3 16
2014-11-11	3	3rd	1 8 16
2014-11-07	10	2nd	2 16 46
2014-10-27	6	2nd	5 16 69
2014-10-20	17	2nd	11 16 86
2014-09-30	86	2nd	6 16 96
2014-06-21	22	2nd	10 16 69
2014-05-27	0	2nd	7 16
2014-05-27	8	2nd	7 16
2014-05-17	27	2nd	2 16 34
2014-04-16	19	2nd	2 16 30
2014-03-25	15	2nd	5 16 22
2014-03-07	4	2nd	2 16 57
2014-03-03	40	2nd	5 16 98
2014-01-15	3	2nd	1 16 28
2014-01-11	14	2nd	11 16 25
2013-12-26	44	2nd	11 16 59
2013-11-05	45	2nd	2 16 54
2013-09-13	40	2nd	7 16 80
2013-07-29	6	2nd	4 16 74
2013-07-22	86	2nd	10 16 17
2013-04-12	13	2nd	4 16 59
2013-03-28	0	2nd	10 16
2013-03-28	120	2nd	10 16
2012-11-08	11	2nd	8 16 46
2012-10-26	10	2nd	5 16 63
2012-10-15	7	3rd	1 7 16
2012-10-06	13	2nd	5 16 28
2012-09-21	25	3rd	2 13 16
2012-08-23	6	2nd	6 16 52
2012-08-16	70	2nd	10 16 80
2012-05-26	10	2nd	4 16 24
2012-05-15	7	3rd	1 2 16
2012-05-05	78	2nd	11 16 69
2012-02-04	35	2nd	2 16 19
2011-12-26	1	2nd	2 16 19
2011-12-24	7	2nd	10 16 87
2011-12-16	12	2nd	3 16 78
2011-12-02	38	2nd	4 16 62
2011-10-19	19	3rd	7 9 16
2011-09-27	34	2nd	12 16 90
2011-08-18	6	2nd	8 16 37
2011-08-10	1	2nd	4 16 30
2011-08-09	17	3rd	8 11 16
2011-07-20	16	2nd	4 16 40
2011-07-01	22	2nd	3 16 44
2011-06-06	38	3rd	4 11 16
2011-04-22	55	2nd	10 16 64
2011-02-16	3	3rd	2 11 16
2011-02-12	12	2nd	4 16 74
2011-01-29	7	2nd	11 16 44
2011-01-21	11	2nd	7 16 28
2011-01-08	0	2nd	5 16
2011-01-08	10	2nd	5 16
2010-12-28	15	2nd	4 16 72
2010-12-10	10	2nd	12 16 29
2010-11-29	11	2nd	12 16 92
2010-11-16	4	3rd	3 6 16
2010-11-11	15	2nd	12 16 98
2010-10-25	52	3rd	3 6 16
2010-08-25	35	2nd	2 16 89
2010-07-15	22	2nd	4 16 23
2010-06-19	5	2nd	4 16 25
2010-06-14	34	2nd	8 16 26
2010-05-05	13	2nd	1 16 57
2010-04-20	1	2nd	6 16 60
2010-04-19	—	3rd	1 5 16