In Loto Cash under the 5/35 + 2/10 · since Sep 2025 rules — 152 draws, 5 from 1–35.
19times drawn · chance expected 22 −0.63σ
8draws waiting · a wait this long: 34% for any number
7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0
17longest completed wait · 80% chance of one at least that long
16 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 19 times in 152 draws against 21.7 expected, −0.63σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
16
Number 16, draw by draw
Drawn 19 times in 152 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 17 · waiting 8 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.
Never drawn alongside 2 of the other 34 numbers; chance expects about 4 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 — 15th most popular of 35. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.