Number 16

In Daily Tennessee Jackpot under the 5/38 · since Nov 2022 rules — 1,441 draws, 5 from 1–38.

203times drawn · chance expected 190 +1.04σ

20draws waiting · a wait this long: 7% for any number

7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

32longest completed wait · 92% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 203 times in 1,441 draws against 189.6 expected, +1.04σ. Each draw is independent: after 20 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 203 times in 1,441 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 32 · waiting 20 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 smallest41 · chance 22.5
2nd smallest56 · chance 71.0
3rd smallest73 · chance 74.6
4th smallest31 · chance 30.8
5th smallest2 · chance 4.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

25 36 37 8 27 30

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 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 38. 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
2026-10-03	3	3rd	3 12 16 23 37
2026-09-30	5	3rd	10 14 16 28 31
2026-09-25	1	1st	16 17 30 31 34
2026-09-24	11	3rd	4

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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-12	1	4th	1 4 14 16 21
2026-05-11	2	3rd	8 11 16 29 36
2026-05-09	2	3rd	2 4 16 21 32
2026-05-07	1	1st	16 25 26 35 37
2026-05-06	1	3rd	9 12 16 18 36
2026-05-05	8	3rd	1 10 16 17 27
2026-04-27	10	4th	2 4 7 16 35
2026-04-17	1	4th	1 3 13 16 30
2026-04-16	12	1st	16 22 23 25 32
2026-04-04	3	2nd	2 16 19 20 35
2026-04-01	1	2nd	7 16 25 27 29
2026-03-31	1	1st	16 22 27 29 35
2026-03-30	3	3rd	11 13 16 30 36
2026-03-27	2	3rd	1 15 16 24 33
2026-03-25	12	4th	7 11 15 16 32
2026-03-13	12	3rd	3 5 16 19 30
2026-03-01	4	3rd	1 5 16 20 26
2026-02-25	6	3rd	3 13 16 27 29
2026-02-19	5	3rd	4 14 16 19 25
2026-02-14	7	1st	16 27 28 35 38
2026-02-07	2	3rd	1 5 16 22 37
2026-02-05	1	3rd	5 8 16 27 30
2026-02-04	2	3rd	3 15 16 17 29
2026-02-02	13	4th	7 12 13 16 19
2026-01-20	2	1st	16 20 35 37 38
2026-01-18	3	3rd	10 15 16 21 22
2026-01-15	3	1st	16 21 23 29 38
2026-01-12	2	1st	16 19 25 27 36
2026-01-10	10	3rd	6 8 16 17 34
2025-12-31	27	3rd	11 12 16 30 38
2025-12-04	7	4th	9 11 14 16 18
2025-11-27	8	1st	16 20 26 30 33
2025-11-19	4	2nd	11 16 22 29 30
2025-11-15	12	4th	10 11 14 16 37
2025-11-03	5	4th	2 6 7 16 25
2025-10-29	20	2nd	6 16 23 28 36
2025-10-09	5	4th	3 9 12 16 31
2025-10-04	3	3rd	3 8 16 22 25
2025-10-01	12	4th	4 6 13 16 32
2025-09-19	1	3rd	5 10 16 28 34
2025-09-18	7	3rd	2 14 16 17 35
2025-09-11	2	3rd	4 10 16 33 34
2025-09-09	1	3rd	8 15 16 33 37
2025-09-08	5	2nd	15 16 27 33 38
2025-09-03	8	2nd	5 16 18 26 37
2025-08-26	8	3rd	1 13 16 18 24
2025-08-18	5	2nd	1 16 20 25 31
2025-08-13	2	1st	16 19 34 37 38
2025-08-11	2	2nd	11 16 27 31 36
2025-08-09	1	2nd	12 16 20 22 26
2025-08-08	3	3rd	11 15 16 22 30
2025-08-05	12	3rd	6 7 16 31 38
2025-07-24	4	3rd	3 12 16 29 35
2025-07-20	2	1st	16 18 27 33 37
2025-07-18	1	4th	7 10 14 16 20
2025-07-17	4	4th	3 4 15 16 36
2025-07-13	6	3rd	9 13 16 22 26
2025-07-07	1	2nd	6 16 22 26 36
2025-07-06	12	2nd	4 16 23 29 30
2025-06-24	1	4th	1 7 13 16 25
2025-06-23	1	3rd	9 13 16 26 32
2025-06-22	3	3rd	4 9 16 17 21
2025-06-19	20	2nd	13 16 17 36 38
2025-05-30	9	2nd	15 16 29 32 37
2025-05-21	1	1st	16 17 21 24 25
2025-05-20	3	1st	16 17 20 30 37
2025-05-17	4	1st	16 22 23 26 34
2025-05-13	11	2nd	1 16 21 25 31
2025-05-02	1	2nd	11 16 19 22 33
2025-05-01	11	2nd	5 16 19 28 36
2025-04-20	1	2nd	8 16 18 20 37
2025-04-19	19	4th	2 3 8 16 25
2025-03-31	6	2nd	14 16 32 37 38
2025-03-25	1	3rd	2 10 16 17 27
2025-03-24	14	3rd	4 8 16 29 31
2025-03-10	6	2nd	6 16 24 26 31
2025-03-04	6	2nd	8 16 20 28 30
2025-02-26	9	2nd	8 16 18 33 35
2025-02-17	20	3rd	8 11 16 19 37
2025-01-28	9	4th	1 4 6 16 25
2025-01-19	2	3rd	7 11 16 24 28
2025-01-17	9	3rd	1 5 16 24 34
2025-01-08	4	1st	16 18 27 31 36
2025-01-04	8	1st	16 23 25 27 36
2024-12-27	6	1st	16 17 18 29 38
2024-12-21	5	2nd	13 16 26 34 35
2024-12-16	2	2nd	12 16 31 35 37
2024-12-14	18	1st	16 20 25 29 30
2024-11-26	12	1st	16 22 25 31 33
2024-11-14	29	3rd	6 15 16 28 35
2024-10-16	26	2nd	15 16 20 22 34
2024-09-20	1	1st	16 22 30 33 36
2024-09-19	20	3rd	9 14 16 32 38
2024-08-30	11	2nd	5 16 17 21 27
2024-08-19	3	2nd	10 16 30 31 33
2024-08-16	5	4th	1 11 14 16 17
2024-08-11	1	5th	1 7 8 10 16
2024-08-10	3	4th	5 6 12 16 17
2024-08-07	7	1st	16 17 18 25 35
2024-07-31	29	1st	16 18 27 35 37
2024-07-02	4	2nd	3 16 17 27 37
2024-06-28	10	1st	16 25 26 28 34
2024-06-18	5	3rd	9 15 16 27 28
2024-06-13	3	2nd	14 16 25 26 31
2024-06-10	7	1st	16 18 20 36 37
2024-06-03	1	2nd	12 16 18 19 22
2024-06-02	1	3rd	1 12 16 21 23
2024-06-01	1	2nd	4 16 28 33 37
2024-05-31	2	2nd	12 16 20 27 35
2024-05-29	26	3rd	1 15 16 21 35
2024-05-03	7	1st	16 24 28 29 31
2024-04-26	5	2nd	9 16 24 26 36
2024-04-21	5	4th	6 9 10 16 32
2024-04-16	9	2nd	9 16 19 23 24
2024-04-07	3	3rd	2 9 16 26 35
2024-04-04	14	4th	8 9 13 16 18
2024-03-21	4	3rd	2 5 16 31 38
2024-03-17	5	3rd	8 10 16 30 36
2024-03-12	5	2nd	2 16 18 22 36
2024-03-07	14	2nd	5 16 23 34 38
2024-02-22	1	3rd	5 12 16 31 32
2024-02-21	16	1st	16 18 21 34 35
2024-02-05	32	1st	16 20 22 24 32
2024-01-04	10	4th	3 9 10 16 27
2023-12-25	16	3rd	10 11 16 24 25
2023-12-09	10	1st	16 17 18 26 38
2023-11-29	6	3rd	8 14 16 22 25
2023-11-23	2	3rd	4 15 16 30 33
2023-11-21	4	3rd	10 14 16 22 30
2023-11-17	13	3rd	7 8 16 23 25
2023-11-04	9	3rd	7 15 16 26 36
2023-10-26	13	2nd	5 16 20 23 37
2023-10-13	7	4th	1 7 15 16 38
2023-10-06	20	1st	16 19 20 33 36
2023-09-16	1	2nd	4 16 18 28 36
2023-09-15	3	3rd	1 13 16 34 38
2023-09-12	1	1st	16 17 30 34 36
2023-09-11	7	3rd	6 8 16 25 32
2023-09-04	18	3rd	3 5 16 28 36
2023-08-17	6	3rd	10 15 16 30 34
2023-08-11	5	2nd	6 16 19 22 27
2023-08-06	10	4th	1 7 12 16 38
2023-07-27	6	3rd	10 12 16 17 28
2023-07-21	10	4th	2 9 11 16 33
2023-07-11	1	3rd	7 13 16 22 24
2023-07-10	8	1st	16 19 26 30 37
2023-07-02	9	3rd	2 14 16 19 32
2023-06-23	9	1st	16 20 23 31 36
2023-06-14	4	1st	16 18 22 31 37
2023-06-10	1	4th	1 5 8 16 31
2023-06-09	3	2nd	8 16 26 28 38
2023-06-06	7	3rd	4 12 16 28 37
2023-05-30	11	1st	16 26 31 36 38
2023-05-19	3	1st	16 25 29 34 37
2023-05-16	4	2nd	15 16 34 35 36
2023-05-12	9	3rd	5 8 16 32 38
2023-05-03	21	2nd	6 16 21 23 24
2023-04-12	29	2nd	8 16 24 27 29
2023-03-14	5	3rd	5 11 16 22 31
2023-03-09	19	2nd	9 16 28 31 36
2023-02-18	2	3rd	1 8 16 26 34
2023-02-16	7	4th	5 12 15 16 25
2023-02-09	3	3rd	4 6 16 26 38
2023-02-06	4	3rd	3 5 16 31 35
2023-02-02	5	3rd	7 13 16 28 33
2023-01-28	6	3rd	5 8 16 26 36
2023-01-22	2	1st	16 33 35 37 38
2023-01-20	4	3rd	5 14 16 20 37
2023-01-16	5	1st	16 23 25 28 32
2023-01-11	3	3rd	3 5 16 22 29
2023-01-08	6	2nd	10 16 25 34 35
2023-01-02	1	4th	5 7 9 16 23
2023-01-01	14	2nd	12 16 21 27 32
2022-12-18	4	2nd	9 16 30 35 36
2022-12-14	2	1st	16 19 28 30 34
2022-12-12	6	1st	16 18 20 25 37
2022-12-06	12	3rd	7 14 16 21 27
2022-11-24	4	2nd	8 16 26 36 37
2022-11-20	—	5th	1 6 13 15 16