Number 16

In Daily Lotto under the 5/36 · since Mar 2019 rules — 2,777 draws, 5 from 1–36.

382times drawn · chance expected 386 −0.20σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

52longest completed wait · 17% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 382 times in 2,777 draws against 385.7 expected, −0.20σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 382 times in 2,777 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 52 · waiting 1 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 smallest43 · chance 35.3
2nd smallest116 · chance 124.8
3rd smallest142 · chance 145.5
4th smallest73 · chance 66.4
5th smallest8 · chance 10.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 43.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 14 17 33 21 25

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 35 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 36. 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
2026-10-21	2	3rd	2 13 16 26 35
2026-10-19	1	4th	6 9 11 16 31
2026-10-18	3	3rd	9 12 16 26 36
2026-10-15	11	1st	16 24 26 31

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 5/36 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-06-20	3	2nd	1 16 20 21 22
2026-06-17	1	4th	3 4 12 16 17
2026-06-16	12	3rd	4 8 16 29 31
2026-06-04	5	1st	16 18 26 29 30
2026-05-30	13	4th	5 9 10 16 24
2026-05-17	3	5th	8 10 14 15 16
2026-05-14	15	4th	4 7 15 16 23
2026-04-29	21	2nd	10 16 17 19 33
2026-04-08	7	3rd	6 10 16 17 34
2026-04-01	1	3rd	3 10 16 21 24
2026-03-31	11	4th	6 13 14 16 25
2026-03-20	7	1st	16 19 24 31 32
2026-03-13	8	2nd	10 16 25 28 35
2026-03-05	2	2nd	9 16 19 22 36
2026-03-03	7	2nd	1 16 17 22 36
2026-02-24	6	1st	16 17 21 26 35
2026-02-18	3	4th	1 9 15 16 21
2026-02-15	2	3rd	9 10 16 17 18
2026-02-13	1	3rd	3 8 16 29 34
2026-02-12	4	3rd	4 5 16 22 23
2026-02-08	2	2nd	12 16 23 33 35
2026-02-06	26	4th	1 7 15 16 24
2026-01-11	15	1st	16 17 20 34 35
2025-12-27	14	3rd	4 13 16 17 34
2025-12-12	4	4th	6 11 14 16 18
2025-12-08	15	1st	16 19 25 28 36
2025-11-23	5	2nd	8 16 17 30 34
2025-11-18	2	2nd	12 16 18 22 26
2025-11-16	8	3rd	5 9 16 18 21
2025-11-08	3	3rd	2 4 16 23 36
2025-11-05	3	4th	3 4 5 16 17
2025-11-02	1	4th	3 10 15 16 17
2025-11-01	8	3rd	8 12 16 22 24
2025-10-24	10	3rd	3 7 16 23 34
2025-10-14	2	3rd	13 15 16 17 30
2025-10-12	1	3rd	7 12 16 26 33
2025-10-11	14	4th	1 11 14 16 34
2025-09-27	2	2nd	2 16 17 21 30
2025-09-25	2	3rd	7 9 16 22 34
2025-09-23	3	3rd	14 15 16 31 35
2025-09-20	1	4th	1 3 8 16 27
2025-09-19	4	2nd	9 16 20 26 35
2025-09-15	6	4th	5 11 15 16 25
2025-09-09	8	2nd	15 16 21 23 36
2025-09-01	2	3rd	2 9 16 24 27
2025-08-30	1	4th	7 8 14 16 29
2025-08-29	15	5th	1 4 9 13 16
2025-08-14	4	2nd	12 16 19 21 29
2025-08-10	15	2nd	2 16 18 22 28
2025-07-26	11	2nd	14 16 21 23 29
2025-07-15	13	1st	16 18 24 26 30
2025-07-02	16	2nd	11 16 26 28 36
2025-06-16	15	4th	1 3 8 16 21
2025-06-01	6	2nd	15 16 21 25 29
2025-05-26	6	5th	5 7 14 15 16
2025-05-20	1	2nd	13 16 28 29 30
2025-05-19	1	3rd	7 10 16 24 35
2025-05-18	6	2nd	9 16 19 21 33
2025-05-12	42	3rd	1 4 16 31 36
2025-03-31	2	3rd	5 10 16 31 35
2025-03-29	1	3rd	4 7 16 19 26
2025-03-28	14	4th	5 6 11 16 30
2025-03-14	3	1st	16 17 27 33 35
2025-03-11	4	4th	6 9 10 16 31
2025-03-07	1	2nd	6 16 22 30 36
2025-03-06	1	4th	1 9 14 16 27
2025-03-05	1	4th	1 3 8 16 36
2025-03-04	1	2nd	14 16 21 23 27
2025-03-03	3	1st	16 18 19 22 24
2025-02-28	12	2nd	9 16 19 30 33
2025-02-16	3	2nd	7 16 24 26 30
2025-02-13	31	1st	16 18 19 21 23
2025-01-13	3	3rd	3 11 16 21 29
2025-01-10	8	4th	7 12 14 16 20
2025-01-02	20	3rd	2 8 16 32 33
2024-12-12	10	1st	16 19 26 27 36
2024-12-02	13	4th	2 8 10 16 26
2024-11-19	1	3rd	6 8 16 19 36
2024-11-18	6	3rd	2 7 16 21 32
2024-11-12	4	1st	16 21 22 29 34
2024-11-08	11	3rd	5 11 16 17 19
2024-10-28	1	2nd	14 16 22 25 30
2024-10-27	4	2nd	15 16 20 29 30
2024-10-23	7	2nd	3 16 24 26 33
2024-10-16	16	4th	5 7 14 16 25
2024-09-30	3	3rd	13 15 16 17 35
2024-09-27	24	2nd	4 16 25 34 35
2024-09-03	4	3rd	6 9 16 17 18
2024-08-30	1	3rd	2 5 16 27 34
2024-08-29	6	2nd	1 16 26 29 35
2024-08-23	11	3rd	2 11 16 24 29
2024-08-12	10	3rd	5 11 16 20 22
2024-08-02	1	4th	1 11 15 16 25
2024-08-01	1	4th	8 9 10 16 35
2024-07-31	2	4th	2 4 11 16 27
2024-07-29	5	2nd	3 16 24 27 35
2024-07-24	10	4th	7 11 14 16 33
2024-07-14	6	2nd	10 16 25 32 34
2024-07-08	1	3rd	6 12 16 32 34
2024-07-07	1	4th	12 14 15 16 30
2024-07-06	4	3rd	10 11 16 30 34
2024-07-02	1	2nd	1 16 22 24 30
2024-07-01	16	1st	16 18 25 31 32
2024-06-15	5	2nd	4 16 18 21 31
2024-06-10	13	3rd	5 11 16 21 25
2024-05-28	8	2nd	6 16 19 25 31
2024-05-20	7	2nd	9 16 31 35 36
2024-05-13	52	5th	8 9 11 13 16
2024-03-22	3	4th	6 7 9 16 30
2024-03-19	8	2nd	9 16 18 19 24
2024-03-11	2	4th	4 9 12 16 21
2024-03-09	7	2nd	11 16 18 20 29
2024-03-02	2	4th	6 9 15 16 36
2024-02-29	7	3rd	7 14 16 21 28
2024-02-22	1	4th	5 13 15 16 29
2024-02-21	3	3rd	1 9 16 35 36
2024-02-18	3	3rd	5 6 16 17 33
2024-02-15	2	3rd	2 10 16 19 34
2024-02-13	3	3rd	7 8 16 26 30
2024-02-10	2	3rd	7 12 16 24 29
2024-02-08	2	2nd	2 16 24 27 33
2024-02-06	4	2nd	8 16 21 32 33
2024-02-02	3	3rd	11 13 16 20 33
2024-01-30	28	3rd	3 10 16 29 30
2024-01-02	7	1st	16 19 27 30 33
2023-12-26	7	2nd	14 16 19 35 36
2023-12-18	1	3rd	1 15 16 23 32
2023-12-17	16	2nd	11 16 17 21 27
2023-12-01	7	2nd	9 16 17 19 29
2023-11-24	14	2nd	1 16 31 32 36
2023-11-10	1	2nd	8 16 17 33 36
2023-11-09	5	3rd	11 13 16 20 25
2023-11-04	2	3rd	4 14 16 35 36
2023-11-02	2	1st	16 19 21 25 35
2023-10-31	3	2nd	13 16 20 28 29
2023-10-28	4	3rd	6 7 16 22 31
2023-10-24	3	3rd	3 9 16 18 34
2023-10-21	2	2nd	14 16 21 24 31
2023-10-19	4	4th	6 8 12 16 36
2023-10-15	11	2nd	10 16 23 33 34
2023-10-04	3	3rd	5 8 16 17 36
2023-10-01	4	1st	16 17 23 25 31
2023-09-27	5	1st	16 19 25 32 33
2023-09-22	8	3rd	10 13 16 28 30
2023-09-14	1	3rd	8 12 16 22 28
2023-09-13	8	3rd	10 12 16 18 20
2023-09-05	18	2nd	5 16 17 23 35
2023-08-18	5	2nd	2 16 25 28 33
2023-08-13	2	3rd	14 15 16 28 33
2023-08-11	12	2nd	5 16 27 30 33
2023-07-30	7	4th	1 5 13 16 26
2023-07-23	1	3rd	1 15 16 22 23
2023-07-22	2	3rd	1 13 16 26 29
2023-07-20	1	3rd	4 7 16 21 25
2023-07-19	5	3rd	10 14 16 17 25
2023-07-14	2	1st	16 20 24 30 35
2023-07-12	27	1st	16 23 24 27 31
2023-06-15	2	2nd	4 16 19 24 28
2023-06-13	1	2nd	11 16 17 30 33
2023-06-12	1	3rd	12 15 16 21 34
2023-06-11	7	4th	6 7 14 16 23
2023-06-04	7	2nd	11 16 17 34 35
2023-05-28	4	3rd	6 7 16 24 27
2023-05-24	4	4th	7 11 13 16 32
2023-05-20	12	3rd	11 14 16 26 28
2023-05-08	1	4th	6 9 13 16 36
2023-05-07	17	3rd	5 13 16 19 28
2023-04-20	10	3rd	6 14 16 33 34
2023-04-10	1	3rd	10 14 16 26 28
2023-04-09	27	2nd	15 16 19 25 35
2023-03-13	9	1st	16 18 20 22 32
2023-03-04	12	2nd	14 16 18 23 34
2023-02-20	2	2nd	2 16 19 33 34
2023-02-18	16	3rd	6 15 16 19 29
2023-02-02	10	4th	2 7 12 16 21
2023-01-23	18	2nd	4 16 19 25 27
2023-01-05	2	5th	1 11 12 13 16
2023-01-03	1	1st	16 17 19 26 34
2023-01-02	12	1st	16 17 22 28 34
2022-12-20	5	4th	2 8 11 16 20
2022-12-15	1	2nd	10 16 21 25 26
2022-12-14	21	4th	10 11 14 16 22
2022-11-23	11	3rd	6 7 16 29 34
2022-11-12	10	2nd	9 16 25 29 32
2022-11-02	8	3rd	6 11 16 19 31
2022-10-25	4	4th	3 5 13 16 27
2022-10-21	9	2nd	2 16 20 23 33
2022-10-12	1	3rd	9 12 16 21 36
2022-10-11	27	3rd	3 5 16 19 28
2022-09-14	3	2nd	5 16 17 28 31
2022-09-11	10	2nd	9 16 17 27 32
2022-09-01	2	2nd	6 16 19 29 36
2022-08-30	10	1st	16 22 25 28 33
2022-08-20	1	2nd	9 16 20 32 33
2022-08-19	8	2nd	1 16 27 28 34
2022-08-11	6	2nd	8 16 18 19 20
2022-08-05	17	2nd	1 16 17 26 28
2022-07-19	1	2nd	10 16 18 28 31
2022-07-18	15	3rd	8 14 16 19 29
2022-07-03	2	3rd	1 14 16 18 26
2022-07-01	21	5th	5 9 10 15 16
2022-06-10	16	1st	16 21 22 26 30
2022-05-25	6	1st	16 28 32 33 35
2022-05-19	13	3rd	2 8 16 29 32
2022-05-06	11	3rd	6 7 16 22 29
2022-04-25	2	4th	5 10 13 16 30
2022-04-23	2	3rd	2 10 16 22 34
2022-04-21	25	2nd	12 16 20 32 35
2022-03-27	3	3rd	4 11 16 20 33
2022-03-24	14	4th	3 9 10 16 34
2022-03-10	6	3rd	3 12 16 21 25
2022-03-04	3	2nd	6 16 18 19 30
2022-03-01	6	4th	12 14 15 16 32
2022-02-23	4	2nd	3 16 19 28 34
2022-02-19	19	4th	2 13 15 16 25
2022-01-31	2	4th	2 8 14 16 35
2022-01-29	5	4th	1 2 12 16 27
2022-01-24	2	2nd	15 16 25 28 30
2022-01-22	1	3rd	3 10 16 31 33
2022-01-21	3	3rd	2 8 16 20 35
2022-01-18	14	3rd	11 15 16 21 33
2022-01-04	1	2nd	4 16 22 29 32
2022-01-03	5	3rd	6 14 16 22 25
2021-12-29	12	3rd	10 14 16 17 19
2021-12-16	5	3rd	3 10 16 25 28
2021-12-11	19	3rd	7 9 16 18 20
2021-11-22	8	1st	16 18 25 30 31
2021-11-14	11	5th	6 8 10 11 16
2021-11-03	5	3rd	6 15 16 20 22
2021-10-29	7	1st	16 24 33 35 36
2021-10-22	2	4th	4 9 15 16 25
2021-10-20	6	4th	3 9 10 16 28
2021-10-14	6	2nd	8 16 19 23 35
2021-10-08	3	3rd	3 12 16 25 36
2021-10-05	4	3rd	3 14 16 21 25
2021-10-01	8	2nd	2 16 18 20 29
2021-09-23	3	4th	3 4 5 16 22
2021-09-20	1	4th	4 11 12 16 33
2021-09-19	19	1st	16 21 28 30 33
2021-08-31	3	3rd	7 15 16 18 20
2021-08-28	1	3rd	6 8 16 22 30
2021-08-27	5	3rd	10 11 16 20 35
2021-08-22	2	2nd	5 16 20 22 27
2021-08-20	14	2nd	7 16 20 27 32
2021-08-06	13	3rd	7 12 16 30 34
2021-07-24	3	1st	16 17 24 34 35
2021-07-21	12	2nd	3 16 21 27 35
2021-07-09	3	4th	2 4 12 16 17
2021-07-06	2	3rd	1 13 16 22 36
2021-07-04	7	2nd	9 16 25 26 30
2021-06-27	18	2nd	8 16 17 24 36
2021-06-09	6	3rd	4 15 16 35 36
2021-06-03	5	3rd	4 6 16 26 31
2021-05-29	6	1st	16 18 25 27 32
2021-05-23	5	2nd	10 16 21 23 31
2021-05-18	2	3rd	12 15 16 17 33
2021-05-16	1	2nd	1 16 24 30 33
2021-05-15	16	4th	6 10 12 16 26
2021-04-29	2	3rd	4 9 16 26 36
2021-04-27	19	3rd	5 14 16 18 23
2021-04-08	9	4th	6 12 15 16 21
2021-03-30	2	1st	16 24 25 27 33
2021-03-28	30	2nd	12 16 21 24 31
2021-02-26	14	3rd	3 12 16 25 35
2021-02-12	14	3rd	7 9 16 24 27
2021-01-29	5	4th	2 9 12 16 33
2021-01-24	10	2nd	3 16 19 20 25
2021-01-14	8	1st	16 17 29 33 35
2021-01-06	15	4th	2 10 15 16 34
2020-12-21	5	3rd	10 15 16 19 27
2020-12-16	10	3rd	12 14 16 28 32
2020-12-06	10	2nd	8 16 17 20 22
2020-11-26	6	3rd	5 12 16 17 29
2020-11-20	1	3rd	4 5 16 32 34
2020-11-19	28	2nd	12 16 25 33 35
2020-10-22	10	3rd	7 8 16 26 36
2020-10-12	2	4th	3 6 12 16 29
2020-10-10	8	3rd	10 13 16 33 35
2020-10-02	6	3rd	2 15 16 17 27
2020-09-26	7	3rd	8 10 16 30 34
2020-09-19	5	2nd	9 16 22 25 28
2020-09-14	1	2nd	7 16 31 32 35
2020-09-13	1	2nd	14 16 18 23 29
2020-09-12	1	3rd	1 11 16 18 35
2020-09-11	4	2nd	2 16 25 26 32
2020-09-07	3	3rd	1 3 16 30 34
2020-09-04	1	4th	5 9 14 16 17
2020-09-03	9	3rd	8 14 16 22 27
2020-08-25	2	1st	16 20 29 33 35
2020-08-23	1	2nd	7 16 21 26 36
2020-08-22	7	3rd	3 13 16 22 27
2020-08-15	12	2nd	10 16 21 24 34
2020-08-03	11	4th	8 14 15 16 33
2020-07-23	1	1st	16 25 27 29 30
2020-07-22	17	3rd	1 5 16 22 26
2020-07-05	46	2nd	2 16 21 23 28
2020-05-20	2	1st	16 24 26 28 33
2020-05-18	2	2nd	7 16 18 19 30
2020-05-16	1	3rd	7 14 16 22 32
2020-05-15	16	4th	3 12 14 16 29
2020-04-29	19	2nd	1 16 19 20 29
2020-04-10	11	3rd	5 14 16 27 29
2020-03-30	11	3rd	6 14 16 27 30
2020-03-19	2	3rd	2 14 16 32 33
2020-03-17	3	4th	2 10 15 16 20
2020-03-14	5	1st	16 20 29 32 33
2020-03-09	2	3rd	10 14 16 31 36
2020-03-07	4	3rd	3 15 16 21 30
2020-03-03	3	3rd	4 10 16 18 33
2020-02-29	16	2nd	7 16 20 28 35
2020-02-13	20	4th	5 6 10 16 22
2020-01-24	4	3rd	1 11 16 24 31
2020-01-20	2	3rd	5 8 16 33 34
2020-01-18	9	4th	1 9 10 16 17
2020-01-09	7	3rd	8 11 16 24 27
2020-01-02	4	3rd	1 6 16 24 34
2019-12-29	2	3rd	4 12 16 34 36
2019-12-27	2	3rd	4 13 16 27 35
2019-12-24	7	3rd	8 11 16 22 25
2019-12-17	12	3rd	5 12 16 20 25
2019-12-05	5	2nd	1 16 21 33 36
2019-11-30	13	1st	16 22 26 29 34
2019-11-17	2	2nd	6 16 18 23 33
2019-11-15	9	3rd	5 7 16 26 31
2019-11-06	12	2nd	2 16 20 22 28
2019-10-25	5	2nd	10 16 19 29 31
2019-10-20	1	2nd	6 16 17 19 34
2019-10-19	30	3rd	8 11 16 26 30
2019-09-19	8	4th	10 12 15 16 23
2019-09-11	10	2nd	1 16 21 26 32
2019-09-01	7	3rd	2 3 16 29 36
2019-08-25	1	3rd	12 15 16 17 18
2019-08-24	6	1st	16 23 26 27 33
2019-08-18	1	4th	2 6 15 16 29
2019-08-17	8	4th	2 5 8 16 26
2019-08-09	2	3rd	14 15 16 17 27
2019-08-07	13	4th	7 9 15 16 26
2019-07-25	10	4th	2 5 13 16 21
2019-07-15	9	2nd	8 16 20 22 30
2019-07-06	11	4th	2 11 12 16 24
2019-06-25	21	4th	1 3 4 16 18
2019-06-04	2	1st	16 22 29 33 35
2019-06-02	7	2nd	3 16 18 24 25
2019-05-26	3	3rd	9 15 16 27 30
2019-05-23	10	2nd	1 16 17 29 36
2019-05-13	7	2nd	8 16 24 28 32
2019-05-06	4	2nd	14 16 25 29 32
2019-05-02	3	4th	5 8 14 16 24
2019-04-29	7	3rd	5 15 16 25 36
2019-04-22	13	2nd	9 16 20 21 30
2019-04-09	5	2nd	6 16 24 30 31
2019-04-04	1	4th	1 3 10 16 36
2019-04-03	4	3rd	8 14 16 33 34
2019-03-30	10	1st	16 17 24 25 30
2019-03-20	4	2nd	2 16 19 29 33
2019-03-16	3	3rd	2 5 16 18 19
2019-03-13	1	3rd	4 10 16 21 35
2019-03-12	—	2nd	11 16 17 29 32