Number 16

In Lotto under the 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 rules — 847 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

97times drawn · chance expected 98 −0.08σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 38% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

51longest completed wait · 19% chance of one at least that long

16 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 97 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, −0.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 23 times, counted separately.

Number 16, draw by draw

Drawn 97 times in 847 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 51 · waiting 9 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 smallest13 · chance 15.6
2nd smallest41 · chance 36.5
3rd smallest25 · chance 31.0
4th smallest16 · chance 11.8
5th smallest1 · chance 2.0
6th smallest1 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 14 45 8 17 26

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-08-20	5	3rd	2 14 16 19 41 43
2025-08-02	2	2nd	6 16 25 30 50 51
2025-07-26	9	2nd	12 16 20 22 27 52
2025-06-25	4	1st

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-07-29	8	4th	4 9 14 16 21 40
2023-07-01	3	1st	16 20 36 45 46 50
2023-06-21	7	1st	16 17 29 31 32 33
2023-05-27	4	3rd	2 8 16 18 33 47
2023-05-13	10	2nd	10 16 23 24 30 49
2023-04-08	51	3rd	2 8 16 17 37 41
2022-10-12	2	3rd	4 15 16 26 44 45
2022-10-05	1	2nd	14 16 23 26 40 42
2022-10-01	3	4th	7 9 13 16 26 42
2022-09-21	22	3rd	8 15 16 24 32 42
2022-07-06	4	2nd	11 16 26 34 38 42
2022-06-22	10	2nd	9 16 32 38 42 46
2022-05-18	21	4th	4 9 15 16 23 29
2022-03-05	15	2nd	14 16 17 39 49 50
2022-01-12	3	2nd	5 16 30 45 47 52
2022-01-01	5	3rd	5 10 16 43 44 49
2021-12-11	4	4th	2 12 14 16 28 51
2021-11-27	7	3rd	5 15 16 34 38 42
2021-11-03	8	6th	5 6 11 12 13 16
2021-10-06	11	2nd	11 16 25 26 34 45
2021-08-28	26	3rd	8 14 16 21 42 47
2021-05-29	3	1st	16 18 20 22 26 29
2021-05-19	14	4th	1 6 12 16 35 45
2021-03-31	6	2nd	1 16 39 47 49 52
2021-03-10	4	3rd	1 7 16 41 45 52
2021-02-24	1	4th	7 10 12 16 29 49
2021-02-20	29	3rd	3 8 16 21 38 41
2020-11-11	4	1st	16 19 23 36 45 46
2020-10-28	6	2nd	6 16 20 30 44 51
2020-10-07	10	2nd	1 16 22 26 42 45
2020-09-02	1	2nd	9 16 21 28 37 48
2020-08-29	9	2nd	9 16 21 27 33 45
2020-07-29	6	2nd	6 16 23 26 33 48
2020-07-08	8	4th	3 8 10 16 17 43
2020-06-10	1	2nd	15 16 18 23 34 49
2020-06-06	1	2nd	15 16 23 36 37 38
2020-06-03	8	2nd	7 16 23 26 31 43
2020-05-06	15	2nd	1 16 28 29 32 49
2020-03-14	9	2nd	15 16 17 29 37 39
2020-02-12	3	1st	16 18 32 38 39 44
2020-02-01	6	3rd	1 13 16 25 42 47
2020-01-11	4	2nd	6 16 18 33 47 51
2019-12-28	13	4th	4 8 11 16 29 42
2019-11-09	1	1st	16 19 23 41 50 52
2019-11-06	4	2nd	15 16 19 29 47 50
2019-10-23	6	4th	9 11 15 16 20 46
2019-10-02	26	2nd	8 16 18 35 37 40
2019-07-03	4	2nd	8 16 17 22 50 51
2019-06-19	3	3rd	4 9 16 18 19 22
2019-06-08	14	3rd	11 14 16 44 49 52
2019-04-20	2	3rd	5 10 16 30 33 39
2019-04-13	4	2nd	13 16 22 34 39 46
2019-03-30	5	2nd	10 16 22 28 36 37
2019-03-13	2	2nd	12 16 43 45 46 48
2019-03-06	1	2nd	6 16 23 24 30 46
2019-03-02	3	1st	16 17 20 29 34 35
2019-02-20	11	2nd	6 16 21 27 30 52
2019-01-12	8	3rd	4 11 16 18 21 46
2018-12-15	4	1st	16 17 32 43 50 51
2018-12-01	10	2nd	1 16 19 29 45 49
2018-10-27	12	3rd	9 13 16 33 41 44
2018-09-15	9	3rd	4 9 16 26 41 43
2018-08-15	7	3rd	5 13 16 25 36 50
2018-07-21	4	4th	5 13 14 16 17 19
2018-07-07	10	2nd	6 16 27 28 34 42
2018-06-02	2	4th	8 12 14 16 29 47
2018-05-26	30	4th	8 13 14 16 28 45
2018-02-10	2	2nd	1 16 17 18 41 52
2018-02-03	13	3rd	6 7 16 21 44 50
2017-12-20	8	3rd	10 14 16 27 29 52
2017-11-22	16	2nd	3 16 25 26 29 48
2017-09-27	5	4th	8 10 11 16 35 44
2017-09-09	—	2nd	9 16 27 35 37 51