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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 24 February 2012

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 17
  3. 18
  4. 28
  5. 36
  6. 4

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/39 + 1/14 · since Jan 2010draw 318 of 3,062 under them

← 2012-02-22All recent draws2012-02-25 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:38 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed9 17 18 28 36 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 February 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

68oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 68 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 92% of every possible ticket.

  • sum63th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread48th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 41 of each

943times
1745times
1836times
2852times
36

Prize breakdown · 2012-02-24

  • Lines in play≈ 1.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£550.3Kto 96k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 319%£104.6K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£175.5K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£122.0K
  • 5 other tiers27%£148.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.15 by chance

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33times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 23 of each

424times

Every number was expected about that many times after 317 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 5 numbers (9, 17, 28, 36) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 9 November 2011 — its closest relative in 317 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 9.0% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 February 2012): 9, 28 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 4 repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

108

The numbers add up to 108 — the 62th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

36 had not appeared for 13 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 51≈ 1.9 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball36≈ 25 by chance£250
  • Match 4312≈ 323 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball715≈ 820 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,882≈ 8.7k by chance£10.00
  • Match 310,458≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball35,093≈ 34k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball40,654≈ 41k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 715 winners, 13% fewer than the 820 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball40,654£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball35,093£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,882£10.00
    Match 310,458£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball715£20.00
    Match 4312£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball36£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000