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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 14 April 2012

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 16
  5. 18
  6. 4

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 19% more than 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 340 of 3,062 under them

← 2012-04-13All recent draws2012-04-18 →

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 feed1 7 8 16 18 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 14 April 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

27oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 27 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 7% of every possible ticket.

  • sum2th
  • odd31th
  • low99th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread9th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 43 of each

143times
751times
844times
1641times
18

Prize breakdown · 2012-04-14

  • Lines in play≈ 2.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.5Mto 254k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.36

Where the money went

  • Match 321%£315.1K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30%£460.5K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball20%£303.9K
  • 5 other tiers29%£431.7K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.36 by chance

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40times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 24 of each

426times

Every number was expected about that many times after 339 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 (1, 7, 8, 16) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 8 October 2010 — its closest relative in 339 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 9.6% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 April 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

50

The numbers add up to 50 — the 2th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 17 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 2.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 55≈ 4.7 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball58≈ 62 by chance£250
  • Match 4919≈ 805 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball2,383≈ 2.0k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball25,265≈ 22k by chance£10.00
  • Match 331,513≈ 27k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball92,093≈ 84k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball101,310≈ 101k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 31,513 winners, 19% more than the 27k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball101,310£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball92,093£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball25,265£10.00
    Match 331,513£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball2,383£20.00
    Match 4919£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball58£250
    Match 55£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000