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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 20 July 2012

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 9
  3. 12
  4. 21
  5. 28
  6. 1

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 61% 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 381 of 3,062 under them

← 2012-07-18All recent draws2012-07-21 →

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 feed6 9 12 21 28 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 July 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 49% of every possible ticket.

  • sum16th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread24th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 49 of each

649times
949times
1245times
2157times
28

Prize breakdown · 2012-07-20

  • Lines in play≈ 954kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£535.9Kto 84k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 326%£139.2K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball27%£142.1K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball18%£98.8K
  • 5 other tiers29%£155.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.12 by chance

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60times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 27 of each

129times

Every number was expected about that many times after 380 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 3 of 5 numbers (6, 12, 21) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 30 June 2012 — its closest relative in 380 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 July 2012): 28 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

76

The numbers add up to 76 — the 16th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. No two numbers side by side. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 8 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 2.3× 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 53≈ 1.5 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball22≈ 20 by chance£250
  • Match 4445≈ 262 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball777≈ 664 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,523≈ 7.1k by chance£10.00
  • Match 313,917≈ 8.6k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball28,420≈ 27k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball32,947≈ 33k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈954k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 13,917 winners, 61% more than the 8.6k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably more popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball32,947£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball28,420£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,523£10.00
    Match 313,917£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball777£20.00
    Match 4445£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball22£250
    Match 53£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000