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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 25 July 2012

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 5
  3. 6
  4. 9
  5. 27
  6. 8

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 22% 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 383 of 3,062 under them

← 2012-07-21All recent draws2012-07-27 →

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 feed3 5 6 9 27 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 25 July 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

32oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 32 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 12% of every possible ticket.

  • sum2th
  • odd89th
  • low89th
  • widest gap84th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread33th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 49 of each

342times
540times
650times
950times
27

Prize breakdown · 2012-07-25

  • Lines in play≈ 2.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.6Mto 180k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.26

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball31%£500.0K
  • Match 314%£231.1K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball20%£318.9K
  • 6 other tiers34%£549.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.26 by chance

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47times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 27 of each

836times

Every number was expected about that many times after 382 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 (5, 9, 27) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 17 December 2011 — its closest relative in 382 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 July 2012): 27 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: 5–6. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

3 had not appeared for 10 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 2.8× 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≈ 3.4 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball71≈ 44 by chance£250
  • Match 4832≈ 573 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,927≈ 1.5k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball17,814≈ 16k by chance£10.00
  • Match 323,106≈ 19k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball63,786≈ 60k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball72,187≈ 72k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 832 winners, 45% more than the 573 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 Ball72,187£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball63,786£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball17,814£10.00
    Match 323,106£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,927£20.00
    Match 4832£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball71£250
    Match 53£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000