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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 8 August 2012

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 25
  3. 26
  4. 27
  5. 31
  6. 11

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 7% 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 389 of 3,062 under them

← 2012-08-04All recent draws2012-08-10 →

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 feed14 25 26 27 31 + 1129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 August 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 17% of every possible ticket.

  • sum83th
  • odd64th
  • low9th
  • widest gap34th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread9th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 50 of each

1440times
2547times
2651times
2748times
31

Prize breakdown · 2012-08-08

  • Lines in play≈ 1.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£885.7Kto 152k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.23

Where the money went

  • Match 320%£176.9K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£272.5K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball21%£189.8K
  • 5 other tiers28%£246.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.23 by chance

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56times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 28 of each

1132times

Every number was expected about that many times after 388 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 (14, 26, 27, 31) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 29 January 2011 — its closest relative in 388 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 11% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 August 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

123

The numbers add up to 123 — the 82th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 25–26, 26–27. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 22 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 1.6× 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 53≈ 3.0 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball42≈ 39 by chance£250
  • Match 4532≈ 502 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,292≈ 1.3k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,206≈ 14k by chance£10.00
  • Match 317,688≈ 17k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball54,490≈ 53k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball63,260≈ 63k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 17,688 winners, 7% more than the 17k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball63,260£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball54,490£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,206£10.00
    Match 317,688£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,292£20.00
    Match 4532£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball42£250
    Match 53£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000