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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 15 August 2012

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 20
  3. 22
  4. 30
  5. 32
  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 392 of 3,062 under them

← 2012-08-11All recent draws2012-08-17 →

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 feed5 20 22 30 32 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 15 August 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 78% of every possible ticket.

  • sum64th
  • odd9th
  • low31th
  • widest gap67th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread48th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 50 of each

541times
2055times
2244times
3058times
32

Prize breakdown · 2012-08-15

  • Lines in play≈ 2.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£913.0Kto 160k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.25

Where the money went

  • Match 320%£181.5K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£282.3K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£207.5K
  • 5 other tiers26%£241.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.25 by chance

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65times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 28 of each

429times

Every number was expected about that many times after 391 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 (20, 22, 30, 32) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 20 July 2011 — its closest relative in 391 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 11% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 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

109

The numbers add up to 109 — the 64th 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

30 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 1.0× 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≈ 3.2 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball48≈ 42 by chance£250
  • Match 4520≈ 549 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,361≈ 1.4k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,549≈ 15k by chance£10.00
  • Match 318,153≈ 18k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball56,461≈ 58k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball69,155≈ 69k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 520 winners, 5% fewer than the 549 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 Ball69,155£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball56,461£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,549£10.00
    Match 318,153£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,361£20.00
    Match 4520£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball48£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000