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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 25 August 2012

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 10
  4. 11
  5. 23
  6. 5

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 21% 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 397 of 3,062 under them

← 2012-08-24All recent draws2012-08-29 →

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 4 10 11 23 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

37oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 37 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 18% of every possible ticket.

  • sum2th
  • odd64th
  • low89th
  • widest gap43th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread17th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 51 of each

345times
456times
1058times
1149times
23

Prize breakdown · 2012-08-25

  • Lines in play≈ 3.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£2.3Mto 298k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.40

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball22%£500.0K
  • Match 316%£357.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball24%£560.3K
  • 6 other tiers38%£882.1K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.40 by chance

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

Times drawn before — chance expected 28 of each

536times

Every number was expected about that many times after 396 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 (3, 4, 10, 11) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 14 May 2011 — its closest relative in 396 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 11% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 August 2012): 10 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

51

The numbers add up to 51 — the 2th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 3–4, 10–11. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

11 had not appeared for 27 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 53≈ 5.3 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball89≈ 69 by chance£250
  • Match 41,085≈ 894 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball3,321≈ 2.3k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball33,225≈ 24k by chance£10.00
  • Match 335,704≈ 29k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball112,055≈ 94k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball112,548≈ 113k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈3.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 3,321 winners, 46% more than the 2.3k 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 Ball112,548£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball112,055£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball33,225£10.00
    Match 335,704£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball3,321£20.00
    Match 41,085£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball89£250
    Match 53£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000