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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 31 August 2012

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 12
  3. 21
  4. 24
  5. 25
  6. 8

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 5% less 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 399 of 3,062 under them

← 2012-08-29All recent draws2012-09-01 →

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 feed2 12 21 24 25 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 August 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 62% of every possible ticket.

  • sum26th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread28th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 51 of each

249times
1247times
2160times
2453times
25

Prize breakdown · 2012-08-31

  • Lines in play≈ 1.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£677.9Kto 117k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.18

Where the money went

  • Match 318%£122.4K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£210.9K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£147.9K
  • 5 other tiers29%£196.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.18 by chance

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48times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 28 of each

838times

Every number was expected about that many times after 398 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 (2, 24, 25) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 18 May 2012 — its closest relative in 398 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 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

84

The numbers add up to 84 — the 25th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 24–25. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

24 had not appeared for 23 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 1.9× 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≈ 2.3 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball30≈ 30 by chance£250
  • Match 4391≈ 391 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,112≈ 994 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,297≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 312,237≈ 13k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball42,173≈ 41k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball49,290≈ 49k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 1,112 winners, 12% more than the 994 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball49,290£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball42,173£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,297£10.00
    Match 312,237£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,112£20.00
    Match 4391£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball30£250
    Match 53£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000