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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 5 September 2012

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 5
  3. 9
  4. 19
  5. 23
  6. 11

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 68% 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 401 of 3,062 under them

← 2012-09-01All recent draws2012-09-07 →

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 9 19 23 + 1129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 September 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

29oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 29 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 8% of every possible ticket.

  • sum4th
  • odd99th
  • low89th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread17th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 51 of each

346times
542times
953times
1954times
23

Prize breakdown · 2012-09-05

  • Lines in play≈ 1.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.7Mto 169k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.23

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball30%£500.0K
  • Match 317%£277.5K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball17%£285.4K
  • 6 other tiers36%£598.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.23 by chance

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58times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 29 of each

1133times

Every number was expected about that many times after 400 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 (3, 5, 9) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 25 July 2012 — its closest relative in 400 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 September 2012): 19, 23 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

59

The numbers add up to 59 — the 4th 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

9 had not appeared for 15 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 2.5× 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 510≈ 2.9 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball81≈ 39 by chance£250
  • Match 41,218≈ 501 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball2,098≈ 1.3k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball17,530≈ 14k by chance£10.00
  • Match 327,751≈ 17k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball57,082≈ 53k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball63,059≈ 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 4 — 1,218 winners, 143% more than the 501 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 Ball63,059£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball57,082£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball17,530£10.00
    Match 327,751£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball2,098£20.00
    Match 41,218£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball81£250
    Match 510£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000