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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 15 September 2012

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 11
  3. 28
  4. 31
  5. 37
  6. 14

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 14% 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 406 of 3,062 under them

← 2012-09-14All recent draws2012-09-19 →

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 feed10 11 28 31 37 + 1429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 15 September 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 79% of every possible ticket.

  • sum76th
  • odd64th
  • low31th
  • widest gap79th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread48th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 52 of each

1060times
1150times
2865times
3158times
37

Prize breakdown · 2012-09-15

  • Lines in play≈ 2.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.2Mto 214k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.32

Where the money went

  • Match 322%£267.7K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£380.2K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£269.9K
  • 5 other tiers26%£323.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.32 by chance

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40times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 29 of each

1425times

Every number was expected about that many times after 405 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 (11, 28, 31, 37) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 16 June 2010 — its closest relative in 405 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 11% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 September 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 14 repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

117

The numbers add up to 117 — the 75th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 10–11. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

37 had not appeared for 39 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 52≈ 4.2 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball60≈ 55 by chance£250
  • Match 4748≈ 714 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,709≈ 1.8k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball18,928≈ 19k by chance£10.00
  • Match 326,772≈ 24k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball76,031≈ 75k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball89,951≈ 90k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 26,772 winners, 14% more than the 24k 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 Ball89,951£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball76,031£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball18,928£10.00
    Match 326,772£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,709£20.00
    Match 4748£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball60£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000