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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 28 September 2012

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 18
  2. 19
  3. 27
  4. 32
  5. 39
  6. 12

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 7% 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 411 of 3,062 under them

← 2012-09-26All recent draws2012-09-29 →

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 feed18 19 27 32 39 + 1229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 September 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 30% of every possible ticket.

  • sum93th
  • odd64th
  • low31th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread20th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 53 of each

1856times
1955times
2750times
3268times
39

Prize breakdown · 2012-09-28

  • Lines in play≈ 1.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£487.0Kto 87k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 319%£92.1K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£155.9K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£113.0K
  • 5 other tiers26%£126.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.14 by chance

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44times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 29 of each

1226times

Every number was expected about that many times after 410 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 (19, 27, 32) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 13 June 2012 — its closest relative in 410 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 September 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

135

The numbers add up to 135 — the 92th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

19 had not appeared for 10 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 52≈ 1.8 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball19≈ 23 by chance£250
  • Match 4210≈ 299 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball677≈ 759 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,672≈ 8.1k by chance£10.00
  • Match 39,213≈ 9.9k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31,182≈ 31k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball37,666≈ 38k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 677 winners, 11% fewer than the 759 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball37,666£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31,182£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,672£10.00
    Match 39,213£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball677£20.00
    Match 4210£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball19£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000