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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 7
  3. 16
  4. 29
  5. 34
  6. 14

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 20% 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 422 of 3,062 under them

← 2012-10-20All recent draws2012-10-26 →

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 feed6 7 16 29 34 + 1429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 October 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

75oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 75 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 99% of every possible ticket.

  • sum37th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread53th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 54 of each

653times
757times
1651times
2954times
34

Prize breakdown · 2012-10-24

  • Lines in play≈ 1.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£800.0Kto 135k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.20

Where the money went

  • Match 322%£173.5K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30%£242.7K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball21%£165.0K
  • 5 other tiers27%£218.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.20 by chance

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

Times drawn before — chance expected 30 of each

1426times

Every number was expected about that many times after 421 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 (6, 7, 29) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 9 March 2012 — its closest relative in 421 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 October 2012): 34 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

92

The numbers add up to 92 — the 36th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 6–7. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 35 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 1.1× 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 53≈ 2.6 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball24≈ 34 by chance£250
  • Match 4525≈ 437 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,144≈ 1.1k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball12,248≈ 12k by chance£10.00
  • Match 317,348≈ 14k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball48,531≈ 46k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball54,988≈ 55k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 17,348 winners, 20% more than the 14k 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 Ball54,988£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball48,531£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball12,248£10.00
    Match 317,348£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,144£20.00
    Match 4525£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball24£250
    Match 53£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000