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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 28 August 2013

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 12
  4. 22
  5. 24
  6. 6

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 32% 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 554 of 3,063 under them

← 2013-08-24All recent draws2013-08-30 →

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 4 12 22 24 + 629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 August 2013 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

41oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 41 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 24% of every possible ticket.

  • sum7th
  • odd9th
  • low64th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread20th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 71 of each

364times
472times
1258times
2271times
24

Prize breakdown · 2013-08-28

  • Lines in play≈ 1.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£879.0Kto 144k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.20

Where the money went

  • Match 322%£194.5K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball29%£257.2K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball19%£168.1K
  • 5 other tiers29%£259.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.20 by chance

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68times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 40 of each

638times

Every number was expected about that many times after 553 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 (3, 4, 12, 24) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 22 May 2010 — its closest relative in 553 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 15% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 August 2013): 22 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

65

The numbers add up to 65 — the 7th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 3–4. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

3 had not appeared for 27 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 2.3× 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 52≈ 2.6 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball39≈ 34 by chance£250
  • Match 4577≈ 445 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,599≈ 1.1k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,985≈ 12k by chance£10.00
  • Match 319,445≈ 15k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball51,436≈ 47k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball56,045≈ 56k 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 plus Bonus Ball — 1,599 winners, 42% more than the 1.1k 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 Ball56,045£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball51,436£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,985£10.00
    Match 319,445£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,599£20.00
    Match 4577£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball39£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000