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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 16 October 2013

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 6
  3. 18
  4. 24
  5. 31
  6. 3

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 10% 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 575 of 3,064 under them

← 2013-10-12All recent draws2013-10-18 →

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 feed1 6 18 24 31 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 October 2013 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 85% of every possible ticket.

  • sum21th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap43th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread65th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 74 of each

163times
677times
1880times
2470times
31

Prize breakdown · 2013-10-16

  • Lines in play≈ 1.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.3Mto 136k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.21

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball38%£500.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball18%£234.2K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball13%£174.4K
  • 6 other tiers31%£400.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.21 by chance

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90times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 41 of each

347times

Every number was expected about that many times after 574 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 (1, 6, 24) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 20 February 2013 — its closest relative in 574 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 October 2013): 31 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

80

The numbers add up to 80 — the 20th 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

24 had not appeared for 9 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 1.9× 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 54≈ 2.7 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball52≈ 36 by chance£250
  • Match 4543≈ 462 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,215≈ 1.2k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball12,108≈ 13k by chance£10.00
  • Match 316,801≈ 15k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball46,846≈ 48k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball58,127≈ 58k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 16,801 winners, 10% more than the 15k 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 Ball58,127£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball46,846£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball12,108£10.00
    Match 316,801£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,215£20.00
    Match 4543£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball52£250
    Match 54£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000