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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 28 February 2014

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 6
  3. 7
  4. 26
  5. 38
  6. 7

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 17% 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 633 of 3,063 under them

← 2014-02-26All recent draws2014-03-01 →

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 6 7 26 38 + 729 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 February 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 32% of every possible ticket.

  • sum21th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap88th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread91th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 81 of each

372times
685times
784times
2679times
38

Prize breakdown · 2014-02-28

  • Lines in play≈ 1.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£629.3Kto 113k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball18%£116.4K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball35%£222.2K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£136.3K
  • 5 other tiers25%£154.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.16 by chance

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81times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 45 of each

735times

Every number was expected about that many times after 632 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 (3, 26, 38) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 8 November 2013 — its closest relative in 632 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 February 2014): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 7 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. Side-by-side numbers: 6–7. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 19 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 1.3× 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 51≈ 2.1 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball15≈ 28 by chance£250
  • Match 4258≈ 361 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,045≈ 916 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,642≈ 9.8k by chance£10.00
  • Match 39,889≈ 12k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball44,441≈ 38k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball45,449≈ 45k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 plus Bonus Ball — 11,642 winners, 19% more than the 9.8k 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 Ball45,449£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball44,441£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,642£10.00
    Match 39,889£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,045£20.00
    Match 4258£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball15£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000