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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 23 August 2014

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 24
  3. 28
  4. 30
  5. 39
  6. 14

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 3% 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 709 of 3,063 under them

← 2014-08-22All recent draws2014-08-27 →

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 feed11 24 28 30 39 + 1429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 August 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 67% of every possible ticket.

  • sum91th
  • odd31th
  • low9th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread53th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 91 of each

1181times
2488times
2899times
30102times
39

Prize breakdown · 2014-08-23

  • Lines in play≈ 2.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.2Mto 205k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.31

Where the money went

  • Match 320%£236.3K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£366.9K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£261.8K
  • 5 other tiers27%£318.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.31 by chance

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89times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 51 of each

1452times

Every number was expected about that many times after 708 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 (28, 30, 39) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 5 April 2014 — its closest relative in 708 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 August 2014): 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

132

The numbers add up to 132 — the 90th 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

30 had not appeared for 17 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 0.9× 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 55≈ 4.1 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball36≈ 53 by chance£250
  • Match 4636≈ 693 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,710≈ 1.8k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball18,659≈ 19k by chance£10.00
  • Match 323,629≈ 23k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball73,376≈ 73k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball87,259≈ 87k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 636 winners, 8% fewer than the 693 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball87,259£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball73,376£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball18,659£10.00
    Match 323,629£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,710£20.00
    Match 4636£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball36£250
    Match 55£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000