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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 29 August 2015

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 8
  3. 24
  4. 31
  5. 39
  6. 2

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 4% 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 868 of 3,062 under them

← 2015-08-28All recent draws2015-09-02 →

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 feed5 8 24 31 39 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 August 2015 — 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 68% of every possible ticket.

  • sum61th
  • odd64th
  • low31th
  • widest gap74th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread86th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 111 of each

5100times
8115times
24109times
31131times
39

Prize breakdown · 2015-08-29

  • Lines in play≈ 2.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.1Mto 199k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.31

Where the money went

  • Match 320%£233.5K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£349.7K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£256.0K
  • 5 other tiers27%£305.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.31 by chance

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107times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 62 of each

251times

Every number was expected about that many times after 867 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 (5, 24, 39) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 23 January 2015 — its closest relative in 867 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 August 2015): 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

107

The numbers add up to 107 — the 60th 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

31 had not appeared for 18 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 1.0× 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 54≈ 4.0 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball45≈ 52 by chance£250
  • Match 4656≈ 678 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,556≈ 1.7k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball17,771≈ 18k by chance£10.00
  • Match 323,350≈ 22k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball69,932≈ 71k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball85,325≈ 85k 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 3 plus Bonus Ball — 1,556 winners, 10% fewer than the 1.7k 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 Ball85,325£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball69,932£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball17,771£10.00
    Match 323,350£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,556£20.00
    Match 4656£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball45£250
    Match 54£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000