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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 29 January 2016

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 22
  3. 28
  4. 32
  5. 34
  6. 9

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 3% 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 933 of 3,062 under them

← 2016-01-27All recent draws2016-01-30 →

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 feed10 22 28 32 34 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

43oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 27% of every possible ticket.

  • sum86th
  • odd1th
  • low9th
  • widest gap43th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread33th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 119 of each

10130times
22131times
28126times
32142times
34

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-29

  • Lines in play≈ 1.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.1Mto 103k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball46%£500.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball16%£179.0K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball13%£136.6K
  • 6 other tiers25%£273.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.16 by chance

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108times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 67 of each

942times

Every number was expected about that many times after 932 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 (10, 22, 32, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 6 September 2013 — its closest relative in 932 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 24% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 January 2016): 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

126

The numbers add up to 126 — the 85th 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

10 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% 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 Ball30≈ 28 by chance£250
  • Match 4376≈ 362 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball825≈ 918 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,158≈ 9.8k by chance£10.00
  • Match 311,548≈ 12k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball35,792≈ 38k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball45,534≈ 46k 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 3 plus Bonus Ball — 825 winners, 10% fewer than the 918 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball45,534£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball35,792£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,158£10.00
    Match 311,548£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball825£20.00
    Match 4376£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball30£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000