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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 30 January 2016

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 30
  3. 31
  4. 32
  5. 38
  6. 6

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 27% 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 934 of 3,062 under them

← 2016-01-29All recent draws2016-02-03 →

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 30 31 32 38 + 629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 30 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

19oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 19 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 2% of every possible ticket.

  • sum91th
  • odd31th
  • low9th
  • widest gap100th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread97th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 120 of each

1113times
30140times
31140times
32143times
38

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-30

  • Lines in play≈ 3.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.2Mto 220k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.37

Where the money went

  • Match 316%£194.8K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33%£398.1K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball26%£307.0K
  • 5 other tiers25%£298.8K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.37 by chance

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112times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 67 of each

661times

Every number was expected about that many times after 933 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 (1, 30, 31, 38) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 3 September 2010 — its closest relative in 933 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 24% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 January 2016): 32 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. Side-by-side numbers: 30–31, 31–32. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

1 had not appeared for 13 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 57≈ 4.8 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball51≈ 63 by chance£250
  • Match 4549≈ 813 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,400≈ 2.1k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball16,816≈ 22k by chance£10.00
  • Match 319,478≈ 27k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball79,620≈ 85k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball102,333≈ 102k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈3.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 549 winners, 32% fewer than the 813 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball102,333£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball79,620£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball16,816£10.00
    Match 319,478£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,400£20.00
    Match 4549£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball51£250
    Match 57£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000