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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 24 February 2016

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 7
  3. 28
  4. 30
  5. 38
  6. 11

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 13% 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 944 of 3,062 under them

← 2016-02-20All recent draws2016-02-26 →

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 feed6 7 28 30 38 + 1129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 February 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 30% of every possible ticket.

  • sum64th
  • odd9th
  • low31th
  • widest gap93th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread76th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 121 of each

6132times
7120times
28127times
30143times
38

Prize breakdown · 2016-02-24

  • Lines in play≈ 1.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£836.1Kto 150k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.23

Where the money went

  • Match 318%£147.7K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33%£276.3K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£193.7K
  • 5 other tiers26%£218.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.23 by chance

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113times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 67 of each

1179times

Every number was expected about that many times after 943 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 (6, 28, 30) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 4 February 2015 — its closest relative in 943 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 February 2016): 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

109

The numbers add up to 109 — the 64th 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

7 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 1.1× 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 51≈ 3.0 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball33≈ 39 by chance£250
  • Match 4399≈ 513 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,197≈ 1.3k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,134≈ 14k by chance£10.00
  • Match 314,768≈ 17k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball55,251≈ 54k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball64,581≈ 65k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 399 winners, 22% fewer than the 513 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 Ball64,581£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball55,251£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,134£10.00
    Match 314,768£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,197£20.00
    Match 4399£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball33£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000