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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 27 February 2016

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 19
  3. 29
  4. 31
  5. 36
  6. 12

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 2% 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 946 of 3,062 under them

← 2016-02-26All recent draws2016-03-02 →

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 feed14 19 29 31 36 + 1229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 27 February 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 51% of every possible ticket.

  • sum88th
  • odd64th
  • low31th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread24th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 121 of each

14107times
19127times
29126times
31144times
36

Prize breakdown · 2016-02-27

  • Lines in play≈ 2.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.3Mto 219k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.34

Where the money went

  • Match 319%£243.4K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£387.0K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£285.4K
  • 5 other tiers27%£346.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.34 by chance

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105times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 68 of each

1273times

Every number was expected about that many times after 945 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 (14, 19, 31, 36) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 10 February 2016 — its closest relative in 945 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 24% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 February 2016): 14 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

129

The numbers add up to 129 — the 88th 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

36 had not appeared for 8 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than 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≈ 4.4 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball64≈ 58 by chance£250
  • Match 4776≈ 755 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,764≈ 1.9k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball19,240≈ 20k by chance£10.00
  • Match 324,341≈ 25k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball77,391≈ 79k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball95,117≈ 95k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 1,764 winners, 8% fewer than the 1.9k 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 Ball95,117£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball77,391£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball19,240£10.00
    Match 324,341£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,764£20.00
    Match 4776£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball64£250
    Match 55£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000