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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 27 April 2016

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 18
  3. 24
  4. 32
  5. 34
  6. 9

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 9% 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 971 of 3,062 under them

← 2016-04-23All recent draws2016-04-29 →

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 18 24 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 27 April 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 81% of every possible ticket.

  • sum70th
  • odd9th
  • low31th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread59th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 124 of each

5118times
18132times
24121times
32152times
34

Prize breakdown · 2016-04-27

  • Lines in play≈ 1.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£876.9Kto 153k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.24

Where the money went

  • Match 318%£158.9K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£272.3K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£200.8K
  • 5 other tiers28%£244.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.24 by chance

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111times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 69 of each

943times

Every number was expected about that many times after 970 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 (5, 18, 24, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 3 February 2010 — its closest relative in 970 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 25% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 April 2016): 18, 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

113

The numbers add up to 113 — the 70th 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

24 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 55≈ 3.1 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball41≈ 41 by chance£250
  • Match 4455≈ 532 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,312≈ 1.3k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball13,782≈ 14k by chance£10.00
  • Match 315,891≈ 18k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball54,466≈ 56k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball66,937≈ 67k 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 — 455 winners, 14% fewer than the 532 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 Ball66,937£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball54,466£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball13,782£10.00
    Match 315,891£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,312£20.00
    Match 4455£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball41£250
    Match 55£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000