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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 30 April 2016

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 10
  3. 11
  4. 17
  5. 18
  6. 9

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 17% more 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 973 of 3,062 under them

← 2016-04-29All recent draws2016-05-04 →

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 10 11 17 18 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

16oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 16 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 1% of every possible ticket.

  • sum6th
  • odd31th
  • low99th
  • widest gap4th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread2th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 125 of each

6137times
10134times
11107times
17131times
18

Prize breakdown · 2016-04-30

  • Lines in play≈ 2.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.4Mto 234k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.33

Where the money went

  • Match 320%£283.8K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£432.7K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball20%£277.0K
  • 5 other tiers28%£393.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.33 by chance

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134times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 69 of each

944times

Every number was expected about that many times after 972 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, 10, 11) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 6 December 2014 — its closest relative in 972 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 April 2016): 18 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

62

The numbers add up to 62 — the 5th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 10–11, 17–18. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

11 had not appeared for 12 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 2.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 54≈ 4.3 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball59≈ 56 by chance£250
  • Match 4801≈ 733 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball2,123≈ 1.9k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball23,645≈ 20k by chance£10.00
  • Match 328,380≈ 24k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball86,530≈ 77k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball92,340≈ 92k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 plus Bonus Ball — 23,645 winners, 19% more than the 20k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball92,340£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball86,530£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball23,645£10.00
    Match 328,380£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball2,123£20.00
    Match 4801£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball59£250
    Match 54£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000