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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 23 July 2016

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 7
  3. 22
  4. 23
  5. 24
  6. 3

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 27% 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 1,009 of 3,062 under them

← 2016-07-22All recent draws2016-07-27 →

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 feed4 7 22 23 24 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 July 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 34% of every possible ticket.

  • sum21th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap67th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread17th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 129 of each

4129times
7129times
22139times
23131times
24

Prize breakdown · 2016-07-23

  • Lines in play≈ 2.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.3Mto 211k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.30

Where the money went

  • Match 322%£278.3K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30%£379.7K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball20%£251.0K
  • 5 other tiers28%£357.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.30 by chance

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126times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 72 of each

380times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,008 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 (22, 23, 24) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 1 April 2015 — its closest relative in 1,008 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 July 2016): 7, 24 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

80

The numbers add up to 80 — the 20th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23, 23–24. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 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 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≈ 3.9 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball58≈ 51 by chance£250
  • Match 4820≈ 664 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,892≈ 1.7k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball20,325≈ 18k by chance£10.00
  • Match 327,829≈ 22k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball75,946≈ 70k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball83,651≈ 84k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 27,829 winners, 27% more than the 22k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably more 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 Ball83,651£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball75,946£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball20,325£10.00
    Match 327,829£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,892£20.00
    Match 4820£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball58£250
    Match 54£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000