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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 27 July 2016

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 12
  3. 13
  4. 14
  5. 16
  6. 5

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 11% 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 1,010 of 3,062 under them

← 2016-07-23All recent draws2016-07-29 →

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 feed8 12 13 14 16 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

7oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 7 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 0% of every possible ticket.

  • sum6th
  • odd9th
  • low99th
  • widest gap1th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread0th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 129 of each

8126times
12116times
13130times
14112times
16

Prize breakdown · 2016-07-27

  • Lines in play≈ 1.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£912.2Kto 160k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.24

Where the money went

  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball17%£156.7K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33%£301.8K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£200.8K
  • 5 other tiers28%£252.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.24 by chance

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127times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 72 of each

578times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,009 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 (12, 13, 14) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 18 April 2015 — its closest relative in 1,009 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 July 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

63

The numbers add up to 63 — the 6th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 12–13, 13–14. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 20 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 1.6× 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 51≈ 3.1 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball54≈ 41 by chance£250
  • Match 4505≈ 532 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,424≈ 1.3k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball15,667≈ 14k by chance£10.00
  • Match 315,542≈ 18k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball60,364≈ 56k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball66,931≈ 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 3 — 15,542 winners, 11% fewer than the 18k 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 Ball66,931£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball60,364£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball15,667£10.00
    Match 315,542£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,424£20.00
    Match 4505£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball54£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000