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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 29 July 2016

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 7
  3. 16
  4. 22
  5. 29
  6. 4

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 12% 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 1,011 of 3,062 under them

← 2016-07-27All recent draws2016-07-30 →

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 7 16 22 29 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 July 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 54% of every possible ticket.

  • sum21th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread28th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 129 of each

6142times
7130times
16128times
22140times
29

Prize breakdown · 2016-07-29

  • Lines in play≈ 1.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.1Mto 106k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball44%£500.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball17%£191.3K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball11%£129.2K
  • 6 other tiers28%£321.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.15 by chance

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

Times drawn before — chance expected 72 of each

475times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,010 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 (6, 7, 16, 29) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 24 October 2012 — its closest relative in 1,010 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 26% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 July 2016): 16 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: 6–7. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 7 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 55≈ 2.0 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball35≈ 26 by chance£250
  • Match 4383≈ 342 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,005≈ 868 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,375≈ 9.3k by chance£10.00
  • Match 312,595≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball38,265≈ 36k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball43,050≈ 43k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 1,005 winners, 16% more than the 868 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 Ball43,050£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball38,265£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,375£10.00
    Match 312,595£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,005£20.00
    Match 4383£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball35£250
    Match 55£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000