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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 3 August 2016

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 21
  3. 28
  4. 32
  5. 38
  6. 3

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 5% 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 1,013 of 3,062 under them

← 2016-07-30All recent draws2016-08-05 →

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 21 28 32 38 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 39% of every possible ticket.

  • sum87th
  • odd9th
  • low9th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread65th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 130 of each

8127times
21143times
28133times
32158times
38

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-03

  • Lines in play≈ 1.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.3Mto 135k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.22

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball40%£500.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball18%£233.8K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball14%£180.9K
  • 6 other tiers28%£349.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.22 by chance

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122times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 72 of each

381times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,012 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 (21, 28, 32, 38) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 10 November 2012 — its closest relative in 1,012 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 26% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 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

127

The numbers add up to 127 — the 86th 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

28 had not appeared for 19 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 0.7× 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 52≈ 2.8 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball34≈ 37 by chance£250
  • Match 4453≈ 479 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,081≈ 1.2k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,386≈ 13k by chance£10.00
  • Match 315,020≈ 16k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball46,765≈ 50k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball60,306≈ 60k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 plus Bonus Ball — 11,386 winners, 12% fewer than the 13k 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 Ball60,306£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball46,765£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,386£10.00
    Match 315,020£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,081£20.00
    Match 4453£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball34£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000