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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 17 August 2016

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 15
  3. 16
  4. 22
  5. 38
  6. 1

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 25% 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 1,019 of 3,062 under them

← 2016-08-13All recent draws2016-08-19 →

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 feed11 15 16 22 38 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

71oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 71 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 96% of every possible ticket.

  • sum53th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap74th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread48th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 131 of each

11114times
15126times
16130times
22141times
38

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-17

  • Lines in play≈ 1.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£654.3Kto 111k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.17

Where the money went

  • Match 323%£150.6K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball29%£192.1K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball21%£138.0K
  • 5 other tiers27%£173.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.17 by chance

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124times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 73 of each

173times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,018 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 (11, 15, 16, 22) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 14 May 2016 — its closest relative in 1,018 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 26% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 August 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

102

The numbers add up to 102 — the 52th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 16 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 51≈ 2.1 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball39≈ 28 by chance£250
  • Match 4419≈ 365 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball882≈ 927 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,935≈ 9.9k by chance£10.00
  • Match 315,056≈ 12k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball38,421≈ 38k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball45,993≈ 46k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 15,056 winners, 25% more than the 12k 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 Ball45,993£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball38,421£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,935£10.00
    Match 315,056£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball882£20.00
    Match 4419£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball39£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000