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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 24 August 2016

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 18
  3. 22
  4. 26
  5. 34
  6. 12

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 20% 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 1,022 of 3,062 under them

← 2016-08-20All recent draws2016-08-26 →

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 18 22 26 34 + 1229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 60% of every possible ticket.

  • sum63th
  • odd1th
  • low31th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread43th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 131 of each

8129times
18138times
22142times
26129times
34

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-24

  • Lines in play≈ 1.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£827.8Kto 132k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.20

Where the money went

  • Match 321%£171.8K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball28%£232.9K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball20%£163.5K
  • 5 other tiers31%£259.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.20 by chance

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116times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 73 of each

1276times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,021 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 (8, 22, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 27 November 2015 — its closest relative in 1,021 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 August 2016): 8 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

108

The numbers add up to 108 — the 62th 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

26 had not appeared for 25 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 59≈ 2.5 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball36≈ 33 by chance£250
  • Match 4586≈ 433 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,214≈ 1.1k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball12,280≈ 12k by chance£10.00
  • Match 317,175≈ 14k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball46,570≈ 45k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball54,504≈ 55k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 17,175 winners, 20% more than the 14k 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 Ball54,504£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball46,570£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball12,280£10.00
    Match 317,175£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,214£20.00
    Match 4586£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball36£250
    Match 59£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000