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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 27 August 2016

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 19
  3. 23
  4. 28
  5. 36
  6. 5

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 7% 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 1,024 of 3,062 under them

← 2016-08-26All recent draws2016-08-31 →

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 19 23 28 36 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 64% of every possible ticket.

  • sum76th
  • odd64th
  • low31th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread38th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 131 of each

11115times
19136times
23133times
28134times
36

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-27

  • Lines in play≈ 3.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.4Mto 250k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.38

Where the money went

  • Match 318%£258.5K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£454.5K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£318.1K
  • 5 other tiers28%£404.6K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.38 by chance

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121times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 73 of each

580times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,023 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 (11, 19, 36) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 9 March 2016 — its closest relative in 1,023 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 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

117

The numbers add up to 117 — the 75th 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

23 had not appeared for 12 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 54≈ 5.0 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball70≈ 65 by chance£250
  • Match 4755≈ 842 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball2,455≈ 2.1k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball24,253≈ 23k by chance£10.00
  • Match 325,854≈ 28k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball90,899≈ 88k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball106,037≈ 106k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈3.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 2,455 winners, 15% more than the 2.1k 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 Ball106,037£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball90,899£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball24,253£10.00
    Match 325,854£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball2,455£20.00
    Match 4755£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball70£250
    Match 54£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000