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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 3 September 2016

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 19
  3. 24
  4. 26
  5. 30
  6. 9

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 18% 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 1,027 of 3,063 under them

← 2016-09-02All recent draws2016-09-07 →

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 feed9 19 24 26 30 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 69% of every possible ticket.

  • sum63th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread20th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 132 of each

9123times
19138times
24130times
26130times
30

Prize breakdown · 2016-09-03

  • Lines in play≈ 2.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£2.9Mto 227k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3 winnerschance said 0.33

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball52%£1.5M
  • Match 310%£281.5K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball14%£406.1K
  • 6 other tiers24%£694.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3≈ 0.33 by chance

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157times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 73 of each

948times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,026 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 (9, 24, 26, 30) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 4 March 2016 — its closest relative in 1,026 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 26% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 September 2016): 30 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

9 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 2.0× 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≈ 4.3 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball77≈ 56 by chance£250
  • Match 4955≈ 723 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball2,480≈ 1.8k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball23,236≈ 20k by chance£10.00
  • Match 328,154≈ 24k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball81,218≈ 76k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball91,061≈ 91k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 2,480 winners, 35% more than the 1.8k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably more popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball91,061£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball81,218£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball23,236£10.00
    Match 328,154£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball2,480£20.00
    Match 4955£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball77£250
    Match 55£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3£500,000