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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 16 September 2016

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 21
  3. 22
  4. 33
  5. 39
  6. 5

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 20% 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 1,032 of 3,063 under them

← 2016-09-14All recent draws2016-09-17 →

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 feed16 21 22 33 39 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 September 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 38% of every possible ticket.

  • sum90th
  • odd64th
  • low9th
  • widest gap34th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread28th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 132 of each

16131times
21144times
22145times
33121times
39

Prize breakdown · 2016-09-16

  • Lines in play≈ 1.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£585.4Kto 108k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.18

Where the money went

  • Match 318%£102.6K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33%£191.1K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball25%£147.0K
  • 5 other tiers25%£144.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.18 by chance

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

Times drawn before — chance expected 74 of each

582times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,031 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 (21, 22, 33) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 15 August 2015 — its closest relative in 1,031 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 September 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 5 repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

131

The numbers add up to 131 — the 90th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 21–22. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 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 0.6× 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 51≈ 2.3 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball18≈ 30 by chance£250
  • Match 4298≈ 389 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball772≈ 988 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,007≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 310,256≈ 13k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball38,215≈ 41k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball48,996≈ 49k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 772 winners, 22% fewer than the 988 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 Ball48,996£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball38,215£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,007£10.00
    Match 310,256£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball772£20.00
    Match 4298£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball18£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000