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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 24 September 2016

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 12
  3. 23
  4. 30
  5. 33
  6. 3

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 19% 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 1,036 of 3,062 under them

← 2016-09-23All recent draws2016-09-28 →

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 12 23 30 33 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

67oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 67 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 90% of every possible ticket.

  • sum61th
  • odd64th
  • low31th
  • widest gap34th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread33th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 133 of each

9124times
12120times
23135times
30158times
33

Prize breakdown · 2016-09-24

  • Lines in play≈ 2.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.3Mto 211k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.31

Where the money went

  • Match 321%£267.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball29%£374.4K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball20%£256.9K
  • 5 other tiers30%£377.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.31 by chance

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

Times drawn before — chance expected 74 of each

383times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,035 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 (9, 30, 33) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 4 March 2016 — its closest relative in 1,035 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 September 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

107

The numbers add up to 107 — the 60th 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 9 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 1.1× 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 56≈ 4.0 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball56≈ 52 by chance£250
  • Match 4789≈ 680 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball2,193≈ 1.7k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball21,019≈ 18k by chance£10.00
  • Match 326,696≈ 22k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball74,887≈ 71k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball85,624≈ 86k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 2,193 winners, 27% more than the 1.7k 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 Ball85,624£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball74,887£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball21,019£10.00
    Match 326,696£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball2,193£20.00
    Match 4789£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball56£250
    Match 56£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000