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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 30 September 2016

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 24
  2. 27
  3. 34
  4. 36
  5. 37
  6. 2

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 28% 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 1,038 of 3,063 under them

← 2016-09-28All recent draws2016-10-01 →

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 feed24 27 34 36 37 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 30 September 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

23oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 23 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 4% of every possible ticket.

  • sum99th
  • odd31th
  • low1th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread3th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 133 of each

24132times
27135times
34122times
36122times
37

Prize breakdown · 2016-09-30

  • Lines in play≈ 1.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£523.9Kto 99k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 14lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.17

Where the money went

  • Match 317%£89.9K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£166.8K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball27%£143.4K
  • 5 other tiers24%£123.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.17 by chance

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103times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 74 of each

262times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,037 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 (24, 27, 34, 36) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 19 August 2015 — its closest relative in 1,037 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 27% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 September 2016): 27, 34 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

158

The numbers add up to 158 — the 99th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 36–37. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

36 had not appeared for 14 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 51≈ 2.2 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball15≈ 29 by chance£250
  • Match 4250≈ 380 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball631≈ 963 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,751≈ 10k by chance£10.00
  • Match 38,985≈ 13k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33,355≈ 40k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball47,786≈ 48k 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 — 631 winners, 35% fewer than the 963 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less 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 Ball47,786£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33,355£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,751£10.00
    Match 38,985£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball631£20.00
    Match 4250£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball15£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000