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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 8 October 2016

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 23
  2. 27
  3. 30
  4. 31
  5. 38
  6. 13

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 8% 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 1,042 of 3,062 under them

← 2016-10-07All recent draws2016-10-12 →

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 feed23 27 30 31 38 + 1329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 October 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

26oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 26 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 6% of every possible ticket.

  • sum98th
  • odd64th
  • low1th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread5th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 133 of each

23137times
27136times
30159times
31156times
38

Prize breakdown · 2016-10-08

  • Lines in play≈ 2.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.2Mto 206k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.32

Where the money went

  • Match 319%£214.2K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£369.7K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£267.4K
  • 5 other tiers26%£302.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.32 by chance

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125times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 74 of each

1371times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,041 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 (27, 31, 38) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 25 May 2016 — its closest relative in 1,041 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (7 October 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

149

The numbers add up to 149 — the 98th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 30–31. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

38 had not appeared for 23 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than 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 52≈ 4.2 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball54≈ 54 by chance£250
  • Match 4580≈ 708 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,603≈ 1.8k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball18,846≈ 19k by chance£10.00
  • Match 321,420≈ 23k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball73,935≈ 74k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball89,129≈ 89k 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 4 — 580 winners, 18% fewer than the 708 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 Ball89,129£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball73,935£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball18,846£10.00
    Match 321,420£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,603£20.00
    Match 4580£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball54£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000