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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 19 October 2016

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 26
  2. 29
  3. 34
  4. 38
  5. 39
  6. 4

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 33% 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 1,046 of 3,062 under them

← 2016-10-15All recent draws2016-10-21 →

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 feed26 29 34 38 39 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 19 October 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

21oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 21 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 3% of every possible ticket.

  • sum100th
  • odd31th
  • low1th
  • widest gap2th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread3th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 134 of each

26137times
29138times
34124times
38126times
39

Prize breakdown · 2016-10-19

  • Lines in play≈ 1.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£711.2Kto 136k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 14lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.24

Where the money went

  • Match 317%£117.6K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33%£232.2K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball28%£199.5K
  • 4 other tiers23%£162.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.24 by chance

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124times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 75 of each

477times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,045 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 (34, 38, 39) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 30 September 2015 — its closest relative in 1,045 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 October 2016): 26 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

166

The numbers add up to 166 — the 100th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 38–39. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

29 had not appeared for 21 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 50≈ 3.1 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball28≈ 41 by chance£250
  • Match 4344≈ 528 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball871≈ 1.3k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,314≈ 14k by chance£10.00
  • Match 311,755≈ 17k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball46,432≈ 55k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball66,513≈ 67k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 871 winners, 35% fewer than the 1.3k 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 Ball66,513£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball46,432£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,314£10.00
    Match 311,755£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball871£20.00
    Match 4344£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball28£250
    Match 50£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000