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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 5 August 2017

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 9
  3. 14
  4. 16
  5. 35
  6. 8

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 29% 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 1,171 of 3,062 under them

← 2017-08-04All recent draws2017-08-09 →

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 feed1 9 14 16 35 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 August 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

39oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 39 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 20% of every possible ticket.

  • sum15th
  • odd64th
  • low89th
  • widest gap88th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread86th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 150 of each

1144times
9139times
14130times
16153times
35

Prize breakdown · 2017-08-05

  • Lines in play≈ 3.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.3Mto 233k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.38

Where the money went

  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball16%£199.3K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball34%£423.3K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball25%£319.2K
  • 5 other tiers25%£312.7K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.38 by chance

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126times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 84 of each

890times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,170 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 (14, 16, 35) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 3 February 2016 — its closest relative in 1,170 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 August 2017): 16 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

75

The numbers add up to 75 — the 15th 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

1 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 1.0× 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 54≈ 5.0 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball41≈ 65 by chance£250
  • Match 4521≈ 845 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,590≈ 2.1k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball19,934≈ 23k by chance£10.00
  • Match 319,858≈ 28k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball84,653≈ 89k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball106,413≈ 106k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈3.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 521 winners, 38% fewer than the 845 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 Ball106,413£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball84,653£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball19,934£10.00
    Match 319,858£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,590£20.00
    Match 4521£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball41£250
    Match 54£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000