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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 28 August 2020

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 6
  3. 10
  4. 12
  5. 37
  6. 1

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 17% 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 1,785 of 3,064 under them

← 2020-08-26All recent draws2020-08-29 →

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 feed5 6 10 12 37 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 August 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

35oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 35 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 15% of every possible ticket.

  • sum11th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap98th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread76th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 229 of each

5212times
6246times
10244times
12201times
37

Prize breakdown · 2020-08-28

  • Lines in play≈ 1.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£489.3Kto 85k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 322%£109.3K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30%£148.9K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£107.0K
  • 4 other tiers25%£124.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.13 by chance

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204times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 127 of each

1127times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,784 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 (6, 10, 37) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 29 February 2020 — its closest relative in 1,784 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 August 2020): 12 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

70

The numbers add up to 70 — the 10th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 5–6. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 10 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more 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 50≈ 1.7 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball17≈ 22 by chance£250
  • Match 4295≈ 283 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball694≈ 719 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,644≈ 7.7k by chance£10.00
  • Match 310,933≈ 9.3k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball29,782≈ 30k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball35,659≈ 36k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 10,933 winners, 17% more than the 9.3k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball35,659£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball29,782£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,644£10.00
    Match 310,933£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball694£20.00
    Match 4295£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball17£250
    Match 50£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000