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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 25 August 2021

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 18
  3. 28
  4. 29
  5. 39
  6. 12

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 5% 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 1,992 of 3,064 under them

← 2021-08-24All recent draws2021-08-27 →

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 feed14 18 28 29 39 + 1229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 25 August 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 58% of every possible ticket.

  • sum88th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread38th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 255 of each

14233times
18275times
28254times
29283times
39

Prize breakdown · 2021-08-25

  • Lines in play≈ 1.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£576.2Kto 101k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 321%£119.4K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£176.3K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£130.3K
  • 5 other tiers26%£150.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.16 by chance

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249times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 142 of each

12140times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,991 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 (14, 18, 29, 39) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 2 March 2021 — its closest relative in 1,991 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 45% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 August 2021): 14, 39 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

128

The numbers add up to 128 — the 87th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 28–29. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

29 had not appeared for 19 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 51≈ 2.0 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball18≈ 27 by chance£250
  • Match 4337≈ 345 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball817≈ 876 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,064≈ 9.3k by chance£10.00
  • Match 311,943≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball35,250≈ 36k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball43,437≈ 43k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 817 winners, 7% fewer than the 876 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball43,437£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball35,250£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,064£10.00
    Match 311,943£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball817£20.00
    Match 4337£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball18£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000