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Thunderball · draw

Tuesday, 2 August 2022

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 5
  4. 29
  5. 35
  6. 4

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 4% 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 2,187 of 3,064 under them

← 2022-07-30All recent draws2022-08-03 →

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 feed2 4 5 29 35 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 August 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 31% of every possible ticket.

  • sum15th
  • odd64th
  • low64th
  • widest gap97th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread81th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 280 of each

2279times
4296times
5260times
29299times
35

Prize breakdown · 2022-08-02

  • Lines in play≈ 958kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£451.1Kto 79k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 319%£83.5K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33%£147.5K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£99.2K
  • 5 other tiers27%£120.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.12 by chance

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

Times drawn before — chance expected 156 of each

4157times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,186 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 (2, 4, 5) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 29 August 2020 — its closest relative in 2,186 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 July 2022): 35 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. Side-by-side numbers: 4–5. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

29 had not appeared for 46 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 52≈ 1.5 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball12≈ 20 by chance£250
  • Match 4210≈ 263 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball637≈ 667 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,412≈ 7.1k by chance£10.00
  • Match 38,353≈ 8.7k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball29,501≈ 28k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball33,080≈ 33k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈958k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 1 plus Bonus Ball — 29,501 winners, 7% more than the 28k 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 Ball33,080£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball29,501£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,412£10.00
    Match 38,353£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball637£20.00
    Match 4210£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball12£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000