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Thunderball · draw

Tuesday, 16 August 2022

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 8
  3. 15
  4. 19
  5. 22
  6. 11

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 24% 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 2,195 of 3,063 under them

← 2022-08-13All recent draws2022-08-17 →

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 feed4 8 15 19 22 + 1129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 August 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

33oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 33 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 12% of every possible ticket.

  • sum9th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread11th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 281 of each

4298times
8271times
15286times
19290times
22

Prize breakdown · 2022-08-16

  • Lines in play≈ 1.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£520.9Kto 86k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 322%£113.5K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball29%£151.9K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball20%£104.7K
  • 5 other tiers29%£150.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.13 by chance

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291times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 157 of each

11160times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,194 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 (4, 8, 19, 22) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 24 July 2019 — its closest relative in 2,194 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 48% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 August 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

68

The numbers add up to 68 — the 9th 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

8 had not appeared for 9 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 2.1× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 52≈ 1.6 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball26≈ 21 by chance£250
  • Match 4344≈ 277 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball849≈ 703 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,300≈ 7.5k by chance£10.00
  • Match 311,346≈ 9.1k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30,386≈ 29k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball34,884≈ 35k 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 — 11,346 winners, 24% more than the 9.1k 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 Ball34,884£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30,386£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,300£10.00
    Match 311,346£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball849£20.00
    Match 4344£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball26£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000