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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 31 August 2022

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 15
  2. 16
  3. 17
  4. 22
  5. 34
  6. 5

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 13% 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 2,204 of 3,063 under them

← 2022-08-30All recent draws2022-09-02 →

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 feed15 16 17 22 34 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 August 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 65% of every possible ticket.

  • sum56th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap43th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread14th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 282 of each

15290times
16280times
17269times
22294times
34

Prize breakdown · 2022-08-31

  • Lines in play≈ 1.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.1Mto 112k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.17

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball44%£500.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball18%£208.1K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball13%£143.1K
  • 6 other tiers24%£275.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.17 by chance

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302times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 157 of each

5156times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,203 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 (15, 16, 17, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 6 March 2019 — its closest relative in 2,203 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 48% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 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

104

The numbers add up to 104 — the 56th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16, 16–17. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 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 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≈ 2.2 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball25≈ 29 by chance£250
  • Match 4327≈ 379 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball952≈ 962 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,344≈ 10k by chance£10.00
  • Match 310,928≈ 13k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball41,612≈ 40k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball47,714≈ 48k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 10,928 winners, 13% fewer than the 13k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball47,714£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball41,612£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,344£10.00
    Match 310,928£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball952£20.00
    Match 4327£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball25£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000