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Thunderball · draw

Tuesday, 15 August 2023

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 12
  3. 13
  4. 18
  5. 36
  6. 5

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 14% 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 2,403 of 3,064 under them

← 2023-08-12All recent draws2023-08-16 →

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 feed11 12 13 18 36 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 15 August 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 32% of every possible ticket.

  • sum34th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap84th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread38th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 308 of each

11310times
12276times
13305times
18328times
36

Prize breakdown · 2023-08-15

  • Lines in play≈ 1.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£496.1Kto 90k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 317%£85.7K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball34%£168.9K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£114.8K
  • 5 other tiers26%£126.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.14 by chance

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287times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 172 of each

5177times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,402 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 (11, 12, 13, 36) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 9 February 2019 — its closest relative in 2,402 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 51% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 August 2023): 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

90

The numbers add up to 90 — the 33th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 11–12, 12–13. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

36 had not appeared for 18 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 51≈ 1.8 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball16≈ 23 by chance£250
  • Match 4209≈ 304 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball689≈ 771 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,309≈ 8.2k by chance£10.00
  • Match 38,573≈ 10k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33,776≈ 32k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball38,251≈ 38k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,573 winners, 14% fewer than the 10k 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 Ball38,251£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33,776£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,309£10.00
    Match 38,573£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball689£20.00
    Match 4209£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball16£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000