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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 23 August 2023

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 26
  2. 27
  3. 28
  4. 35
  5. 38
  6. 4

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 21% 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 2,408 of 3,064 under them

← 2023-08-22All recent draws2023-08-25 →

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 feed26 27 28 35 38 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 August 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

16oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 16 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 1% of every possible ticket.

  • sum99th
  • odd31th
  • low1th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread2th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 309 of each

26320times
27306times
28313times
35277times
38

Prize breakdown · 2023-08-23

  • Lines in play≈ 1.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£544.6Kto 99k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 317%£94.6K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£175.7K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball25%£137.1K
  • 5 other tiers25%£137.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.16 by chance

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300times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 172 of each

4172times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,407 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 (26, 28, 35, 38) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 3 August 2013 — its closest relative in 2,407 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 51% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 August 2023): 27 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

154

The numbers add up to 154 — the 99th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 26–27, 27–28. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

38 had not appeared for 20 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 0.6× 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 52≈ 2.1 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball23≈ 28 by chance£250
  • Match 4272≈ 363 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball658≈ 921 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,115≈ 9.8k by chance£10.00
  • Match 39,458≈ 12k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball35,135≈ 38k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball45,690≈ 46k 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 — 658 winners, 29% fewer than the 921 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball45,690£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball35,135£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,115£10.00
    Match 39,458£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball658£20.00
    Match 4272£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball23£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000