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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 28 February 2024

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 17
  3. 26
  4. 31
  5. 34
  6. 8

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 7% 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 2,516 of 3,064 under them

← 2024-02-27All recent draws2024-03-01 →

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 feed8 17 26 31 34 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 February 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 72% of every possible ticket.

  • sum74th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread43th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 322 of each

8310times
17304times
26340times
31343times
34

Prize breakdown · 2024-02-28

  • Lines in play≈ 1.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.2Mto 111k 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 Ball43%£500.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball18%£204.7K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball12%£139.1K
  • 6 other tiers27%£316.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.17 by chance

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340times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 180 of each

8184times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,515 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 (26, 31, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 16 December 2023 — its closest relative in 2,515 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 February 2024): 17, 34 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

116

The numbers add up to 116 — the 74th 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 25 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 0.9× 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 53≈ 2.2 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball50≈ 28 by chance£250
  • Match 4397≈ 368 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,174≈ 934 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,287≈ 10.0k by chance£10.00
  • Match 311,283≈ 12k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball40,948≈ 39k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball46,350≈ 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 — 1,174 winners, 26% more than the 934 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably more 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 Ball46,350£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball40,948£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,287£10.00
    Match 311,283£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,174£20.00
    Match 4397£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball50£250
    Match 53£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000