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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 21 August 2026

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 16
  4. 37
  5. 38
  6. 6

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 15% 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 3,033 of 3,063 under them

← 2026-08-19All recent draws2026-08-22 →

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 9 16 37 38 + 610 Oct 2026, 20:47 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 August 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 45% of every possible ticket.

  • sum63th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap93th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread65th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 389 of each

8373times
9361times
16390times
37358times
38

Prize breakdown · 2026-08-21

  • Lines in play≈ 1.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£465.3Kto 85k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 318%£84.6K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£150.4K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball25%£114.1K
  • 5 other tiers25%£116.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.14 by chance

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390times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 217 of each

6199times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,032 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 (8, 9, 16) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 20 June 2026 — its closest relative in 3,032 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 August 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 6 repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

108

The numbers add up to 108 — the 62th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9, 37–38. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 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 0.8× 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 52≈ 1.8 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball14≈ 23 by chance£250
  • Match 4191≈ 302 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball572≈ 767 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,217≈ 8.2k by chance£10.00
  • Match 38,457≈ 10.0k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30,078≈ 32k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball38,040≈ 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 plus Bonus Ball — 572 winners, 25% fewer than the 767 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 Ball38,040£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30,078£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,217£10.00
    Match 38,457£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball572£20.00
    Match 4191£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball14£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000