UK National Lottery Thunderball #8

Winning numbers drawn at 8.03pm BST on Saturday 31st July 1999:

The table below is courtesy of Camelot's phone line (0845 9100 000 *10).

Category      Prize       Winners       Total        Percentages
5+T/ball      £250,000           2      £500,000      16.7%
5               £5,000           6       £30,000       1.0%
4+T/ball          £250         268       £67,000       2.2%
4                 £100       2,735      £273,500       9.2%
3+T/ball           £20       6,538      £130,760       4.4%
3                  £10      74,214      £742,140      24.9%
2+T/ball           £10      48,274      £482,740      16.2%
1+T/ball            £5     151,903      £759,515      25.4%
Totals                     283,940    £2,985,655     100.0%

Category                  Change       Figure        Percentages
Ticket sales             2.9% fall    £4,616,284   

The next table displays the draw order, revised frequencies and the last prior appearance of each of the 6 balls.

                    Updated Frequencies       Since Last Appeared
Drawn   Order      Main   T/ball   Total    Main   T/ball    Either
1st       33         3       0        3       1     Never       1 
2nd       24         2       0        2       2     Never       2 
3rd       05         1       0        1    Never    Never    Never
4th       12         1       0        1    Never    Never    Never
5th       06         1       1        2    Never       7        7 
T/ball    10         0       1        1    Never    Never    Never
Total     90         8       2       10      35       47       34
Avg.      15.0       1.3     0.3      1.7     5.8      7.8      5.7

Comments:

• The draw used ball set T2 in the Excalibur 3 machine
• The average prize was £10.52. One in every 16.3 tickets won a prize (=6.15% of players).
• The prior history of the jackpot ticket included no wins.
• The number 33 has joined the numbers 03, 20 and 26 at the top of the main number frequency table after its third such appearance.
• This draw had the lowest number of 5-match winners to date, but also the highest number of 4+Thunderball winners so far.
• Ticket sales fell to their lowest level ever for the second week running.
• Unclaimed prizes from this week expired at 11.00pm GMT on Thursday 27th January 2000 and have been added to the National Lottery Distribution Fund.

Next Thunderball: #9 (Saturday 7th August 1999) [No jackpot winners]
Previous Thunderball: #7 (Saturday 24th July 1999) [2 jackpot winners]

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