UK National Lottery Thunderball #20

Winning numbers drawn at 8.03pm BST on Saturday 23rd October 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           0            £0       0.0%
5               £5,000           7       £35,000       1.3%
4+T/ball          £250         271       £67,750       2.6%
4                 £100       2,997      £299,700      11.3%
3+T/ball           £20       6,827      £136,540       5.1%
3                  £10      76,052      £760,520      28.7%
2+T/ball           £10      54,326      £543,260      20.5%
1+T/ball            £5     161,453      £807,265      30.5%
Totals                     301,933    £2,650,035     100.0%

Category                  Change       Figure        Percentages
Ticket sales             3.2% fall    £4,436,543   

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       10         1       1        2    Never      12       12 
2nd       18         4       0        4       7     Never       7 
3rd       30         4       0        4       8     Never       8 
4th       03         5       1        6       6       17        6 
5th       12         4       0        4       6     Never       6 
T/ball    11         1       1        2       9     Never       9 
Total     84        19       3       22      56      109       48
Avg.      14.0       3.2     0.5      3.7     9.3     18.2      8.0

Comments:

• The draw used ball set T3 in the Excalibur 1 machine
• The average prize was £ 8.78. One in every 14.7 tickets won a prize (=6.81% of players).
• The prior history of the jackpot ticket included no wins.
• There are now five numbers that have appeared five times in the 20 Thunderball draws so far.
• At long last, the first appearance of the main number 10 means that every one of the 34 main balls has now ppeared at least once.
• The number 3 joined the number 9 at the top of the winning number frequency table after its sixth appearance to date.
• The number 34 is now the only winning number to have failed to appear twice in the history of the Thunderball lottery.
• Two ticket combinations have now won seven prizes so far.
• Ticket sales fell for a record fourth consecutive week to their second lowest level ever.
• Unclaimed prizes from this week expired at 11.00pm BST on Thursday 20th April 2000 and have been added to the National Lottery Distribution Fund.

Next Thunderball: #21 (Saturday 30th October 1999) [No jackpot winners]
Previous Thunderball: #19 (Saturday 16th October 1999) [1 jackpot winner]

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