UK National Lottery Thunderball #81

Winning numbers drawn at 8.03pm GMT on Saturday 23rd December 2000:

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

Category      Prize       Winners       Total        Percentages
5+T/ball      £250,000           1      £250,000       8.3%
5               £5,000          18       £90,000       3.0%
4+T/ball          £250         321       £80,250       2.7%
4                 £100       3,510      £351,000      11.7%
3+T/ball           £20       6,666      £133,320       4.5%
3                  £10      81,921      £819,210      27.3%
2+T/ball           £10      52,309      £523,090      17.4%
1+T/ball            £5     150,556      £752,780      25.1%
Totals                     295,302    £2,999,650     100.0%

Category                  Change       Figure        Percentages
Ticket sales             3.4% rise    £4,591,274   

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       25        19       0       19       7     Never       7 
2nd       11        17       5       22       1        7        1 
3rd       26        12       0       12       3     Never       3 
4th       06        13       5       18       3        9        3 
5th       17        13       0       13       6     Never       6 
T/ball    09        14       7       21       2        5        2 
Total     94        88      17      105      22      264       22
Avg.      15.7      14.7     2.8     17.5     3.7     44.0      3.7

Comments:

• The draw used ball set T2 in the Excalibur 3 machine
• The average prize was £10.16. One in every 15.5 tickets won a prize (=6.43% of players).
• The prior history of the jackpot ticket included 4 wins totalling £30.
• The number 25 has joined the number at the top of the main number frequency table after its 19th such appearance.
• The number 11 has taken the outright lead of the winning number frequency table by making its 22nd such appearance.
• This draw had the third highest number of 4+Thunderball winners ever.
• Unclaimed prizes from this week expired at 11.00pm BST on Thursday 21st June 2001 and have been added to the National Lottery Distribution Fund.

Next Thunderball: #82 (Saturday 30th December 2000) [No jackpot winners]
Previous Thunderball: #80 (Saturday 16th December 2000) [No jackpot winners]

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