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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 18 January 2013

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 5
  3. 22
  4. 23
  5. 30
  6. 8

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 8% 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 459 of 3,062 under them

← 2013-01-16All recent draws2013-01-19 →

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 feed1 5 22 23 30 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2013 — 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 70% of every possible ticket.

  • sum22th
  • odd64th
  • low31th
  • widest gap79th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread59th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 59 of each

153times
546times
2248times
2365times
30

Prize breakdown · 2013-01-18

  • Lines in play≈ 1.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£599.8Kto 105k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 318%£106.6K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£194.8K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£132.2K
  • 5 other tiers28%£166.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.16 by chance

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69times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 33 of each

844times

Every number was expected about that many times after 458 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 (1, 23, 30) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 1 September 2012 — its closest relative in 458 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 January 2013): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 8 repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

81

The numbers add up to 81 — the 21th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

1 had not appeared for 44 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 2.0× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 52≈ 2.1 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball27≈ 27 by chance£250
  • Match 4294≈ 350 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball946≈ 888 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,106≈ 9.5k by chance£10.00
  • Match 310,659≈ 12k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball38,966≈ 37k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball44,068≈ 44k 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 — 10,659 winners, 8% fewer than the 12k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball44,068£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball38,966£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,106£10.00
    Match 310,659£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball946£20.00
    Match 4294£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball27£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000