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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 18 January 2017

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 10
  3. 15
  4. 18
  5. 39
  6. 2

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 18% more 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 1,085 of 3,062 under them

← 2017-01-14All recent draws2017-01-20 →

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 feed2 10 15 18 39 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

35oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 35 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 15% of every possible ticket.

  • sum26th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap93th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread97th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 139 of each

2150times
10146times
15133times
18147times
39

Prize breakdown · 2017-01-18

  • Lines in play≈ 1.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£689.0Kto 114k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.17

Where the money went

  • Match 321%£144.5K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30%£204.8K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball20%£139.6K
  • 5 other tiers29%£200.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.17 by chance

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128times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 77 of each

266times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,084 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 4 of 5 numbers (2, 10, 15, 39) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 7 December 2012 — its closest relative in 1,084 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 28% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 January 2017): 18 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

84

The numbers add up to 84 — the 25th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. No two numbers side by side. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 25 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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 54≈ 2.2 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball28≈ 28 by chance£250
  • Match 4424≈ 370 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,116≈ 938 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,845≈ 10k by chance£10.00
  • Match 314,445≈ 12k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball40,955≈ 39k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball46,544≈ 47k 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 plus Bonus Ball — 1,116 winners, 19% more than the 938 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball46,544£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball40,955£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,845£10.00
    Match 314,445£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,116£20.00
    Match 4424£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball28£250
    Match 54£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000