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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 28 January 2017

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 10
  3. 12
  4. 24
  5. 31
  6. 9

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 1,090 of 3,062 under them

← 2017-01-27All recent draws2017-02-01 →

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 feed5 10 12 24 31 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 January 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

68oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 68 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 92% of every possible ticket.

  • sum23th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap43th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread43th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 140 of each

5134times
10147times
12125times
24140times
31

Prize breakdown · 2017-01-28

  • Lines in play≈ 2.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.4Mto 226k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.34

Where the money went

  • Match 321%£289.9K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball29%£395.6K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball21%£280.0K
  • 5 other tiers29%£399.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.34 by chance

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159times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 78 of each

952times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,089 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 (5, 12, 24) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 13 January 2017 — its closest relative in 1,089 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 January 2017): 5 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

82

The numbers add up to 82 — the 22th 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

12 had not appeared for 6 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 2.2× 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 56≈ 4.4 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball72≈ 57 by chance£250
  • Match 4931≈ 741 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball2,167≈ 1.9k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball21,455≈ 20k by chance£10.00
  • Match 328,987≈ 24k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball79,110≈ 78k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball93,344≈ 93k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 931 winners, 26% more than the 741 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably more popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball93,344£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball79,110£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball21,455£10.00
    Match 328,987£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball2,167£20.00
    Match 4931£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball72£250
    Match 56£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000