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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 18 February 2017

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 18
  3. 26
  4. 36
  5. 37
  6. 6

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 27% 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 1,099 of 3,063 under them

← 2017-02-17All recent draws2017-02-22 →

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 feed8 18 26 36 37 + 629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 43% of every possible ticket.

  • sum85th
  • odd9th
  • low31th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread59th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 141 of each

8138times
18152times
26146times
36129times
37

Prize breakdown · 2017-02-18

  • Lines in play≈ 2.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.2Mto 216k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.36

Where the money went

  • Match 317%£192.5K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33%£382.4K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball26%£300.0K
  • 4 other tiers24%£280.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.36 by chance

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112times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 78 of each

673times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,098 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 (8, 18, 26) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 24 August 2016 — its closest relative in 1,098 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 February 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

125

The numbers add up to 125 — the 84th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 36–37. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 12 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 50≈ 4.7 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball42≈ 61 by chance£250
  • Match 4557≈ 794 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,544≈ 2.0k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball18,380≈ 22k by chance£10.00
  • Match 319,249≈ 26k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball76,471≈ 83k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball99,997≈ 100k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 557 winners, 30% fewer than the 794 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less 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 Ball99,997£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball76,471£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball18,380£10.00
    Match 319,249£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,544£20.00
    Match 4557£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball42£250
    Match 50£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000