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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 22 April 2017

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 15
  3. 18
  4. 23
  5. 38
  6. 8

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 23% 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 1,126 of 3,062 under them

← 2017-04-21All recent draws2017-04-26 →

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 15 18 23 38 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 April 2017 — 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 71% of every possible ticket.

  • sum42th
  • odd64th
  • low64th
  • widest gap67th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread97th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 144 of each

1139times
15141times
18156times
23151times
38

Prize breakdown · 2017-04-22

  • Lines in play≈ 3.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.3Mto 231k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.37

Where the money went

  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball17%£210.6K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33%£416.7K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball24%£308.7K
  • 5 other tiers26%£332.2K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.37 by chance

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135times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 80 of each

885times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,125 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 (15, 18, 23, 38) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 20 July 2013 — its closest relative in 1,125 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 28% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 April 2017): 1, 15 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

95

The numbers add up to 95 — the 41th 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

23 had not appeared for 4 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 0.9× 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 53≈ 4.8 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball58≈ 63 by chance£250
  • Match 4560≈ 817 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,958≈ 2.1k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball21,058≈ 22k by chance£10.00
  • Match 320,758≈ 27k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball83,345≈ 86k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball102,916≈ 103k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈3.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 560 winners, 31% fewer than the 817 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 Ball102,916£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball83,345£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball21,058£10.00
    Match 320,758£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,958£20.00
    Match 4560£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball58£250
    Match 53£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000