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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 20 September 2017

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 15
  5. 33
  6. 14

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 1,190 of 3,063 under them

← 2017-09-16All recent draws2017-09-22 →

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 feed4 11 12 15 33 + 1429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 September 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 40% of every possible ticket.

  • sum15th
  • odd64th
  • low89th
  • widest gap84th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread59th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 152 of each

4156times
11135times
12137times
15150times
33

Prize breakdown · 2017-09-20

  • Lines in play≈ 1.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.2Mto 127k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.19

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball41%£500.0K
  • Match 313%£162.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball18%£224.6K
  • 5 other tiers28%£343.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.19 by chance

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142times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 85 of each

1490times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,189 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 (12, 15, 33) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 19 March 2016 — its closest relative in 1,189 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 September 2017): 33 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

75

The numbers add up to 75 — the 15th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 11–12. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

12 had not appeared for 14 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 50≈ 2.5 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball20≈ 32 by chance£250
  • Match 4435≈ 417 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,060≈ 1.1k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,631≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 316,198≈ 14k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball44,921≈ 44k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball52,480≈ 52k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 16,198 winners, 18% more than the 14k 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 Ball52,480£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball44,921£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,631£10.00
    Match 316,198£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,060£20.00
    Match 4435£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball20£250
    Match 50£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000