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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 27 September 2017

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 6
  4. 18
  5. 19
  6. 7

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 3% 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 1,193 of 3,063 under them

← 2017-09-23All recent draws2017-09-29 →

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 feed3 4 6 18 19 + 729 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 27 September 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

29oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 29 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 9% of every possible ticket.

  • sum2th
  • odd31th
  • low99th
  • widest gap43th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread7th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 153 of each

3151times
4157times
6165times
18165times
19

Prize breakdown · 2017-09-27

  • Lines in play≈ 1.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.5Mto 167k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.24

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball34%£500.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball21%£310.3K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball13%£200.6K
  • 6 other tiers32%£480.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.24 by chance

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163times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 85 of each

770times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,192 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 (4, 6, 18, 19) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 23 November 2012 — its closest relative in 1,192 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 30% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 September 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

50

The numbers add up to 50 — the 2th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 3–4, 18–19. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

3 had not appeared for 30 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 2.3× 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 54≈ 3.1 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball60≈ 41 by chance£250
  • Match 4564≈ 531 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,682≈ 1.3k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball17,530≈ 14k by chance£10.00
  • Match 318,037≈ 18k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball62,069≈ 56k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball66,850≈ 67k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 1,682 winners, 25% more than the 1.3k 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 Ball66,850£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball62,069£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball17,530£10.00
    Match 318,037£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,682£20.00
    Match 4564£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball60£250
    Match 54£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000