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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 29 September 2017

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 30
  3. 31
  4. 33
  5. 37
  6. 6

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 17% 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 1,194 of 3,063 under them

← 2017-09-27All recent draws2017-09-30 →

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 30 31 33 37 + 629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 September 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

32oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 32 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 12% of every possible ticket.

  • sum93th
  • odd64th
  • low9th
  • widest gap99th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread81th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 153 of each

4158times
30179times
31179times
33143times
37

Prize breakdown · 2017-09-29

  • Lines in play≈ 1.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£533.1Kto 98k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 318%£96.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33%£174.1K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball25%£131.9K
  • 5 other tiers25%£131.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.16 by chance

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130times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 85 of each

680times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,193 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 (30, 31, 33, 37) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 20 June 2015 — its closest relative in 1,193 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 30% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 September 2017): 4 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

135

The numbers add up to 135 — the 92th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 30–31. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 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 0.6× 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 51≈ 2.1 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball19≈ 27 by chance£250
  • Match 4250≈ 349 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball715≈ 887 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,207≈ 9.5k by chance£10.00
  • Match 39,597≈ 12k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball34,817≈ 37k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball43,981≈ 44k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 715 winners, 19% fewer than the 887 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball43,981£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball34,817£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,207£10.00
    Match 39,597£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball715£20.00
    Match 4250£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball19£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000