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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 7 October 2017

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 15
  3. 26
  4. 28
  5. 30
  6. 7

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 13% 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 1,198 of 3,062 under them

← 2017-10-06All recent draws2017-10-11 →

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 15 26 28 30 + 729 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 7 October 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 59% of every possible ticket.

  • sum61th
  • odd9th
  • low31th
  • widest gap34th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread24th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 153 of each

8147times
15151times
26155times
28157times
30

Prize breakdown · 2017-10-07

  • Lines in play≈ 3.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.5Mto 259k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.41

Where the money went

  • Match 318%£259.6K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£463.8K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£339.6K
  • 5 other tiers27%£394.0K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.41 by chance

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180times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 86 of each

771times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,197 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, 26, 30) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 25 August 2017 — its closest relative in 1,197 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (6 October 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

107

The numbers add up to 107 — the 60th 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

28 had not appeared for 10 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 2.0× 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 51≈ 5.3 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball72≈ 69 by chance£250
  • Match 4798≈ 899 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball2,438≈ 2.3k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball24,247≈ 24k by chance£10.00
  • Match 325,959≈ 30k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball92,754≈ 94k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball113,195≈ 113k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈3.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 25,959 winners, 13% fewer than the 30k 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 Ball113,195£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball92,754£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball24,247£10.00
    Match 325,959£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball2,438£20.00
    Match 4798£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball72£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000