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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 25 October 2017

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 6
  4. 31
  5. 34
  6. 2

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 1,205 of 3,062 under them

← 2017-10-21All recent draws2017-10-27 →

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 2 6 31 34 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 25 October 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 27% of every possible ticket.

  • sum14th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap98th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread81th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 154 of each

1149times
2162times
6168times
31180times
34

Prize breakdown · 2017-10-25

  • Lines in play≈ 1.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£660.4Kto 116k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.17

Where the money went

  • Match 320%£131.3K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£211.0K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£145.6K
  • 5 other tiers26%£172.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.17 by chance

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146times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 86 of each

273times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,204 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 (6, 31, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 10 May 2017 — its closest relative in 1,204 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

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

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

74

The numbers add up to 74 — the 14th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 1–2. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 had not appeared for 13 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 51≈ 2.3 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball16≈ 30 by chance£250
  • Match 4385≈ 385 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball982≈ 978 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,538≈ 10k by chance£10.00
  • Match 313,129≈ 13k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball42,201≈ 40k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball48,532≈ 49k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 1 plus Bonus Ball — 42,201 winners, 4% more than the 40k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball48,532£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball42,201£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,538£10.00
    Match 313,129£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball982£20.00
    Match 4385£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball16£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000