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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 3 January 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 18
  3. 23
  4. 28
  5. 37
  6. 13

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 7% 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 1,235 of 3,062 under them

← 2017-12-30All recent draws2018-01-05 →

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 18 23 28 37 + 1329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 55% of every possible ticket.

  • sum61th
  • odd64th
  • low31th
  • widest gap79th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread94th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 158 of each

1153times
18169times
23161times
28160times
37

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-03

  • Lines in play≈ 1.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£695.6Kto 122k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.19

Where the money went

  • Match 321%£146.6K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£215.5K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£157.0K
  • 4 other tiers25%£176.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.19 by chance

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134times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 88 of each

1383times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,234 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 (1, 18, 23) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 22 November 2017 — its closest relative in 1,234 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 December 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

37 had not appeared for 21 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 0.9× 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≈ 2.4 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball27≈ 32 by chance£250
  • Match 4444≈ 416 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball962≈ 1.1k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,620≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 314,655≈ 14k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball43,102≈ 44k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball52,319≈ 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 plus Bonus Ball — 962 winners, 9% fewer than the 1.1k 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 Ball52,319£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball43,102£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,620£10.00
    Match 314,655£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball962£20.00
    Match 4444£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball27£250
    Match 50£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000