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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 10 January 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 13
  3. 27
  4. 28
  5. 29
  6. 12

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld about as often as 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 1,238 of 3,062 under them

← 2018-01-06All recent draws2018-01-12 →

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 13 27 28 29 + 1229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 10 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 74% of every possible ticket.

  • sum47th
  • odd89th
  • low31th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread53th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 159 of each

1154times
13159times
27155times
28161times
29

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-10

  • Lines in play≈ 1.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£777.4Kto 133k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.21

Where the money went

  • Match 320%£152.2K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£237.2K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£171.7K
  • 5 other tiers28%£216.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.21 by chance

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162times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 88 of each

1289times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,237 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, 27, 28) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 17 June 2017 — its closest relative in 1,237 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (6 January 2018): 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

98

The numbers add up to 98 — the 46th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 27–28, 28–29. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

13 had not appeared for 14 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 1.3× 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≈ 2.7 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball39≈ 35 by chance£250
  • Match 4470≈ 455 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,087≈ 1.2k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,781≈ 12k by chance£10.00
  • Match 315,216≈ 15k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball47,438≈ 48k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball57,235≈ 57k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 1,087 winners, 6% fewer than the 1.2k 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 Ball57,235£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball47,438£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,781£10.00
    Match 315,216£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,087£20.00
    Match 4470£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball39£250
    Match 54£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000