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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 26 January 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 15
  3. 18
  4. 19
  5. 34
  6. 12

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 15% 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 1,245 of 3,062 under them

← 2018-01-24All recent draws2018-01-27 →

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 feed6 15 18 19 34 + 1229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 78% of every possible ticket.

  • sum37th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap67th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread53th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 159 of each

6173times
15161times
18170times
19170times
34

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-26

  • Lines in play≈ 986kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£485.9Kto 82k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 321%£102.8K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30%£146.8K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball21%£102.1K
  • 5 other tiers28%£134.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.12 by chance

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153times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 89 of each

1290times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,244 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 (6, 18, 19, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 7 June 2017 — its closest relative in 1,244 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 31% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 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

92

The numbers add up to 92 — the 36th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 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 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 52≈ 1.6 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball21≈ 21 by chance£250
  • Match 4277≈ 270 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball729≈ 686 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,663≈ 7.3k by chance£10.00
  • Match 310,282≈ 8.9k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball29,363≈ 28k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball34,039≈ 34k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈986k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 10,282 winners, 15% more than the 8.9k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball34,039£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball29,363£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,663£10.00
    Match 310,282£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball729£20.00
    Match 4277£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball21£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000