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Thunderball · draw

Tuesday, 30 January 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 18
  3. 21
  4. 26
  5. 29
  6. 14

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 1,247 of 3,062 under them

← 2018-01-27All recent draws2018-01-31 →

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 21 26 29 + 1429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 30 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

68oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 68 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 93% of every possible ticket.

  • sum42th
  • odd64th
  • low31th
  • widest gap79th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread53th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 160 of each

1157times
18171times
21173times
26162times
29

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-30

  • Lines in play≈ 553kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£270.3Kto 46k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 320%£53.6K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30%£81.6K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball21%£57.3K
  • 5 other tiers29%£77.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.07 by chance

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164times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 89 of each

1497times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,246 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, 21, 26) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 4 February 2017 — its closest relative in 1,246 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 January 2018): 21 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

95

The numbers add up to 95 — the 41th 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

26 had not appeared for 20 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 1.7× 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 52≈ 0.89 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball8≈ 12 by chance£250
  • Match 4162≈ 152 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball367≈ 385 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball4,231≈ 4.1k by chance£10.00
  • Match 35,357≈ 5.0k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball16,319≈ 16k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball19,092≈ 19k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈553k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,357 winners, 7% more than the 5.0k 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 Ball19,092£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball16,319£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball4,231£10.00
    Match 35,357£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball367£20.00
    Match 4162£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball8£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000