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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 7 February 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 20
  3. 26
  4. 29
  5. 30
  6. 3

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 5% less 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 1,252 of 3,062 under them

← 2018-02-06All recent draws2018-02-09 →

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 20 26 29 30 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 7 February 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 76% of every possible ticket.

  • sum60th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap88th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread59th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 160 of each

1158times
20168times
26164times
29165times
30

Prize breakdown · 2018-02-07

  • Lines in play≈ 1.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£675.3Kto 120k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.19

Where the money went

  • Match 319%£130.5K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£210.8K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£156.5K
  • 5 other tiers26%£177.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.19 by chance

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187times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 89 of each

3102times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,251 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, 26, 29) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 30 January 2018 — its closest relative in 1,251 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (6 February 2018): 30 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

106

The numbers add up to 106 — the 59th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 29–30. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

1 had not appeared for 5 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 1.9× 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 51≈ 2.4 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball34≈ 32 by chance£250
  • Match 4352≈ 414 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,038≈ 1.1k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,804≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 313,049≈ 14k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball42,169≈ 43k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball52,151≈ 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 — 13,049 winners, 5% fewer than the 14k 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 Ball52,151£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball42,169£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,804£10.00
    Match 313,049£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,038£20.00
    Match 4352£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball34£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000