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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 23 February 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 7
  4. 13
  5. 16
  6. 1

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 38% 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 1,261 of 3,062 under them

← 2018-02-21All recent draws2018-02-24 →

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 2 7 13 16 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 February 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

24oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 24 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 5% of every possible ticket.

  • sum0th
  • odd64th
  • low99th
  • widest gap4th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread5th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 162 of each

1159times
2170times
7163times
13163times
16

Prize breakdown · 2018-02-23

  • Lines in play≈ 989kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£527.5Kto 86k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 323%£123.5K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball28%£150.3K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball19%£102.4K
  • 5 other tiers29%£151.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.12 by chance

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168times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 90 of each

190times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,260 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 (2, 13, 16) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 6 December 2017 — its closest relative in 1,260 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 February 2018): 13, 16 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

39

The numbers add up to 39 — the 0th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 1–2. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

1 had not appeared for 9 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 1.8× 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≈ 1.6 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball17≈ 21 by chance£250
  • Match 4355≈ 271 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball788≈ 688 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,575≈ 7.3k by chance£10.00
  • Match 312,349≈ 8.9k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30,061≈ 28k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball34,137≈ 34k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈989k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 12,349 winners, 38% more than the 8.9k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably more popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball34,137£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30,061£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,575£10.00
    Match 312,349£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball788£20.00
    Match 4355£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball17£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000