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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 24 February 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 15
  3. 17
  4. 29
  5. 36
  6. 1

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 28% 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 1,262 of 3,062 under them

← 2018-02-23All recent draws2018-02-27 →

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 feed11 15 17 29 36 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 February 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

64oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 64 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 84% of every possible ticket.

  • sum63th
  • odd89th
  • low64th
  • widest gap43th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread38th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 162 of each

11142times
15165times
17165times
29167times
36

Prize breakdown · 2018-02-24

  • Lines in play≈ 2.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£985.5Kto 166k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.25

Where the money went

  • Match 323%£229.7K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball29%£288.7K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball21%£205.2K
  • 5 other tiers27%£261.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.25 by chance

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144times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 90 of each

191times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,261 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 (11, 17, 29, 36) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 11 July 2014 — its closest relative in 1,261 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 31% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 February 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 1 repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

108

The numbers add up to 108 — the 62th 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

17 had not appeared for 12 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 53≈ 3.2 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball40≈ 42 by chance£250
  • Match 4637≈ 543 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,355≈ 1.4k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,605≈ 15k by chance£10.00
  • Match 322,974≈ 18k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball57,737≈ 57k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball68,394≈ 68k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 22,974 winners, 28% more than the 18k 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 Ball68,394£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball57,737£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,605£10.00
    Match 322,974£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,355£20.00
    Match 4637£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball40£250
    Match 53£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000