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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 21 July 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 27
  2. 28
  3. 32
  4. 33
  5. 39
  6. 3

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 23% 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 1,346 of 3,063 under them

← 2018-07-20All recent draws2018-07-24 →

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 feed27 28 32 33 39 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 July 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

16oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 16 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 1% of every possible ticket.

  • sum100th
  • odd64th
  • low1th
  • widest gap4th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread2th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 172 of each

27171times
28173times
32196times
33161times
39

Prize breakdown · 2018-07-21

  • Lines in play≈ 2.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.0Mto 188k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.31

Where the money went

  • Match 317%£172.9K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33%£337.6K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball25%£256.4K
  • 5 other tiers24%£243.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.31 by chance

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157times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 96 of each

3110times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,345 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 (27, 28, 32) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 23 June 2018 — its closest relative in 1,345 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 July 2018): 39 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

159

The numbers add up to 159 — the 99th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 27–28, 32–33. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

33 had not appeared for 11 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 51≈ 4.0 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball45≈ 52 by chance£250
  • Match 4448≈ 679 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,301≈ 1.7k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball15,665≈ 18k by chance£10.00
  • Match 317,288≈ 22k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball67,511≈ 71k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball85,476≈ 85k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 448 winners, 34% fewer than the 679 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less 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 Ball85,476£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball67,511£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball15,665£10.00
    Match 317,288£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,301£20.00
    Match 4448£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball45£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000