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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 24 August 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 24
  2. 25
  3. 26
  4. 28
  5. 38
  6. 14

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 8% 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 1,365 of 3,062 under them

← 2018-08-22All recent draws2018-08-25 →

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 feed24 25 26 28 38 + 1429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 August 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.

  • sum96th
  • odd9th
  • low1th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread4th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 175 of each

24171times
25174times
26180times
28175times
38

Prize breakdown · 2018-08-24

  • Lines in play≈ 1.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£551.1Kto 96k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 318%£101.7K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£173.3K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£126.8K
  • 5 other tiers27%£149.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.15 by chance

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161times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 97 of each

14102times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,364 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 (25, 26, 28) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 15 December 2017 — its closest relative in 1,364 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 August 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

141

The numbers add up to 141 — the 96th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 24–25, 25–26. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 18 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than 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≈ 2.0 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball22≈ 26 by chance£250
  • Match 4309≈ 336 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball738≈ 852 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,325≈ 9.1k by chance£10.00
  • Match 310,165≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball34,661≈ 35k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball42,258≈ 42k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 738 winners, 13% fewer than the 852 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball42,258£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball34,661£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,325£10.00
    Match 310,165£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball738£20.00
    Match 4309£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball22£250
    Match 53£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000