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Thunderball · draw

Tuesday, 28 August 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 19
  2. 20
  3. 28
  4. 31
  5. 35
  6. 9

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 1,367 of 3,062 under them

← 2018-08-25All recent draws2018-08-29 →

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 feed19 20 28 31 35 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 August 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 23% of every possible ticket.

  • sum91th
  • odd64th
  • low31th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread7th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 175 of each

19191times
20186times
28176times
31194times
35

Prize breakdown · 2018-08-28

  • Lines in play≈ 860kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£382.8Kto 68k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.11

Where the money went

  • Match 319%£71.8K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£122.5K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£89.1K
  • 5 other tiers26%£99.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.11 by chance

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149times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 98 of each

971times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,366 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 (19, 20, 35) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 29 May 2018 — its closest relative in 1,366 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 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

133

The numbers add up to 133 — the 91th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 19–20. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 34 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 51≈ 1.4 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball16≈ 18 by chance£250
  • Match 4187≈ 236 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball524≈ 599 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball6,124≈ 6.4k by chance£10.00
  • Match 37,179≈ 7.8k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball24,493≈ 25k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball29,694≈ 30k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈860k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 524 winners, 12% fewer than the 599 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 Ball29,694£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball24,493£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball6,124£10.00
    Match 37,179£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball524£20.00
    Match 4187£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball16£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000