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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 7 September 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 13
  3. 17
  4. 23
  5. 34
  6. 4

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld about as often as 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 1,373 of 3,063 under them

← 2018-09-05All recent draws2018-09-08 →

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 feed8 13 17 23 34 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 7 September 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

73oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 73 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 98% of every possible ticket.

  • sum42th
  • odd64th
  • low64th
  • widest gap34th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread43th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 176 of each

8165times
13181times
17176times
23171times
34

Prize breakdown · 2018-09-07

  • Lines in play≈ 1.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.1Mto 108k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball44%£500.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball17%£193.1K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball12%£136.7K
  • 6 other tiers27%£301.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.16 by chance

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178times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 98 of each

4108times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,372 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 (8, 13, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 31 August 2018 — its closest relative in 1,372 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 September 2018): 13 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

95

The numbers add up to 95 — the 41th 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 43 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 52≈ 2.1 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball29≈ 28 by chance£250
  • Match 4419≈ 362 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball970≈ 919 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,205≈ 9.8k by chance£10.00
  • Match 312,122≈ 12k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball38,614≈ 38k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball45,580≈ 46k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 970 winners, 6% more than the 919 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball45,580£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball38,614£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,205£10.00
    Match 312,122£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball970£20.00
    Match 4419£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball29£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000