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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 8 September 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 20
  2. 24
  3. 33
  4. 34
  5. 37
  6. 11

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 31% 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 1,374 of 3,063 under them

← 2018-09-07All recent draws2018-09-11 →

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 feed20 24 33 34 37 + 1129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 September 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

32oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 32 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 11% of every possible ticket.

  • sum98th
  • odd31th
  • low9th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread9th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 176 of each

20187times
24174times
33172times
34179times
37

Prize breakdown · 2018-09-08

  • Lines in play≈ 2.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.1Mto 204k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 14lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.35

Where the money went

  • Match 316%£173.9K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33%£358.7K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball27%£288.0K
  • 5 other tiers24%£257.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.35 by chance

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152times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 98 of each

11108times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,373 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 (24, 33, 34, 37) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 3 May 2017 — its closest relative in 1,373 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 33% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (7 September 2018): 34 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

148

The numbers add up to 148 — the 98th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 33–34. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

37 had not appeared for 13 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 52≈ 4.5 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball41≈ 59 by chance£250
  • Match 4419≈ 762 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,462≈ 1.9k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball16,581≈ 21k by chance£10.00
  • Match 317,389≈ 25k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball71,745≈ 80k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball95,999≈ 96k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 419 winners, 45% fewer than the 762 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 Ball95,999£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball71,745£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball16,581£10.00
    Match 317,389£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,462£20.00
    Match 4419£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball41£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000