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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 12 September 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 16
  3. 31
  4. 34
  5. 38
  6. 3

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 21% 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 1,376 of 3,063 under them

← 2018-09-11All recent draws2018-09-14 →

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 feed12 16 31 34 38 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 September 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 48% of every possible ticket.

  • sum90th
  • odd9th
  • low31th
  • widest gap67th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread43th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 176 of each

12150times
16184times
31195times
34180times
38

Prize breakdown · 2018-09-12

  • Lines in play≈ 1.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£636.7Kto 119k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.19

Where the money went

  • Match 318%£112.4K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33%£211.2K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball25%£162.2K
  • 4 other tiers24%£150.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.19 by chance

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163times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 98 of each

3113times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,375 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 (12, 16, 31, 38) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 15 October 2014 — its closest relative in 1,375 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 34% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 September 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

131

The numbers add up to 131 — the 90th 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

16 had not appeared for 21 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 0.6× 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 50≈ 2.5 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball21≈ 33 by chance£250
  • Match 4300≈ 429 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball856≈ 1.1k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,850≈ 12k by chance£10.00
  • Match 311,242≈ 14k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball42,244≈ 45k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball54,070≈ 54k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 856 winners, 21% fewer than the 1.1k 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 Ball54,070£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball42,244£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,850£10.00
    Match 311,242£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball856£20.00
    Match 4300£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball21£250
    Match 50£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000