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Thunderball · draw

Tuesday, 18 September 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 23
  3. 26
  4. 27
  5. 39
  6. 11

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 1,379 of 3,063 under them

← 2018-09-15All recent draws2018-09-19 →

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 feed3 23 26 27 39 + 1129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 September 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

28oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 28 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 7% of every possible ticket.

  • sum77th
  • odd89th
  • low9th
  • widest gap91th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread94th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 177 of each

3173times
23173times
26182times
27175times
39

Prize breakdown · 2018-09-18

  • Lines in play≈ 896kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£422.0Kto 73k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.11

Where the money went

  • Match 319%£79.8K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£130.7K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£92.8K
  • 5 other tiers28%£118.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.11 by chance

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160times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 98 of each

11109times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,378 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 (3, 23, 26, 39) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 9 December 2017 — its closest relative in 1,378 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 34% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 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

118

The numbers add up to 118 — the 76th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 26–27. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

39 had not appeared for 19 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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 52≈ 1.4 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball13≈ 19 by chance£250
  • Match 4248≈ 246 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball648≈ 624 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball6,773≈ 6.7k by chance£10.00
  • Match 37,980≈ 8.1k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball26,132≈ 26k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball30,943≈ 31k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈896k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 648 winners, 4% more than the 624 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 Ball30,943£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball26,132£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball6,773£10.00
    Match 37,980£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball648£20.00
    Match 4248£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball13£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000