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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 26 September 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 11
  3. 28
  4. 31
  5. 38
  6. 2

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 23% more 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 1,384 of 3,063 under them

← 2018-09-25All recent draws2018-09-28 →

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 feed4 11 28 31 38 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 September 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 51% of every possible ticket.

  • sum69th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap79th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread86th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 177 of each

4188times
11156times
28178times
31196times
38

Prize breakdown · 2018-09-26

  • Lines in play≈ 1.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.1Mto 103k 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 Ball45%£500.0K
  • Match 313%£139.8K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball16%£176.9K
  • 6 other tiers27%£296.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.16 by chance

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165times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 99 of each

288times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,383 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 (4, 11, 28, 31) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 23 November 2011 — its closest relative in 1,383 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 34% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 September 2018): 11, 38 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

112

The numbers add up to 112 — the 68th 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

28 had not appeared for 15 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≈ 2.0 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball28≈ 26 by chance£250
  • Match 4418≈ 343 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball877≈ 871 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,057≈ 9.3k by chance£10.00
  • Match 313,983≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball35,382≈ 36k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball43,219≈ 43k 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 — 13,983 winners, 23% more than the 11k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball43,219£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball35,382£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,057£10.00
    Match 313,983£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball877£20.00
    Match 4418£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball28£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000