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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 24 October 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 21
  3. 24
  4. 27
  5. 37
  6. 8

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 16% 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 1,400 of 3,062 under them

← 2018-10-23All recent draws2018-10-26 →

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 feed16 21 24 27 37 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 October 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 31% of every possible ticket.

  • sum85th
  • odd64th
  • low9th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread20th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 179 of each

16187times
21198times
24178times
27176times
37

Prize breakdown · 2018-10-24

  • Lines in play≈ 1.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£731.9Kto 131k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.21

Where the money went

  • Match 317%£127.9K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£236.4K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball24%£173.3K
  • 5 other tiers27%£194.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.21 by chance

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156times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 100 of each

8103times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,399 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 (16, 21, 24, 27) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 17 February 2018 — its closest relative in 1,399 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 34% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 October 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

125

The numbers add up to 125 — the 84th 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

27 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than 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≈ 2.7 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball32≈ 35 by chance£250
  • Match 4360≈ 459 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,015≈ 1.2k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball12,001≈ 12k by chance£10.00
  • Match 312,791≈ 15k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball47,280≈ 48k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball57,770≈ 58k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 12,791 winners, 16% fewer than the 15k 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 Ball57,770£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball47,280£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball12,001£10.00
    Match 312,791£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,015£20.00
    Match 4360£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball32£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000