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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 27 October 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 14
  3. 17
  4. 29
  5. 32
  6. 5

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 8% 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 1,402 of 3,063 under them

← 2018-10-26All recent draws2018-10-30 →

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 14 17 29 32 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 27 October 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

76oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 76 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 99% of every possible ticket.

  • sum44th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap43th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread53th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 180 of each

4194times
14150times
17182times
29184times
32

Prize breakdown · 2018-10-27

  • Lines in play≈ 2.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£2.9Mto 232k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3 winnerschance said 0.36

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball53%£1.5M
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball14%£412.3K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball11%£300.0K
  • 6 other tiers23%£644.7K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3≈ 0.36 by chance

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203times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 100 of each

5109times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,401 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 3 of 5 numbers (14, 17, 32) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 11 September 2018 — its closest relative in 1,401 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 October 2018): 17 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

96

The numbers add up to 96 — the 43th 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

29 had not appeared for 31 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 57≈ 4.7 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball94≈ 61 by chance£250
  • Match 4838≈ 794 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball2,143≈ 2.0k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball21,827≈ 22k by chance£10.00
  • Match 324,122≈ 26k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball82,466≈ 83k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball100,006≈ 100k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 24,122 winners, 8% fewer than the 26k 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 Ball100,006£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball82,466£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball21,827£10.00
    Match 324,122£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball2,143£20.00
    Match 4838£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball94£250
    Match 57£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3£500,000