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Thunderball · draw

Tuesday, 22 September 2020

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 28
  3. 31
  4. 35
  5. 38
  6. 14

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 15% 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 1,799 of 3,064 under them

← 2020-09-19All recent draws2020-09-23 →

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 feed13 28 31 35 38 + 1429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 September 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 41% of every possible ticket.

  • sum97th
  • odd64th
  • low9th
  • widest gap67th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread38th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 231 of each

13224times
28226times
31245times
35199times
38

Prize breakdown · 2020-09-22

  • Lines in play≈ 947kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£397.8Kto 71k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 318%£72.6K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£122.8K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball25%£98.1K
  • 5 other tiers26%£104.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.12 by chance

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220times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 128 of each

14132times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,798 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 (28, 35, 38) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 8 February 2020 — its closest relative in 1,798 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 September 2020): 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

145

The numbers add up to 145 — the 97th 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

31 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 52≈ 1.5 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball18≈ 20 by chance£250
  • Match 4212≈ 260 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball481≈ 659 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball5,893≈ 7.0k by chance£10.00
  • Match 37,261≈ 8.6k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball24,569≈ 27k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball32,689≈ 33k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈947k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 481 winners, 27% fewer than the 659 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball32,689£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball24,569£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball5,893£10.00
    Match 37,261£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball481£20.00
    Match 4212£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball18£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000