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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 17 February 2021

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 25
  3. 26
  4. 27
  5. 30
  6. 11

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 8% 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 1,884 of 3,064 under them

← 2021-02-16All recent draws2021-02-19 →

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 feed16 25 26 27 30 + 1129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 February 2021 — 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.

  • sum84th
  • odd31th
  • low9th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread4th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 241 of each

16250times
25228times
26251times
27240times
30

Prize breakdown · 2021-02-17

  • Lines in play≈ 1.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£722.7Kto 120k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.18

Where the money went

  • Match 320%£141.7K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30%£215.6K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball21%£150.1K
  • 5 other tiers30%£215.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.18 by chance

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267times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 135 of each

11137times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,883 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, 25, 26, 30) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 22 January 2016 — its closest relative in 1,883 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 43% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 February 2021): 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

124

The numbers add up to 124 — the 83th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 25–26, 26–27. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

30 had not appeared for 23 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 1.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 55≈ 2.3 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball41≈ 31 by chance£250
  • Match 4420≈ 397 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,216≈ 1.0k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,386≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 314,166≈ 13k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball43,113≈ 42k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball50,020≈ 50k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 1,216 winners, 21% more than the 1.0k 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 Ball50,020£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball43,113£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,386£10.00
    Match 314,166£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,216£20.00
    Match 4420£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball41£250
    Match 55£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000