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Thunderball · draw

Tuesday, 21 September 2021

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 13
  3. 18
  4. 20
  5. 37
  6. 1

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 18% 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 2,007 of 3,064 under them

← 2021-09-18All recent draws2021-09-22 →

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 feed8 13 18 20 37 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 September 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 70% of every possible ticket.

  • sum44th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap79th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread59th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 257 of each

8246times
13252times
18281times
20263times
37

Prize breakdown · 2021-09-21

  • Lines in play≈ 830kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£396.6Kto 68k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.10

Where the money went

  • Match 322%£88.3K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30%£118.9K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£85.9K
  • 5 other tiers26%£103.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.10 by chance

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236times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 143 of each

1143times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,006 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 (13, 18, 20, 37) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 22 January 2014 — its closest relative in 2,006 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 45% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 September 2021): 13 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

8 had not appeared for 16 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 51≈ 1.3 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball23≈ 17 by chance£250
  • Match 4225≈ 227 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball558≈ 577 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball5,911≈ 6.2k by chance£10.00
  • Match 38,825≈ 7.5k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball23,783≈ 24k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball28,636≈ 29k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈830k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,825 winners, 18% more than the 7.5k 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 Ball28,636£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball23,783£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball5,911£10.00
    Match 38,825£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball558£20.00
    Match 4225£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball23£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000