LotteryOracle
GamesForecastPlaygroundCase filesMy numbers

Loading…

Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

LotteryOracle

LotteryOracle reports what happened; it does not predict what is next. Every draw is independent — no number is ever "due".

GamesPlaygroundCase filesThe weekDataAboutMethodologyPrivacy
Built byejoyful

Responsible play.A lottery costs more than it pays back; if it stops being fun, help is free and confidential:🇬🇧 0808 8020 133all helplines →

Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 20 July 2022

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 14
  4. 26
  5. 30
  6. 9

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 7% 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 2,180 of 3,063 under them

← 2022-07-19All recent draws2022-07-22 →

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 feed7 8 14 26 30 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 July 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 62% of every possible ticket.

  • sum27th
  • odd9th
  • low64th
  • widest gap43th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread28th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 279 of each

7293times
8269times
14253times
26295times
30

Prize breakdown · 2022-07-20

  • Lines in play≈ 1.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£615.0Kto 106k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 320%£124.6K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£189.4K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£132.8K
  • 5 other tiers27%£168.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.16 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

308times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 156 of each

9128times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,179 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 (7, 8, 30) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 24 June 2022 — its closest relative in 2,179 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 July 2022): 14 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

85

The numbers add up to 85 — the 26th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 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 2.5× 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 51≈ 2.1 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball25≈ 27 by chance£250
  • Match 4400≈ 352 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball897≈ 893 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,905≈ 9.5k by chance£10.00
  • Match 312,456≈ 12k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball37,876≈ 37k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball44,283≈ 44k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 12,456 winners, 7% more than the 12k 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 Ball44,283£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball37,876£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,905£10.00
    Match 312,456£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball897£20.00
    Match 4400£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball25£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000