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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 23 September 2022

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 15
  3. 24
  4. 27
  5. 31
  6. 12

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 27% 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 2,217 of 3,064 under them

← 2022-09-21All recent draws2022-09-24 →

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 feed5 15 24 27 31 + 1229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 September 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 79% of every possible ticket.

  • sum53th
  • odd89th
  • low31th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread43th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 284 of each

5266times
15292times
24294times
27283times
31

Prize breakdown · 2022-09-23

  • Lines in play≈ 1.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£2.1Mto 89k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball73%£1.5M
  • Match 35.9%£121.5K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball7.5%£155.1K
  • 6 other tiers14%£282.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3≈ 0.13 by chance

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301times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 158 of each

12149times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,216 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 (5, 24, 31) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 23 March 2022 — its closest relative in 2,216 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 September 2022): 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

102

The numbers add up to 102 — the 52th 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

24 had not appeared for 46 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 1.7× 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≈ 1.7 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball33≈ 22 by chance£250
  • Match 4431≈ 290 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball809≈ 736 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,081≈ 7.8k by chance£10.00
  • Match 312,147≈ 9.6k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31,010≈ 30k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball36,490≈ 36k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 12,147 winners, 27% more than the 9.6k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably more 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 Ball36,490£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31,010£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,081£10.00
    Match 312,147£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball809£20.00
    Match 4431£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball33£250
    Match 55£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3£500,000