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Thunderball · draw

Tuesday, 18 October 2022

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 4
  3. 12
  4. 14
  5. 22
  6. 5

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld about as often as 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 2,231 of 3,064 under them

← 2022-10-15All recent draws2022-10-19 →

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 feed1 4 12 14 22 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 October 2022 — 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.

  • sum2th
  • odd9th
  • low89th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread20th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 286 of each

1271times
4308times
12253times
14263times
22

Prize breakdown · 2022-10-18

  • Lines in play≈ 1.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£536.5Kto 91k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 319%£102.4K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30%£161.5K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£117.4K
  • 5 other tiers29%£155.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.14 by chance

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299times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 159 of each

5160times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,230 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 (1, 14, 22) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 6 September 2022 — its closest relative in 2,230 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 October 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 5 repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

53

The numbers add up to 53 — the 2th 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

12 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 2.1× 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 53≈ 1.8 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball30≈ 24 by chance£250
  • Match 4317≈ 311 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball789≈ 789 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,526≈ 8.4k by chance£10.00
  • Match 310,239≈ 10k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32,295≈ 33k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball39,125≈ 39k 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 2 plus Bonus Ball — 8,526 winners, 1% more than the 8.4k 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 Ball39,125£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32,295£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,526£10.00
    Match 310,239£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball789£20.00
    Match 4317£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball30£250
    Match 53£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000