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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 25 February 2023

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 17
  3. 18
  4. 20
  5. 35
  6. 3

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 5% less 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 2,306 of 3,063 under them

← 2023-02-24All recent draws2023-02-28 →

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 feed11 17 18 20 35 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 25 February 2023 — 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.

  • sum52th
  • odd64th
  • low89th
  • widest gap67th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread33th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 296 of each

11294times
17282times
18313times
20297times
35

Prize breakdown · 2023-02-25

  • Lines in play≈ 1.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.4Mto 154k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.24

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball37%£500.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball20%£280.3K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball14%£197.1K
  • 6 other tiers29%£392.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.24 by chance

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262times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 165 of each

3185times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,305 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 (11, 20, 35) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 22 November 2022 — its closest relative in 2,305 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 February 2023): 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

101

The numbers add up to 101 — the 51th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 18 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 52≈ 3.1 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball34≈ 40 by chance£250
  • Match 4430≈ 522 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,276≈ 1.3k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,103≈ 14k by chance£10.00
  • Match 316,391≈ 17k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball56,050≈ 55k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball65,697≈ 66k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 430 winners, 18% fewer than the 522 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball65,697£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball56,050£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,103£10.00
    Match 316,391£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,276£20.00
    Match 4430£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball34£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000