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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 17 January 2026

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 23
  5. 37
  6. 7

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 11% 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 2,910 of 3,064 under them

← 2026-01-16All recent draws2026-01-20 →

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 11 12 23 37 + 729 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 January 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 75% of every possible ticket.

  • sum34th
  • odd89th
  • low64th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread65th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 373 of each

7383times
11381times
12345times
23366times
37

Prize breakdown · 2026-01-17

  • Lines in play≈ 2.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.5Mto 180k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.26

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball32%£500.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball22%£343.4K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball14%£215.2K
  • 6 other tiers32%£490.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.26 by chance

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342times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 208 of each

7217times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,909 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, 11, 37) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 15 October 2025 — its closest relative in 2,909 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 January 2026): 7 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

90

The numbers add up to 90 — the 33th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 11–12. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

37 had not appeared for 17 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than 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 53≈ 3.4 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball45≈ 44 by chance£250
  • Match 4500≈ 570 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball2,042≈ 1.4k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball20,517≈ 15k by chance£10.00
  • Match 316,801≈ 19k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball68,670≈ 60k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball71,736≈ 72k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 2,042 winners, 41% more than the 1.4k 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 Ball71,736£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball68,670£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball20,517£10.00
    Match 316,801£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball2,042£20.00
    Match 4500£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball45£250
    Match 53£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000