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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 18 April 2026

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 9
  3. 15
  4. 28
  5. 33
  6. 5

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 2,962 of 3,063 under them

← 2026-04-17All recent draws2026-04-21 →

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 feed2 9 15 28 33 + 59 Oct 2026, 21:07 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 April 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

69oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 69 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 94% of every possible ticket.

  • sum30th
  • odd64th
  • low64th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread70th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 380 of each

2375times
9354times
15390times
28386times
33

Prize breakdown · 2026-04-18

  • Lines in play≈ 1.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£895.8Kto 155k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.24

Where the money went

  • Match 317%£155.3K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£282.2K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£198.9K
  • 5 other tiers29%£259.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.24 by chance

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379times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 212 of each

5225times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,961 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 (2, 15, 28) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 27 May 2025 — its closest relative in 2,961 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 April 2026): 9 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

87

The numbers add up to 87 — the 29th 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

15 had not appeared for 15 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 1.0× 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 55≈ 3.1 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball33≈ 40 by chance£250
  • Match 4532≈ 526 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,366≈ 1.3k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,568≈ 14k by chance£10.00
  • Match 315,534≈ 17k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball56,430≈ 55k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball66,290≈ 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 3 — 15,534 winners, 11% fewer than the 17k 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 Ball66,290£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball56,430£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,568£10.00
    Match 315,534£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,366£20.00
    Match 4532£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball33£250
    Match 55£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000