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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 17 July 2026

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 8
  3. 20
  4. 24
  5. 25
  6. 1

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 45% 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 3,013 of 3,063 under them

← 2026-07-15All recent draws2026-07-18 →

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 8 20 24 25 + 110 Oct 2026, 20:47 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 69% of every possible ticket.

  • sum23th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap43th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread17th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 386 of each

5371times
8372times
20385times
24400times
25

Prize breakdown · 2026-07-17

  • Lines in play≈ 879kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£968.9Kto 75k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.11

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball52%£500.0K
  • Match 312%£115.2K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball13%£128.0K
  • 6 other tiers23%£225.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.11 by chance

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366times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 215 of each

1212times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,012 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 4 of 5 numbers (5, 8, 20, 24) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 9 March 2024 — its closest relative in 3,012 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 59% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 July 2026): 8 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

82

The numbers add up to 82 — the 22th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 24–25. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 8 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 2.2× 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≈ 1.4 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball21≈ 19 by chance£250
  • Match 4336≈ 241 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball634≈ 612 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball6,811≈ 6.5k by chance£10.00
  • Match 311,521≈ 8.0k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball25,593≈ 25k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball30,349≈ 30k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈879k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 11,521 winners, 45% more than the 8.0k 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 Ball30,349£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball25,593£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball6,811£10.00
    Match 311,521£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball634£20.00
    Match 4336£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball21£250
    Match 53£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000