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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 6 April 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 6
  4. 10
  5. 17
  6. 12

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 33% 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 1,285 of 3,069 under them

← 2018-04-04All recent draws2018-04-07 →

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 feed3 4 6 10 17 + 1229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 April 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

23oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 23 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 4% of every possible ticket.

  • sum0th
  • odd31th
  • low99th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread4th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 165 of each

3163times
4175times
6177times
10174times
17

Prize breakdown · 2018-04-06

  • Lines in play≈ 1.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£628.9Kto 102k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 323%£143.4K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball29%£179.6K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball20%£123.1K
  • 5 other tiers29%£182.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.15 by chance

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167times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 92 of each

1293times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,284 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 (3, 6, 10, 17) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 10 March 2010 — its closest relative in 1,284 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 32% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 April 2018): 4 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

40

The numbers add up to 40 — the 0th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 3–4. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 13 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 2.6× 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≈ 1.9 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball29≈ 25 by chance£250
  • Match 4460≈ 326 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball984≈ 827 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,491≈ 8.8k by chance£10.00
  • Match 314,341≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball35,925≈ 34k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball41,018≈ 41k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 14,341 winners, 33% more than the 11k 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 Ball41,018£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball35,925£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,491£10.00
    Match 314,341£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball984£20.00
    Match 4460£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball29£250
    Match 53£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000