Thunderball in numbers: facts for the press
Up-to-date, quotable Thunderball key figures, calculated automatically from the official draw results, as of 21/10/2026. You may reuse the texts and the chart freely with the credit “Source: Lottochaos.com” and a link to this page.
1 : 8.060.598
The odds of winning the Thunderball jackpot are 1 in 8.060.598 per line.
38.753 years of waiting
Playing one line in every draw (208 draws a year), it would take on average about 38.753 years to hit the jackpot once.
1 : 12,4
In Thunderball, roughly one line in 12,4 wins a prize of any kind (odds 1 in 12,4).
3.995 draws
Since the first draw on 12/06/1999, Thunderball has held 3.995 draws.
30 419×
The most drawn Thunderball number is 30: 419 times in 3.031 draws since 12/05/2010 (expected by pure chance: 388,6).
14 355×
The least drawn is 14: 355 times in 3.031 draws since 12/05/2010 (expected: 388,6).
24 draws absent
Number 22 has not been drawn for 24 draws (last on 09/09/2026). That does not make it “due”: every number has the same chance in every draw.
62 draws absent
Longest absence of a number since 12/05/2010: 4 missed 62 draws in a row (04/12/2024 to 25/03/2025).
16 + 26 60×
The most frequent pair is 16 and 26: drawn together 60 times (expected: 40,9).
3 249×
Thunderball: 3 is the most frequent (249 times since 12/05/2010).
5
The same Thunderball winning combination has already been drawn again 5 times, most recently 19 23 25 30 39.
Chart: how often has each number been drawn?
The dashed line shows the value expected by pure chance. Deviations of this size are normal in genuinely random draws.
Method and sources
Figures are based on the official draw results and prize breakdowns of the operators and are recalculated automatically after every draw. Frequencies refer to the current 5/39 format (statistics since 12/05/2010). Lottochaos is an independent statistics site with no gambling offer; past draws do not allow any prediction.
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