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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 24 December 2011

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 7
  3. 18
  4. 20
  5. 39
  6. 4

Jackpot£500,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/39 + 1/14 · since Jan 2010draw 292 of 3,063 under them

← 2011-12-23All recent draws2011-12-28 →

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 feed6 7 18 20 39 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 December 2011 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 31% of every possible ticket.

  • sum34th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap88th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread81th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 37 of each

639times
743times
1830times
2042times
3931times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 21 of each

421times

Every number was expected about that many times after 291 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 (6, 7, 18) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 12 November 2011 — its closest relative in 291 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 95% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 December 2011): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 4 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: 6–7. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

39 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 1.1× 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.

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Prize breakdown · 2011-12-24

  • Paid out£0.0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winners£500.0K
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000
  2. Match 50£5,000
  3. Match 4 plus Bonus Ball0£250
  4. Match 40£100
  5. Match 3 plus Bonus Ball0£20.00
  6. Match 2 plus Bonus Ball0£10.00
  7. Match 30£10.00
  8. Match 1 plus Bonus Ball0£5.00
  9. Match 0 plus Bonus Ball0£3.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 0 plus Bonus Ball0£3.00
Match 1 plus Bonus Ball0£5.00
Match 2 plus Bonus Ball0£10.00
Match 30£10.00
Match 3 plus Bonus Ball0£20.00
Match 40£100
Match 4 plus Bonus Ball0£250
Match 50£5,000
Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000

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