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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 19 December 2012

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 10
  3. 17
  4. 31
  5. 37
  6. 10

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 3% 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 446 of 3,062 under them

← 2012-12-15All recent draws2012-12-21 →

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 feed4 10 17 31 37 + 1029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 19 December 2012 — 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.

  • sum48th
  • odd64th
  • low64th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread81th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 57 of each

461times
1067times
1762times
3165times
37

Prize breakdown · 2012-12-19

  • Lines in play≈ 1.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£815.4Kto 142k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.21

Where the money went

  • Match 320%£159.2K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£259.2K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£177.5K
  • 4 other tiers27%£219.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.21 by chance

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43times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 32 of each

1034times

Every number was expected about that many times after 445 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 (4, 17, 31, 37) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 30 July 2010 — its closest relative in 445 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 12% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 December 2012): 31 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

99

The numbers add up to 99 — the 48th 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

37 had not appeared for 14 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 50≈ 2.8 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball35≈ 36 by chance£250
  • Match 4466≈ 470 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,397≈ 1.2k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball13,615≈ 13k by chance£10.00
  • Match 315,924≈ 16k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball51,837≈ 49k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball59,183≈ 59k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 1,397 winners, 17% more than the 1.2k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball59,183£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball51,837£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball13,615£10.00
    Match 315,924£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,397£20.00
    Match 4466£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball35£250
    Match 50£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000