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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 28 December 2012

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 38
  5. 39
  6. 9

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 25% less 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 450 of 3,062 under them

← 2012-12-26All recent draws2012-12-29 →

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 8 38 39 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 December 2012 — 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.

  • sum47th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap100th
  • neighbours100th
  • spread81th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 58 of each

657times
760times
858times
3848times
39

Prize breakdown · 2012-12-28

  • Lines in play≈ 1.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£512.1Kto 93k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 316%£83.2K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33%£169.9K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball25%£126.4K
  • 5 other tiers26%£132.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.15 by chance

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53times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 32 of each

920times

Every number was expected about that many times after 449 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 (6, 7, 8, 39) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 7 November 2012 — its closest relative in 449 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 12% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 December 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

98

The numbers add up to 98 — the 46th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 6–7, 7–8, 38–39. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

7 had not appeared for 22 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 0.9× 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 52≈ 2.0 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball20≈ 26 by chance£250
  • Match 4293≈ 335 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball624≈ 850 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,581≈ 9.1k by chance£10.00
  • Match 38,321≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33,985≈ 35k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball42,136≈ 42k 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 plus Bonus Ball — 624 winners, 27% fewer than the 850 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less 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 Ball42,136£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33,985£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,581£10.00
    Match 38,321£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball624£20.00
    Match 4293£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball20£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000