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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 28 December 2013

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 17
  3. 23
  4. 24
  5. 35
  6. 5

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 36% 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 607 of 3,064 under them

← 2013-12-27All recent draws2014-01-01 →

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 feed16 17 23 24 35 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 December 2013 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 41% of every possible ticket.

  • sum73th
  • odd64th
  • low31th
  • widest gap34th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread14th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 78 of each

1670times
1782times
2379times
2477times
35

Prize breakdown · 2013-12-28

  • Lines in play≈ 3.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.3Mto 248k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.40

Where the money went

  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball17%£219.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball35%£460.3K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball26%£337.1K
  • 5 other tiers23%£296.1K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.40 by chance

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55times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 43 of each

554times

Every number was expected about that many times after 606 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 (16, 17, 24) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 23 October 2013 — its closest relative in 606 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 December 2013): 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

115

The numbers add up to 115 — the 72th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17, 23–24. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 33 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than 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 51≈ 5.2 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball54≈ 69 by chance£250
  • Match 4542≈ 892 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,738≈ 2.3k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball21,903≈ 24k by chance£10.00
  • Match 318,868≈ 29k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball92,067≈ 94k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball112,351≈ 112k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈3.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 542 winners, 39% fewer than the 892 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 Ball112,351£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball92,067£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball21,903£10.00
    Match 318,868£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,738£20.00
    Match 4542£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball54£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000