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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 8 January 2014

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 18
  3. 21
  4. 22
  5. 23
  6. 12

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 12% 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 611 of 3,063 under them

← 2014-01-04All recent draws2014-01-10 →

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 18 21 22 23 + 1229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 January 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

39oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 39 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 21% of every possible ticket.

  • sum50th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap0th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread0th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 78 of each

1671times
1884times
2190times
2283times
23

Prize breakdown · 2014-01-08

  • Lines in play≈ 1.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£826.0Kto 141k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.21

Where the money went

  • Match 320%£169.2K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£257.6K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball21%£173.2K
  • 5 other tiers27%£226.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.21 by chance

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80times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 44 of each

1244times

Every number was expected about that many times after 610 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 (18, 21, 22) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 9 November 2013 — its closest relative in 610 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 January 2014): 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

100

The numbers add up to 100 — the 49th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 21–22, 22–23. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 8 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 1.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 52≈ 2.7 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball29≈ 35 by chance£250
  • Match 4504≈ 459 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,229≈ 1.2k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball13,384≈ 12k by chance£10.00
  • Match 316,917≈ 15k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball51,520≈ 48k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball57,734≈ 58k 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 — 16,917 winners, 12% more than the 15k 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 Ball57,734£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball51,520£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball13,384£10.00
    Match 316,917£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,229£20.00
    Match 4504£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball29£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000