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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 3 December 2014

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 22
  2. 26
  3. 30
  4. 32
  5. 37
  6. 6

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 21% 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 752 of 3,063 under them

← 2014-11-29All recent draws2014-12-05 →

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 feed22 26 30 32 37 + 629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 December 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

16oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 16 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 1% of every possible ticket.

  • sum98th
  • odd9th
  • low1th
  • widest gap2th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread5th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 96 of each

22104times
2695times
30115times
32118times
37

Prize breakdown · 2014-12-03

  • Lines in play≈ 1.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£726.4Kto 133k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.22

Where the money went

  • Match 317%£126.6K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£234.4K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball25%£183.7K
  • 5 other tiers25%£181.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.22 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

72times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 54 of each

649times

Every number was expected about that many times after 751 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 (22, 32, 37) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 30 August 2014 — its closest relative in 751 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 November 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

147

The numbers add up to 147 — the 98th 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

22 had not appeared for 20 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 53≈ 2.9 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball30≈ 37 by chance£250
  • Match 4311≈ 486 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball892≈ 1.2k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,029≈ 13k by chance£10.00
  • Match 312,656≈ 16k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball46,888≈ 51k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball61,237≈ 61k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 892 winners, 28% fewer than the 1.2k 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 Ball61,237£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball46,888£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,029£10.00
    Match 312,656£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball892£20.00
    Match 4311£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball30£250
    Match 53£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000