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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 31 December 2014

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 11
  3. 15
  4. 35
  5. 38
  6. 3

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 5% 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 764 of 3,063 under them

← 2014-12-27All recent draws2015-01-02 →

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 feed3 11 15 35 38 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 December 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 36% of every possible ticket.

  • sum53th
  • odd89th
  • low64th
  • widest gap91th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread91th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 98 of each

391times
1187times
15100times
3574times
38

Prize breakdown · 2014-12-31

  • Lines in play≈ 1.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£853.1Kto 151k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.23

Where the money went

  • Match 319%£159.1K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£275.8K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£191.3K
  • 5 other tiers27%£227.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.23 by chance

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92times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 55 of each

361times

Every number was expected about that many times after 763 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 (3, 11, 15) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 27 November 2013 — its closest relative in 763 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 December 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

102

The numbers add up to 102 — the 52th 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

38 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 0.7× 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 51≈ 3.0 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball38≈ 39 by chance£250
  • Match 4442≈ 507 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,288≈ 1.3k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,249≈ 14k by chance£10.00
  • Match 315,906≈ 17k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball55,150≈ 53k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball63,776≈ 64k 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 4 — 442 winners, 13% fewer than the 507 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball63,776£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball55,150£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,249£10.00
    Match 315,906£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,288£20.00
    Match 4442£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball38£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000