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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 30 December 2015

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 18
  3. 26
  4. 28
  5. 35
  6. 8

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 13% 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 920 of 3,064 under them

← 2015-12-26All recent draws2016-01-01 →

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 feed4 18 26 28 35 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 30 December 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 65% of every possible ticket.

  • sum67th
  • odd9th
  • low31th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread70th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 118 of each

4116times
18124times
26114times
28123times
35

Prize breakdown · 2015-12-30

  • Lines in play≈ 2.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£891.9Kto 158k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.25

Where the money went

  • Match 318%£156.3K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£285.0K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£205.0K
  • 5 other tiers28%£245.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.25 by chance

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98times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 66 of each

870times

Every number was expected about that many times after 919 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 (4, 18, 28, 35) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 16 August 2013 — its closest relative in 919 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 24% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 December 2015): 28, 35 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

111

The numbers add up to 111 — the 67th 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

26 had not appeared for 38 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≈ 3.2 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball46≈ 42 by chance£250
  • Match 4437≈ 543 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,447≈ 1.4k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball15,141≈ 15k by chance£10.00
  • Match 315,632≈ 18k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball56,998≈ 57k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball68,345≈ 68k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 437 winners, 19% fewer than the 543 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 Ball68,345£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball56,998£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball15,141£10.00
    Match 315,632£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,447£20.00
    Match 4437£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball46£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000