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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 14 December 2016

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 4
  3. 6
  4. 28
  5. 30
  6. 8

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 6% 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 1,070 of 3,062 under them

← 2016-12-10All recent draws2016-12-16 →

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 feed1 4 6 28 30 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 14 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

43oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 28% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd9th
  • low64th
  • widest gap95th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread59th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 137 of each

1129times
4137times
6150times
28138times
30

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-14

  • Lines in play≈ 1.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£870.2Kto 152k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.23

Where the money went

  • Match 318%£159.7K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£274.3K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£195.3K
  • 5 other tiers28%£241.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.23 by chance

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162times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 76 of each

883times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,069 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 (1, 4, 6, 30) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 17 August 2013 — its closest relative in 1,069 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 27% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 December 2016): 28 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

69

The numbers add up to 69 — the 10th 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

4 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 2.2× 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 53≈ 3.0 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball35≈ 40 by chance£250
  • Match 4446≈ 517 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,345≈ 1.3k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,572≈ 14k by chance£10.00
  • Match 315,965≈ 17k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball54,867≈ 54k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball65,084≈ 65k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 446 winners, 14% fewer than the 517 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 Ball65,084£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball54,867£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,572£10.00
    Match 315,965£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,345£20.00
    Match 4446£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball35£250
    Match 53£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000