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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 17 December 2016

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 16
  3. 21
  4. 28
  5. 38
  6. 2

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 20% 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 1,072 of 3,063 under them

← 2016-12-16All recent draws2016-12-21 →

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 feed10 16 21 28 38 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 December 2016 — 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 64% of every possible ticket.

  • sum70th
  • odd9th
  • low31th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread53th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 137 of each

10145times
16134times
21150times
28139times
38

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-17

  • Lines in play≈ 2.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.1Mto 186k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.28

Where the money went

  • Match 322%£243.1K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball29%£324.1K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball21%£232.8K
  • 5 other tiers29%£326.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.28 by chance

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131times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 77 of each

264times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,071 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 (16, 21, 28, 38) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 17 July 2015 — its closest relative in 1,071 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 27% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 December 2016): 21 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

113

The numbers add up to 113 — the 70th 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

16 had not appeared for 18 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 58≈ 3.6 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball36≈ 47 by chance£250
  • Match 4788≈ 616 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,604≈ 1.6k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball16,636≈ 17k by chance£10.00
  • Match 324,305≈ 20k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball64,827≈ 65k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball77,604≈ 78k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 788 winners, 28% more than the 616 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably more 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 Ball77,604£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball64,827£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball16,636£10.00
    Match 324,305£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,604£20.00
    Match 4788£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball36£250
    Match 58£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000