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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 6 January 2017

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 9
  3. 12
  4. 36
  5. 37
  6. 12

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 18% 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 1,080 of 3,062 under them

← 2017-01-04All recent draws2017-01-07 →

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 9 12 36 37 + 1229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 January 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 42% of every possible ticket.

  • sum42th
  • odd64th
  • low64th
  • widest gap97th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread94th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 138 of each

1134times
9128times
12122times
36125times
37

Prize breakdown · 2017-01-06

  • Lines in play≈ 1.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£990.3Kto 89k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball50%£500.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball16%£160.5K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball12%£119.3K
  • 6 other tiers21%£210.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.14 by chance

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110times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 77 of each

1281times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,079 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 (1, 12, 37) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 2 September 2015 — its closest relative in 1,079 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 January 2017): 1 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

95

The numbers add up to 95 — the 41th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 36–37. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

9 had not appeared for 21 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than 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 51≈ 1.9 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball16≈ 24 by chance£250
  • Match 4236≈ 316 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball696≈ 802 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,831≈ 8.5k by chance£10.00
  • Match 38,569≈ 10k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32,108≈ 33k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball39,755≈ 40k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,569 winners, 18% fewer than the 10k 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 Ball39,755£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32,108£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,831£10.00
    Match 38,569£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball696£20.00
    Match 4236£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball16£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000