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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 14 January 2017

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 13
  3. 18
  4. 31
  5. 34
  6. 4

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 1,084 of 3,062 under them

← 2017-01-13All recent draws2017-01-18 →

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 feed12 13 18 31 34 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 14 January 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

68oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 68 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 91% of every possible ticket.

  • sum63th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread24th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 139 of each

12124times
13139times
18146times
31158times
34

Prize breakdown · 2017-01-14

  • Lines in play≈ 2.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.7Mto 216k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.33

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball29%£500.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball22%£390.3K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball16%£276.8K
  • 6 other tiers33%£569.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.33 by chance

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125times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 77 of each

480times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,083 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 (12, 13, 31) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 2 July 2016 — its closest relative in 1,083 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 January 2017): 12 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

108

The numbers add up to 108 — the 62th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 12–13. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

34 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 0.6× 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 56≈ 4.3 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball46≈ 56 by chance£250
  • Match 4586≈ 733 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,789≈ 1.9k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball20,382≈ 20k by chance£10.00
  • Match 322,971≈ 24k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball78,056≈ 77k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball92,279≈ 92k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 586 winners, 20% fewer than the 733 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 Ball92,279£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball78,056£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball20,382£10.00
    Match 322,971£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,789£20.00
    Match 4586£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball46£250
    Match 56£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000