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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 13 December 2017

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 14
  5. 32
  6. 4

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 5% 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 1,226 of 3,063 under them

← 2017-12-09All recent draws2017-12-15 →

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 feed2 7 8 14 32 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 13 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

34oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 34 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 14% of every possible ticket.

  • sum6th
  • odd9th
  • low89th
  • widest gap84th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread65th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 157 of each

2166times
7159times
8150times
14132times
32

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-13

  • Lines in play≈ 1.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£767.9Kto 134k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.20

Where the money went

  • Match 320%£153.5K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£243.4K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£167.4K
  • 5 other tiers27%£203.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.20 by chance

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185times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 88 of each

495times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,225 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 (7, 8, 14) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 21 March 2015 — its closest relative in 1,225 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (9 December 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

63

The numbers add up to 63 — the 6th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

14 had not appeared for 31 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 1.3× 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 51≈ 2.6 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball38≈ 34 by chance£250
  • Match 4397≈ 443 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,128≈ 1.1k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball12,692≈ 12k by chance£10.00
  • Match 315,350≈ 15k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball48,672≈ 47k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball55,801≈ 56k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 plus Bonus Ball — 12,692 winners, 6% more than the 12k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball55,801£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball48,672£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball12,692£10.00
    Match 315,350£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,128£20.00
    Match 4397£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball38£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000