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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 22 December 2017

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 8
  3. 15
  4. 35
  5. 39
  6. 4

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 22% 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 1,230 of 3,062 under them

← 2017-12-20All recent draws2017-12-23 →

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 feed6 8 15 35 39 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 67% of every possible ticket.

  • sum55th
  • odd64th
  • low64th
  • widest gap91th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread81th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 158 of each

6170times
8151times
15158times
35132times
39

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-22

  • Lines in play≈ 1.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£589.4Kto 107k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.18

Where the money went

  • Match 317%£101.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£188.0K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball25%£148.0K
  • 5 other tiers26%£152.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.18 by chance

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145times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 88 of each

496times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,229 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 (6, 8, 35, 39) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 4 July 2014 — its closest relative in 1,229 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 31% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 December 2017): 15 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

103

The numbers add up to 103 — the 54th 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

35 had not appeared for 17 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 0.7× 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 53≈ 2.3 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball21≈ 30 by chance£250
  • Match 4262≈ 392 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball775≈ 995 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,045≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 310,102≈ 13k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball37,596≈ 41k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball49,342≈ 49k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 775 winners, 22% fewer than the 995 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 Ball49,342£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball37,596£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,045£10.00
    Match 310,102£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball775£20.00
    Match 4262£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball21£250
    Match 53£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000