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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 23 December 2017

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 8
  3. 25
  4. 32
  5. 33
  6. 5

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 25% 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 1,231 of 3,062 under them

← 2017-12-22All recent draws2017-12-27 →

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 25 32 33 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

67oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 67 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 90% of every possible ticket.

  • sum56th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap79th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread48th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 158 of each

6171times
8152times
25154times
32186times
33

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-23

  • Lines in play≈ 3.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.4Mto 250k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.40

Where the money went

  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball16%£225.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33%£457.2K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball24%£335.5K
  • 5 other tiers27%£376.4K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.40 by chance

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146times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 88 of each

598times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,230 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, 32, 33) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 26 September 2014 — its closest relative in 1,230 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 31% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 December 2017): 6, 8 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

104

The numbers add up to 104 — the 56th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 32–33. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

33 had not appeared for 16 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 58≈ 5.2 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball53≈ 68 by chance£250
  • Match 4652≈ 888 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,896≈ 2.3k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball22,501≈ 24k by chance£10.00
  • Match 322,000≈ 29k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball91,430≈ 93k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball111,846≈ 112k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈3.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 652 winners, 27% fewer than the 888 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less 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 Ball111,846£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball91,430£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball22,501£10.00
    Match 322,000£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,896£20.00
    Match 4652£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball53£250
    Match 58£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000