LotteryOracle
GamesForecastPlaygroundCase filesMy numbers

Loading…

Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

LotteryOracle

LotteryOracle reports what happened; it does not predict what is next. Every draw is independent — no number is ever "due".

GamesPlaygroundCase filesThe weekDataAboutMethodologyPrivacy
Built byejoyful

Responsible play.A lottery costs more than it pays back; if it stops being fun, help is free and confidential:🇬🇧 0808 8020 133all helplines →

Thunderball · draw

Friday, 29 December 2017

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 21
  2. 24
  3. 25
  4. 29
  5. 35
  6. 14

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 10% 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 1,233 of 3,063 under them

← 2017-12-27All recent draws2017-12-30 →

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 feed21 24 25 29 35 + 1429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

18oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 18 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 2% of every possible ticket.

  • sum92th
  • odd89th
  • low1th
  • widest gap4th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread4th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 158 of each

21170times
24155times
25155times
29161times
35

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-29

  • Lines in play≈ 1.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£537.2Kto 98k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 319%£101.8K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£173.6K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball24%£130.0K
  • 4 other tiers25%£131.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.16 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

133times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 88 of each

1495times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,232 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 (21, 24, 35) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 28 October 2017 — its closest relative in 1,232 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 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

134

The numbers add up to 134 — the 92th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 24–25. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

29 had not appeared for 15 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 50≈ 2.0 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball21≈ 26 by chance£250
  • Match 4252≈ 344 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball745≈ 874 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,642≈ 9.3k by chance£10.00
  • Match 310,175≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball34,728≈ 36k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball43,331≈ 43k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 745 winners, 15% fewer than the 874 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 Ball43,331£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball34,728£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,642£10.00
    Match 310,175£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball745£20.00
    Match 4252£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball21£250
    Match 50£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000