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Thunderball · draw

Tuesday, 4 December 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 18
  2. 24
  3. 37
  4. 38
  5. 39
  6. 12

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 13% 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 1,423 of 3,063 under them

← 2018-12-01All recent draws2018-12-05 →

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 feed18 24 37 38 39 + 1229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 December 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 19% of every possible ticket.

  • sum99th
  • odd31th
  • low9th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread20th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 182 of each

18193times
24183times
37159times
38171times
39

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-04

  • Lines in play≈ 904kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£385.8Kto 68k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.11

Where the money went

  • Match 318%£71.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30%£115.7K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball24%£93.6K
  • 5 other tiers27%£105.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.11 by chance

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168times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 102 of each

12100times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,422 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 (18, 24, 38) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 24 November 2018 — its closest relative in 1,422 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 December 2018): 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

156

The numbers add up to 156 — the 99th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 37–38, 38–39. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

39 had not appeared for 7 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 53≈ 1.5 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball13≈ 19 by chance£250
  • Match 4219≈ 248 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball509≈ 629 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball5,519≈ 6.7k by chance£10.00
  • Match 37,104≈ 8.2k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball23,140≈ 26k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball31,190≈ 31k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈904k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 509 winners, 19% fewer than the 629 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 Ball31,190£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball23,140£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball5,519£10.00
    Match 37,104£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball509£20.00
    Match 4219£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball13£250
    Match 53£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000