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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 12 December 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 8
  3. 14
  4. 20
  5. 31
  6. 11

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 7% 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 1,428 of 3,064 under them

← 2018-12-11All recent draws2018-12-14 →

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 feed4 8 14 20 31 + 1129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 December 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 42% of every possible ticket.

  • sum17th
  • odd9th
  • low89th
  • widest gap34th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread48th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 183 of each

4198times
8172times
14155times
20197times
31

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-12

  • Lines in play≈ 1.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£731.0Kto 125k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.19

Where the money went

  • Match 320%£149.3K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30%£219.4K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£159.1K
  • 5 other tiers28%£203.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.19 by chance

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205times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 102 of each

11111times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,427 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 (4, 8, 14, 20) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 2 January 2015 — its closest relative in 1,427 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 35% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 December 2018): 14 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

77

The numbers add up to 77 — the 17th 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

20 had not appeared for 12 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 2.2× 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 53≈ 2.5 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball29≈ 32 by chance£250
  • Match 4452≈ 421 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,120≈ 1.1k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,328≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 314,933≈ 14k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball43,886≈ 44k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball53,030≈ 53k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 14,933 winners, 7% more than the 14k 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 Ball53,030£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball43,886£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,328£10.00
    Match 314,933£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,120£20.00
    Match 4452£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball29£250
    Match 53£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000