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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 21 December 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 15
  3. 16
  4. 20
  5. 25
  6. 14

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 12% 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 1,433 of 3,063 under them

← 2018-12-19All recent draws2018-12-22 →

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 feed14 15 16 20 25 + 1429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 December 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

28oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 28 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 7% of every possible ticket.

  • sum34th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap2th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread1th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 184 of each

14158times
15183times
16190times
20198times
25

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-21

  • Lines in play≈ 1.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.1Mto 101k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball45%£500.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball17%£182.2K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball11%£123.7K
  • 6 other tiers27%£293.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.15 by chance

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181times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 102 of each

14107times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,432 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 (15, 16, 25) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 21 January 2017 — its closest relative in 1,432 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 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

90

The numbers add up to 90 — the 33th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 14–15, 15–16. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 18 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 1.6× 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≈ 1.9 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball26≈ 25 by chance£250
  • Match 4354≈ 327 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball956≈ 831 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,615≈ 8.9k by chance£10.00
  • Match 312,149≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball36,435≈ 34k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball41,224≈ 41k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 956 winners, 15% more than the 831 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball41,224£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball36,435£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,615£10.00
    Match 312,149£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball956£20.00
    Match 4354£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball26£250
    Match 53£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000