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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 29 December 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 18
  3. 26
  4. 31
  5. 32
  6. 10

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 8% 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 1,438 of 3,063 under them

← 2018-12-28All recent draws2019-01-01 →

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 feed8 18 26 31 32 + 1029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 December 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 46% of every possible ticket.

  • sum73th
  • odd9th
  • low31th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread33th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 184 of each

8173times
18197times
26192times
31207times
32

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-29

  • Lines in play≈ 2.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.1Mto 183k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.28

Where the money went

  • Match 321%£219.3K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£326.4K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£231.7K
  • 5 other tiers27%£290.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.28 by chance

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204times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 103 of each

1095times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,437 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 (8, 26, 31, 32) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 15 October 2010 — its closest relative in 1,437 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 35% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 December 2018): 26, 31 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

115

The numbers add up to 115 — the 72th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 31–32. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

32 had not appeared for 36 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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 53≈ 3.6 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball54≈ 47 by chance£250
  • Match 4650≈ 613 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,583≈ 1.6k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball16,576≈ 17k by chance£10.00
  • Match 321,932≈ 20k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball65,286≈ 64k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball77,234≈ 77k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 21,932 winners, 8% more than the 20k 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 Ball77,234£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball65,286£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball16,576£10.00
    Match 321,932£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,583£20.00
    Match 4650£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball54£250
    Match 53£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000