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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 4 January 2019

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 8
  3. 16
  4. 20
  5. 37
  6. 14

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 6% 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 1,441 of 3,063 under them

← 2019-01-02All recent draws2019-01-05 →

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 feed5 8 16 20 37 + 1429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 January 2019 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 39% of every possible ticket.

  • sum28th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap79th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread76th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 185 of each

5173times
8174times
16192times
20201times
37

Prize breakdown · 2019-01-04

  • Lines in play≈ 1.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.0Mto 94k 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 Ball48%£500.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball16%£164.1K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball12%£121.7K
  • 6 other tiers25%£258.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.15 by chance

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161times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 103 of each

14108times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,440 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 (5, 20, 37) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 15 September 2018 — its closest relative in 1,440 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 January 2019): 5, 20 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

86

The numbers add up to 86 — the 28th 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

37 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 1.1× 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 52≈ 1.9 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball22≈ 25 by chance£250
  • Match 4313≈ 322 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball728≈ 818 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,457≈ 8.7k by chance£10.00
  • Match 311,232≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32,811≈ 34k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball40,555≈ 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 — 728 winners, 11% fewer than the 818 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 Ball40,555£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32,811£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,457£10.00
    Match 311,232£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball728£20.00
    Match 4313£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball22£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000