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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 3 January 2020

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 16
  3. 17
  4. 28
  5. 38
  6. 11

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 8% 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 1,649 of 3,064 under them

← 2020-01-01All recent draws2020-01-04 →

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 feed13 16 17 28 38 + 1129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 January 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 87% of every possible ticket.

  • sum69th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap34th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread38th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 211 of each

13212times
16221times
17213times
28208times
38

Prize breakdown · 2020-01-03

  • Lines in play≈ 1.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£552.4Kto 99k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 319%£104.2K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£177.5K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£129.3K
  • 4 other tiers26%£141.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.15 by chance

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201times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 118 of each

11117times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,648 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 (13, 17, 28, 38) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 6 June 2015 — its closest relative in 1,648 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 39% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 January 2020): 38 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

112

The numbers add up to 112 — the 68th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

13 had not appeared for 20 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 50≈ 2.0 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball22≈ 26 by chance£250
  • Match 4299≈ 342 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball784≈ 869 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,023≈ 9.3k by chance£10.00
  • Match 310,424≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball35,507≈ 36k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball43,106≈ 43k 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 — 784 winners, 10% fewer than the 869 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 Ball43,106£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball35,507£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,023£10.00
    Match 310,424£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball784£20.00
    Match 4299£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball22£250
    Match 50£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000