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Thunderball · draw

Tuesday, 21 January 2020

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 15
  5. 35
  6. 14

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 16% 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 1,659 of 3,064 under them

← 2020-01-18All recent draws2020-01-22 →

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 feed5 8 9 15 35 + 1429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 January 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

35oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 35 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 15% of every possible ticket.

  • sum12th
  • odd89th
  • low89th
  • widest gap91th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread65th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 213 of each

5193times
8203times
9205times
15214times
35

Prize breakdown · 2020-01-21

  • Lines in play≈ 858kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£409.8Kto 70k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.11

Where the money went

  • Match 322%£90.4K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball29%£120.2K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£88.8K
  • 5 other tiers27%£110.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.11 by chance

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185times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 118 of each

14122times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,658 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, 8, 9) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 10 September 2019 — its closest relative in 1,658 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 January 2020): 8, 15 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

72

The numbers add up to 72 — the 12th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

5 had not appeared for 29 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than 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 51≈ 1.4 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball18≈ 18 by chance£250
  • Match 4255≈ 235 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball603≈ 597 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball6,336≈ 6.4k by chance£10.00
  • Match 39,039≈ 7.8k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball24,039≈ 25k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball29,606≈ 30k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈858k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 9,039 winners, 16% more than the 7.8k 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 Ball29,606£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball24,039£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball6,336£10.00
    Match 39,039£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball603£20.00
    Match 4255£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball18£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000