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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 12 December 2020

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 16
  3. 24
  4. 37
  5. 39
  6. 12

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 12% 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 1,846 of 3,064 under them

← 2020-12-11All recent draws2020-12-15 →

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 feed10 16 24 37 39 + 1229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 December 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 86% of every possible ticket.

  • sum86th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread59th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 237 of each

10251times
16247times
24240times
37213times
39

Prize breakdown · 2020-12-12

  • Lines in play≈ 2.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.4Mto 160k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.26

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball35%£500.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball20%£282.7K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball15%£214.6K
  • 6 other tiers29%£416.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.26 by chance

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229times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 132 of each

12132times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,845 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 (16, 24, 37) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 19 September 2020 — its closest relative in 1,845 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 December 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

126

The numbers add up to 126 — the 85th 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

16 had not appeared for 15 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 55≈ 3.3 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball50≈ 44 by chance£250
  • Match 4481≈ 568 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,239≈ 1.4k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball13,993≈ 15k by chance£10.00
  • Match 316,574≈ 19k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball56,548≈ 60k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball71,532≈ 72k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 481 winners, 15% fewer than the 568 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 Ball71,532£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball56,548£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball13,993£10.00
    Match 316,574£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,239£20.00
    Match 4481£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball50£250
    Match 55£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000