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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 18 December 2020

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 23
  3. 28
  4. 32
  5. 37
  6. 11

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 5% 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 1,849 of 3,064 under them

← 2020-12-16All recent draws2020-12-19 →

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 feed11 23 28 32 37 + 1129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 December 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 62% of every possible ticket.

  • sum90th
  • odd64th
  • low9th
  • widest gap43th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread43th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 237 of each

11216times
23236times
28232times
32253times
37

Prize breakdown · 2020-12-18

  • Lines in play≈ 1.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£606.0Kto 107k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 319%£113.1K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£193.6K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£136.0K
  • 4 other tiers27%£163.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.16 by chance

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214times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 132 of each

11133times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,848 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 (11, 23, 28) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 22 August 2020 — its closest relative in 1,848 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 December 2020): 32 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

131

The numbers add up to 131 — the 90th 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

28 had not appeared for 12 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≈ 2.1 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball28≈ 28 by chance£250
  • Match 4324≈ 360 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball972≈ 914 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,437≈ 9.7k by chance£10.00
  • Match 311,314≈ 12k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball38,729≈ 38k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball45,337≈ 45k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 plus Bonus Ball — 10,437 winners, 7% more than the 9.7k 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 Ball45,337£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball38,729£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,437£10.00
    Match 311,314£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball972£20.00
    Match 4324£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball28£250
    Match 50£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000