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Thunderball · draw

Tuesday, 5 January 2021

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 31
  5. 34
  6. 12

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 12% 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 1,859 of 3,064 under them

← 2021-01-02All recent draws2021-01-06 →

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 feed3 11 12 31 34 + 1229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 January 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 69% of every possible ticket.

  • sum36th
  • odd64th
  • low64th
  • widest gap88th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread70th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 238 of each

3232times
11218times
12213times
31252times
34

Prize breakdown · 2021-01-05

  • Lines in play≈ 930kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£459.1Kto 78k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 320%£93.9K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£141.5K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball21%£96.3K
  • 5 other tiers28%£127.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.12 by chance

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253times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 133 of each

12134times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,858 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, 12, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 21 July 2020 — its closest relative in 1,858 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 January 2021): 11 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 12 repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

91

The numbers add up to 91 — the 35th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 11–12. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

12 had not appeared for 14 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≈ 1.5 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball26≈ 20 by chance£250
  • Match 4226≈ 255 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball647≈ 647 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,537≈ 6.9k by chance£10.00
  • Match 39,385≈ 8.4k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball28,296≈ 27k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball32,115≈ 32k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈930k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 9,385 winners, 11% more than the 8.4k 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 Ball32,115£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball28,296£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,537£10.00
    Match 39,385£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball647£20.00
    Match 4226£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball26£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000