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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 6 January 2021

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 13
  3. 22
  4. 27
  5. 31
  6. 1

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 51% 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 1,860 of 3,064 under them

← 2021-01-05All recent draws2021-01-08 →

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 feed6 13 22 27 31 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 January 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 89% of every possible ticket.

  • sum48th
  • odd64th
  • low31th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread38th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 238 of each

6259times
13229times
22241times
27236times
31

Prize breakdown · 2021-01-06

  • Lines in play≈ 1.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£592.2Kto 92k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 325%£145.9K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball26%£155.6K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball19%£110.5K
  • 5 other tiers30%£180.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.13 by chance

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

Times drawn before — chance expected 133 of each

1131times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,859 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 (6, 13, 22) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 24 July 2020 — its closest relative in 1,859 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 January 2021): 31 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

99

The numbers add up to 99 — the 48th 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

27 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 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 1% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 55≈ 1.7 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball22≈ 22 by chance£250
  • Match 4541≈ 292 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball784≈ 742 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,991≈ 7.9k by chance£10.00
  • Match 314,593≈ 9.7k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31,118≈ 31k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball36,826≈ 37k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 14,593 winners, 51% more than the 9.7k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably more popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball36,826£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31,118£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,991£10.00
    Match 314,593£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball784£20.00
    Match 4541£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball22£250
    Match 55£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000