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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 9 January 2021

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 8
  3. 26
  4. 29
  5. 35
  6. 13

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 3% 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 1,862 of 3,063 under them

← 2021-01-08All recent draws2021-01-12 →

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 8 26 29 35 + 1329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 9 January 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

64oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 64 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 84% of every possible ticket.

  • sum56th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap84th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread59th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 239 of each

6261times
8227times
26249times
29261times
35

Prize breakdown · 2021-01-09

  • Lines in play≈ 2.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£940.9Kto 166k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.26

Where the money went

  • Match 320%£183.8K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£292.1K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£216.9K
  • 5 other tiers26%£248.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.26 by chance

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208times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 133 of each

13143times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,861 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 4 of 5 numbers (6, 8, 26, 29) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 24 March 2020 — its closest relative in 1,861 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 42% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 January 2021): 6 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

104

The numbers add up to 104 — the 56th 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

8 had not appeared for 6 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 1.0× 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 53≈ 3.4 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball32≈ 44 by chance£250
  • Match 4507≈ 574 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,330≈ 1.5k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,784≈ 16k by chance£10.00
  • Match 318,375≈ 19k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball58,414≈ 60k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball72,306≈ 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 — 507 winners, 12% fewer than the 574 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 Ball72,306£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball58,414£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball14,784£10.00
    Match 318,375£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,330£20.00
    Match 4507£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball32£250
    Match 53£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000