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Thunderball · draw

Tuesday, 20 July 2021

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 24
  3. 27
  4. 29
  5. 31
  6. 7

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 15% 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 1,971 of 3,064 under them

← 2021-07-17All recent draws2021-07-21 →

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 feed13 24 27 29 31 + 729 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 July 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 17% of every possible ticket.

  • sum84th
  • odd89th
  • low9th
  • widest gap34th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread11th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 253 of each

13249times
24261times
27253times
29281times
31

Prize breakdown · 2021-07-20

  • Lines in play≈ 1.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£583.7Kto 103k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball17%£98.8K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£187.6K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£133.3K
  • 5 other tiers28%£164.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.16 by chance

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270times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 141 of each

7133times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,970 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 (13, 27, 29) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 29 May 2021 — its closest relative in 1,970 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 July 2021): 13 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

124

The numbers add up to 124 — the 83th 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 9 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than 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≈ 2.1 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball29≈ 27 by chance£250
  • Match 4297≈ 353 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball915≈ 896 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,879≈ 9.6k by chance£10.00
  • Match 39,877≈ 12k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball37,523≈ 37k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball44,421≈ 44k 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 3 — 9,877 winners, 15% fewer than the 12k 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 Ball44,421£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball37,523£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,879£10.00
    Match 39,877£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball915£20.00
    Match 4297£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball29£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000