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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 3 December 2021

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 11
  3. 16
  4. 35
  5. 36
  6. 9

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 16% 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 2,049 of 3,064 under them

← 2021-12-01All recent draws2021-12-04 →

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 feed4 11 16 35 36 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 December 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 70% of every possible ticket.

  • sum53th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap88th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread76th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 263 of each

4278times
11253times
16263times
35232times
36

Prize breakdown · 2021-12-03

  • Lines in play≈ 1.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.0Mto 96k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball48%£500.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball17%£172.3K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball12%£129.0K
  • 6 other tiers22%£232.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.15 by chance

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239times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 146 of each

9118times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,048 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 (4, 11, 35) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 19 November 2019 — its closest relative in 2,048 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 December 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

102

The numbers add up to 102 — the 52th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 35–36. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

35 had not appeared for 5 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 0.7× 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 52≈ 2.0 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball18≈ 26 by chance£250
  • Match 4251≈ 342 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball750≈ 867 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,336≈ 9.2k by chance£10.00
  • Match 39,459≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball34,452≈ 36k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball43,001≈ 43k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 9,459 winners, 16% fewer than the 11k 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 Ball43,001£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball34,452£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,336£10.00
    Match 39,459£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball750£20.00
    Match 4251£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball18£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000