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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 4 December 2021

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 5
  3. 17
  4. 36
  5. 38
  6. 6

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 18% 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 2,050 of 3,063 under them

← 2021-12-03All recent draws2021-12-07 →

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 5 17 36 38 + 629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 December 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 64% of every possible ticket.

  • sum48th
  • odd64th
  • low64th
  • widest gap88th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread91th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 263 of each

3260times
5245times
17251times
36240times
38

Prize breakdown · 2021-12-04

  • Lines in play≈ 2.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.4Mto 156k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.25

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball37%£500.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball20%£275.5K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball16%£212.2K
  • 6 other tiers28%£375.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.25 by chance

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255times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 146 of each

6138times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,049 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 (3, 5, 17, 36) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 10 November 2017 — its closest relative in 2,049 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 46% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 December 2021): 36 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

38 had not appeared for 8 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 54≈ 3.3 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball34≈ 43 by chance£250
  • Match 4379≈ 562 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,093≈ 1.4k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball13,401≈ 15k by chance£10.00
  • Match 315,268≈ 19k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball55,091≈ 59k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball70,749≈ 71k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 379 winners, 33% fewer than the 562 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less 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 Ball70,749£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball55,091£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball13,401£10.00
    Match 315,268£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,093£20.00
    Match 4379£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball34£250
    Match 54£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000