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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 22 December 2021

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 25
  3. 26
  4. 30
  5. 36
  6. 4

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 11% 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 2,060 of 3,064 under them

← 2021-12-21All recent draws2021-12-24 →

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 feed10 25 26 30 36 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 December 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 30% of every possible ticket.

  • sum87th
  • odd9th
  • low9th
  • widest gap67th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread43th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 264 of each

10278times
25241times
26274times
30290times
36

Prize breakdown · 2021-12-22

  • Lines in play≈ 1.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£621.9Kto 109k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.17

Where the money went

  • Match 318%£113.7K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£192.9K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£146.0K
  • 5 other tiers27%£169.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.17 by chance

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243times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 147 of each

4149times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,059 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 (25, 26, 30) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 17 February 2021 — its closest relative in 2,059 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 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

127

The numbers add up to 127 — the 86th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 25–26. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

30 had not appeared for 25 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 54≈ 2.3 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball26≈ 30 by chance£250
  • Match 4286≈ 387 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball881≈ 981 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,656≈ 10k by chance£10.00
  • Match 311,368≈ 13k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball38,585≈ 41k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball48,671≈ 49k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 11,368 winners, 11% fewer than the 13k 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 Ball48,671£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball38,585£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,656£10.00
    Match 311,368£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball881£20.00
    Match 4286£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball26£250
    Match 54£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000