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Thunderball · draw

Tuesday, 28 December 2021

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 13
  4. 28
  5. 38
  6. 4

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 2% 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 2,063 of 3,064 under them

← 2021-12-25All recent draws2021-12-29 →

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 feed2 4 13 28 38 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 December 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 35% of every possible ticket.

  • sum27th
  • odd9th
  • low64th
  • widest gap67th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread94th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 264 of each

2263times
4279times
13261times
28267times
38

Prize breakdown · 2021-12-28

  • Lines in play≈ 1.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£498.7Kto 88k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 319%£93.9K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£160.5K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£109.8K
  • 4 other tiers27%£134.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.13 by chance

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257times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 147 of each

4150times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,062 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 (4, 13, 28, 38) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 6 June 2015 — its closest relative in 2,062 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 46% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 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

85

The numbers add up to 85 — the 26th 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

4 had not appeared for 14 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 50≈ 1.7 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball27≈ 22 by chance£250
  • Match 4276≈ 291 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball802≈ 738 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,414≈ 7.9k by chance£10.00
  • Match 39,387≈ 9.6k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32,092≈ 30k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball36,600≈ 37k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 802 winners, 9% more than the 738 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball36,600£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32,092£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,414£10.00
    Match 39,387£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball802£20.00
    Match 4276£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball27£250
    Match 50£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000