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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 31 December 2021

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 6
  3. 11
  4. 12
  5. 37
  6. 13

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 6% 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 2,065 of 3,064 under them

← 2021-12-29All recent draws2022-01-01 →

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 6 11 12 37 + 1329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 December 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

29oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 29 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 9% of every possible ticket.

  • sum9th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap98th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread91th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 265 of each

2264times
6286times
11256times
12235times
37

Prize breakdown · 2021-12-31

  • Lines in play≈ 1.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£655.3Kto 115k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.18

Where the money went

  • Match 319%£122.6K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£205.1K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£149.5K
  • 5 other tiers27%£178.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.18 by chance

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242times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 147 of each

13160times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,064 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 (2, 11, 12) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 11 December 2020 — its closest relative in 2,064 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 December 2021): 37 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

68

The numbers add up to 68 — the 9th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 11–12. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 22 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 1.1× 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 53≈ 2.3 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball28≈ 30 by chance£250
  • Match 4325≈ 396 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball964≈ 1.0k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,444≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 312,255≈ 13k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball41,021≈ 42k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball49,824≈ 50k 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 — 12,255 winners, 6% fewer than the 13k 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 Ball49,824£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball41,021£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,444£10.00
    Match 312,255£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball964£20.00
    Match 4325£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball28£250
    Match 53£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000