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Thunderball · draw

Tuesday, 4 January 2022

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 13
  3. 31
  4. 32
  5. 34
  6. 1

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 9% more 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 2,067 of 3,063 under them

← 2022-01-01All recent draws2022-01-05 →

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 feed6 13 31 32 34 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 January 2022 — 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 71% of every possible ticket.

  • sum74th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap84th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread53th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 265 of each

6288times
13263times
31278times
32283times
34

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-04

  • Lines in play≈ 864kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£383.1Kto 68k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.11

Where the money went

  • Match 322%£85.5K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£117.6K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£89.5K
  • 4 other tiers24%£90.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.11 by chance

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281times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 148 of each

1149times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,066 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 (31, 32, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 21 April 2021 — its closest relative in 2,066 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 January 2022): 6 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

116

The numbers add up to 116 — the 74th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 31–32. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

34 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 50≈ 1.4 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball6≈ 18 by chance£250
  • Match 4214≈ 237 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball494≈ 601 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball5,781≈ 6.4k by chance£10.00
  • Match 38,553≈ 7.8k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball23,511≈ 25k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball29,818≈ 30k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈864k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 494 winners, 18% fewer than the 601 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 Ball29,818£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball23,511£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball5,781£10.00
    Match 38,553£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball494£20.00
    Match 4214£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball6£250
    Match 50£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000