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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 5 January 2022

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 16
  3. 21
  4. 30
  5. 34
  6. 7

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 21% 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 2,068 of 3,063 under them

← 2022-01-04All recent draws2022-01-07 →

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 feed5 16 21 30 34 + 729 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 January 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

69oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 69 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 93% of every possible ticket.

  • sum60th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap34th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread59th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 265 of each

5246times
16264times
21279times
30291times
34

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-05

  • Lines in play≈ 1.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£737.0Kto 132k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.21

Where the money went

  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball17%£123.5K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33%£240.8K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball24%£173.6K
  • 5 other tiers27%£199.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.21 by chance

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282times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 148 of each

7143times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,067 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 (5, 16, 21, 30) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 14 September 2012 — its closest relative in 2,067 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 46% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 January 2022): 34 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

106

The numbers add up to 106 — the 59th 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

16 had not appeared for 19 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 0.9× 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 52≈ 2.7 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball37≈ 35 by chance£250
  • Match 4367≈ 460 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,172≈ 1.2k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball12,351≈ 12k by chance£10.00
  • Match 311,969≈ 15k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball48,163≈ 48k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball57,863≈ 58k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 11,969 winners, 21% fewer than the 15k 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 Ball57,863£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball48,163£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball12,351£10.00
    Match 311,969£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,172£20.00
    Match 4367£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball37£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000