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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 16 December 2023

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 22
  2. 26
  3. 31
  4. 34
  5. 39
  6. 6

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 15% 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 2,474 of 3,064 under them

← 2023-12-15All recent draws2023-12-19 →

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 feed22 26 31 34 39 + 629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 December 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

24oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 24 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 5% of every possible ticket.

  • sum99th
  • odd31th
  • low1th
  • widest gap2th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread9th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 317 of each

22329times
26330times
31338times
34333times
39

Prize breakdown · 2023-12-16

  • Lines in play≈ 1.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.3Mto 148k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.24

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball38%£500.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball20%£262.1K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball15%£199.8K
  • 5 other tiers27%£348.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.24 by chance

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302times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 177 of each

6163times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,473 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 (22, 26, 34, 39) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 1 December 2017 — its closest relative in 2,473 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 52% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 December 2023): 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

152

The numbers add up to 152 — the 99th 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

34 had not appeared for 31 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 0.6× 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≈ 3.1 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball35≈ 41 by chance£250
  • Match 4422≈ 529 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,091≈ 1.3k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball12,660≈ 14k by chance£10.00
  • Match 314,885≈ 17k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball52,427≈ 56k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball66,612≈ 67k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 422 winners, 20% fewer than the 529 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 Ball66,612£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball52,427£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball12,660£10.00
    Match 314,885£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,091£20.00
    Match 4422£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball35£250
    Match 50£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000