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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 3 May 2013

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 13
  3. 29
  4. 30
  5. 38
  6. 14

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld about as often as 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 504 of 3,063 under them

← 2013-05-01All recent draws2013-05-04 →

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 feed9 13 29 30 38 + 1429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 May 2013 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 75% of every possible ticket.

  • sum78th
  • odd64th
  • low31th
  • widest gap74th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread59th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 64 of each

966times
1361times
2969times
3074times
38

Prize breakdown · 2013-05-03

  • Lines in play≈ 1.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£452.5Kto 80k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 320%£91.7K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£139.8K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£104.7K
  • 5 other tiers26%£116.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.13 by chance

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56times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 36 of each

1430times

Every number was expected about that many times after 503 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 (9, 13, 29) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 19 April 2013 — its closest relative in 503 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 May 2013): 29 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

119

The numbers add up to 119 — the 78th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 29–30. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

38 had not appeared for 26 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 51≈ 1.6 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball22≈ 21 by chance£250
  • Match 4268≈ 277 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball561≈ 704 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball6,782≈ 7.5k by chance£10.00
  • Match 39,170≈ 9.1k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball27,951≈ 29k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball34,903≈ 35k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 561 winners, 20% fewer than the 704 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 Ball34,903£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball27,951£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball6,782£10.00
    Match 39,170£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball561£20.00
    Match 4268£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball22£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000