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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 18 May 2013

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 5
  3. 20
  4. 23
  5. 29
  6. 13

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 41% 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 511 of 3,063 under them

← 2013-05-17All recent draws2013-05-22 →

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 feed3 5 20 23 29 + 1329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2013 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 65% of every possible ticket.

  • sum21th
  • odd89th
  • low64th
  • widest gap67th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread43th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 65 of each

361times
553times
2077times
2370times
29

Prize breakdown · 2013-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 2.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£2.9Mto 220k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3 winnerschance said 0.31

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball52%£1.5M
  • Match 311%£318.6K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball13%£383.2K
  • 6 other tiers24%£686.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3≈ 0.31 by chance

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70times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 36 of each

1333times

Every number was expected about that many times after 510 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 (3, 20, 23, 29) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 2 March 2013 — its closest relative in 510 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 14% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 May 2013): 3 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

80

The numbers add up to 80 — the 20th 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

23 had not appeared for 21 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 2.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 58≈ 4.0 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball84≈ 53 by chance£250
  • Match 41,060≈ 684 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball2,111≈ 1.7k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball21,849≈ 19k by chance£10.00
  • Match 331,857≈ 23k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball76,642≈ 72k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball86,168≈ 86k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 1,060 winners, 55% more than the 684 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably more popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball86,168£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball76,642£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball21,849£10.00
    Match 331,857£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball2,111£20.00
    Match 41,060£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball84£250
    Match 58£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3£500,000