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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 23 May 2014

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 13
  4. 28
  5. 32
  6. 3

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 13% 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 669 of 3,062 under them

← 2014-05-21All recent draws2014-05-24 →

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 4 13 28 32 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 May 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 80% of every possible ticket.

  • sum21th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap67th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread59th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 86 of each

378times
484times
1388times
2895times
32

Prize breakdown · 2014-05-23

  • Lines in play≈ 1.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£538.2Kto 90k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 320%£107.2K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£164.7K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball20%£108.3K
  • 5 other tiers29%£157.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.13 by chance

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105times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 48 of each

353times

Every number was expected about that many times after 668 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 (4, 13, 28) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 25 September 2013 — its closest relative in 668 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 May 2014): 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. Side-by-side numbers: 3–4. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 20 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than 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≈ 1.7 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball24≈ 22 by chance£250
  • Match 4308≈ 287 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball882≈ 728 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,346≈ 7.8k by chance£10.00
  • Match 310,718≈ 9.5k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32,949≈ 30k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball36,111≈ 36k 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 — 882 winners, 21% more than the 728 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball36,111£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32,949£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,346£10.00
    Match 310,718£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball882£20.00
    Match 4308£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball24£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000