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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 2 May 2015

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 9
  4. 12
  5. 22
  6. 5

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 4% 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 817 of 3,064 under them

← 2015-05-01All recent draws2015-05-06 →

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 9 12 22 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 May 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 17% of every possible ticket.

  • sum2th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread14th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 105 of each

398times
498times
9101times
1288times
22

Prize breakdown · 2015-05-02

  • Lines in play≈ 3.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.6Mto 276k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.41

Where the money went

  • Match 319%£306.8K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£501.7K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball21%£338.4K
  • 5 other tiers29%£475.2K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.41 by chance

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115times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 58 of each

571times

Every number was expected about that many times after 816 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, 4, 12, 22) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 28 August 2013 — its closest relative in 816 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 22% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 May 2015): 4 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

50

The numbers add up to 50 — the 2th 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

22 had not appeared for 14 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 2.8× 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 54≈ 5.3 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball92≈ 69 by chance£250
  • Match 4948≈ 896 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball2,782≈ 2.3k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball28,171≈ 24k by chance£10.00
  • Match 330,676≈ 30k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball100,346≈ 94k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball112,797≈ 113k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈3.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 2,782 winners, 22% more than the 2.3k 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 Ball112,797£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball100,346£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball28,171£10.00
    Match 330,676£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball2,782£20.00
    Match 4948£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball92£250
    Match 54£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000