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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 15 May 2015

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 24
  3. 29
  4. 30
  5. 35
  6. 2

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 822 of 3,062 under them

← 2015-05-13All recent draws2015-05-16 →

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 feed2 24 29 30 35 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 15 May 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

37oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 37 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 17% of every possible ticket.

  • sum79th
  • odd31th
  • low9th
  • widest gap95th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread81th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 105 of each

2113times
24105times
29107times
30123times
35

Prize breakdown · 2015-05-15

  • Lines in play≈ 1.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£473.4Kto 83k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 319%£91.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£150.9K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£104.8K
  • 5 other tiers27%£126.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.13 by chance

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83times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 59 of each

250times

Every number was expected about that many times after 821 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 (24, 29, 30) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 7 March 2015 — its closest relative in 821 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 May 2015): 35 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

120

The numbers add up to 120 — the 79th 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

30 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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≈ 1.6 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball14≈ 21 by chance£250
  • Match 4248≈ 277 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball667≈ 704 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,501≈ 7.5k by chance£10.00
  • Match 39,102≈ 9.2k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30,184≈ 29k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball34,937≈ 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 — 667 winners, 5% fewer than the 704 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball34,937£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30,184£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,501£10.00
    Match 39,102£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball667£20.00
    Match 4248£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball14£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000