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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 16 May 2015

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 12
  3. 14
  4. 25
  5. 29
  6. 6

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 5% 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 823 of 3,062 under them

← 2015-05-15All recent draws2015-05-20 →

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 feed1 12 14 25 29 + 629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

67oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 67 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 91% of every possible ticket.

  • sum22th
  • odd64th
  • low64th
  • widest gap34th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread53th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 105 of each

1100times
1290times
1495times
25108times
29

Prize breakdown · 2015-05-16

  • Lines in play≈ 2.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.8Mto 222k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.34

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball28%£500.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball22%£395.2K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball15%£279.6K
  • 6 other tiers35%£636.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.34 by chance

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108times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 59 of each

655times

Every number was expected about that many times after 822 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 (1, 12, 29) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 20 December 2014 — its closest relative in 822 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 May 2015): 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

81

The numbers add up to 81 — the 21th 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

25 had not appeared for 13 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 1.9× 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 59≈ 4.4 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball53≈ 57 by chance£250
  • Match 4753≈ 740 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,903≈ 1.9k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball20,838≈ 20k by chance£10.00
  • Match 325,690≈ 24k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball79,048≈ 78k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball93,216≈ 93k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 25,690 winners, 5% more than the 24k 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 Ball93,216£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball79,048£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball20,838£10.00
    Match 325,690£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,903£20.00
    Match 4753£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball53£250
    Match 59£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000