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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 18 May 2016

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 11
  3. 18
  4. 30
  5. 31
  6. 1

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 57% 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 980 of 3,062 under them

← 2016-05-14All recent draws2016-05-20 →

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 feed9 11 18 30 31 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

71oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 71 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 96% of every possible ticket.

  • sum48th
  • odd64th
  • low64th
  • widest gap43th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread24th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 126 of each

9118times
11109times
18135times
30149times
31

Prize breakdown · 2016-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 1.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£723.3Kto 113k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 325%£181.9K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball27%£193.2K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball18%£132.7K
  • 5 other tiers30%£215.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.16 by chance

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149times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 70 of each

169times

Every number was expected about that many times after 979 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 (9, 11, 30, 31) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 10 September 2011 — its closest relative in 979 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 25% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 May 2016): 11 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 1 repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

99

The numbers add up to 99 — the 48th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 30–31. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

9 had not appeared for 28 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 56≈ 2.1 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball38≈ 27 by chance£250
  • Match 4528≈ 351 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,008≈ 892 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,303≈ 9.5k by chance£10.00
  • Match 318,192≈ 12k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball38,646≈ 37k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball44,225≈ 44k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 18,192 winners, 57% more than the 12k 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 Ball44,225£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball38,646£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,303£10.00
    Match 318,192£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,008£20.00
    Match 4528£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball38£250
    Match 56£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000