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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 20 May 2016

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 15
  6. 14

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 981 of 3,062 under them

← 2016-05-18All recent draws2016-05-21 →

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 2 3 4 15 + 1429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 May 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

25oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 25 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 5% of every possible ticket.

  • sum0th
  • odd64th
  • low99th
  • widest gap34th
  • neighbours100th
  • spread4th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 126 of each

1117times
2132times
3129times
4126times
15

Prize breakdown · 2016-05-20

  • Lines in play≈ 1.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.1Mto 93k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball45%£500.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball15%£166.6K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball10%£115.2K
  • 6 other tiers30%£327.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.14 by chance

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122times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 70 of each

1473times

Every number was expected about that many times after 980 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 (2, 3, 4) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 19 June 2015 — its closest relative in 980 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 May 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

25

The numbers add up to 25 — the 0th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 1–2, 2–3, 3–4. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 had not appeared for 39 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 5.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 0% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 51≈ 1.8 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball74≈ 23 by chance£250
  • Match 4880≈ 305 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball810≈ 774 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,573≈ 8.3k by chance£10.00
  • Match 311,416≈ 10k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33,327≈ 32k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball38,388≈ 38k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 11,416 winners, 13% more than the 10k 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 Ball38,388£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33,327£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,573£10.00
    Match 311,416£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball810£20.00
    Match 4880£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball74£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000