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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 31 May 2017

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 12
  3. 16
  4. 30
  5. 37
  6. 12

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 2% 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 1,142 of 3,062 under them

← 2017-05-27All recent draws2017-06-02 →

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 12 16 30 37 + 1229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 May 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

75oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 75 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 99% of every possible ticket.

  • sum56th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread53th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 146 of each

9133times
12129times
16146times
30171times
37

Prize breakdown · 2017-05-31

  • Lines in play≈ 1.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.2Mto 122k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.18

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball42%£500.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball18%£220.1K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball13%£153.0K
  • 6 other tiers27%£327.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.18 by chance

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119times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 82 of each

1287times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,141 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, 12, 30, 37) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 22 February 2012 — its closest relative in 1,141 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 29% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 May 2017): 16 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

104

The numbers add up to 104 — the 56th 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

37 had not appeared for 12 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 1.1× 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≈ 2.4 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball27≈ 31 by chance£250
  • Match 4354≈ 405 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,102≈ 1.0k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,673≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 313,642≈ 13k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball44,025≈ 43k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball51,011≈ 51k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 1,102 winners, 7% more than the 1.0k 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 Ball51,011£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball44,025£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,673£10.00
    Match 313,642£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,102£20.00
    Match 4354£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball27£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000