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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 11 May 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 16
  3. 17
  4. 29
  5. 37
  6. 1

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 18% 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 1,305 of 3,063 under them

← 2018-05-09All recent draws2018-05-12 →

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 feed11 16 17 29 37 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 11 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

64oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 64 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 83% of every possible ticket.

  • sum66th
  • odd89th
  • low64th
  • widest gap43th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread43th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 167 of each

11146times
16175times
17169times
29173times
37

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-11

  • Lines in play≈ 1.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£509.5Kto 87k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 322%£112.1K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30%£154.2K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball21%£108.8K
  • 5 other tiers26%£134.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.13 by chance

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147times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 93 of each

197times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,304 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 (11, 17, 29) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 24 February 2018 — its closest relative in 1,304 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (9 May 2018): 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

110

The numbers add up to 110 — the 65th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 16 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≈ 1.7 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball9≈ 22 by chance£250
  • Match 4299≈ 288 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball709≈ 731 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,814≈ 7.8k by chance£10.00
  • Match 311,211≈ 9.5k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30,839≈ 30k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball36,256≈ 36k 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 — 11,211 winners, 18% more than the 9.5k 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 Ball36,256£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30,839£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,814£10.00
    Match 311,211£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball709£20.00
    Match 4299£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball9£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000