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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 16 May 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 19
  3. 20
  4. 27
  5. 28
  6. 5

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 7% less 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 1,308 of 3,063 under them

← 2018-05-15All recent draws2018-05-18 →

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 feed6 19 20 27 28 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 85% of every possible ticket.

  • sum50th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread24th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 168 of each

6181times
19182times
20176times
27162times
28

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-16

  • Lines in play≈ 1.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£862.3Kto 149k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.22

Where the money went

  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball18%£154.2K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33%£281.6K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball21%£182.5K
  • 5 other tiers28%£244.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.22 by chance

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169times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 93 of each

5103times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,307 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 (6, 19, 20) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 12 April 2017 — its closest relative in 1,307 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 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

100

The numbers add up to 100 — the 49th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 19–20, 27–28. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 31 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 1.8× 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 53≈ 2.8 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball46≈ 37 by chance£250
  • Match 4391≈ 483 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,468≈ 1.2k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball15,422≈ 13k by chance£10.00
  • Match 314,901≈ 16k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball56,328≈ 51k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball60,839≈ 61k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 1,468 winners, 20% more than the 1.2k 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 Ball60,839£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball56,328£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball15,422£10.00
    Match 314,901£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,468£20.00
    Match 4391£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball46£250
    Match 53£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000