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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 19 May 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 22
  3. 24
  4. 29
  5. 34
  6. 9

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 6% 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 1,310 of 3,062 under them

← 2018-05-18All recent draws2018-05-22 →

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 feed17 22 24 29 34 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 19 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

31oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 31 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 11% of every possible ticket.

  • sum86th
  • odd31th
  • low9th
  • widest gap2th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread9th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 168 of each

17170times
22179times
24164times
29175times
34

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-19

  • Lines in play≈ 2.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.1Mto 201k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.31

Where the money went

  • Match 319%£212.7K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£361.7K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£259.5K
  • 5 other tiers27%£303.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.31 by chance

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165times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 94 of each

965times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,309 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 (17, 24, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 22 September 2017 — its closest relative in 1,309 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 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

126

The numbers add up to 126 — the 85th 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

22 had not appeared for 10 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than 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≈ 4.0 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball50≈ 53 by chance£250
  • Match 4603≈ 687 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,817≈ 1.7k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball18,439≈ 19k by chance£10.00
  • Match 321,268≈ 23k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball72,336≈ 72k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball86,513≈ 87k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 603 winners, 12% fewer than the 687 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball86,513£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball72,336£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball18,439£10.00
    Match 321,268£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,817£20.00
    Match 4603£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball50£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000