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Thunderball · draw

Tuesday, 22 May 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 33
  3. 34
  4. 35
  5. 38
  6. 3

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 29% 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 1,311 of 3,063 under them

← 2018-05-19All recent draws2018-05-23 →

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 feed2 33 34 35 38 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

18oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 18 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 2% of every possible ticket.

  • sum96th
  • odd31th
  • low9th
  • widest gap100th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread94th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 168 of each

2179times
33155times
34166times
35140times
38

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-22

  • Lines in play≈ 982kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£372.6Kto 70k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 14lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 317%£63.4K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£119.1K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball27%£101.6K
  • 5 other tiers24%£88.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.12 by chance

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152times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 94 of each

3108times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,310 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 (2, 34, 35, 38) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 10 October 2012 — its closest relative in 1,310 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 32% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 May 2018): 34 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

142

The numbers add up to 142 — the 96th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 33–34, 34–35. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

35 had not appeared for 18 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 0.3× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 51≈ 1.6 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball10≈ 21 by chance£250
  • Match 4184≈ 269 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball480≈ 683 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball5,306≈ 7.3k by chance£10.00
  • Match 36,337≈ 8.9k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball23,813≈ 28k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball33,883≈ 34k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈982k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 480 winners, 30% fewer than the 683 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball33,883£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball23,813£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball5,306£10.00
    Match 36,337£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball480£20.00
    Match 4184£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball10£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000