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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 8 May 2020

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 10
  3. 19
  4. 24
  5. 34
  6. 3

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld about as often as 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 1,721 of 3,064 under them

← 2020-05-06All recent draws2020-05-09 →

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 feed1 10 19 24 34 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 May 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 65% of every possible ticket.

  • sum31th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread81th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 221 of each

1207times
10231times
19233times
24217times
34

Prize breakdown · 2020-05-08

  • Lines in play≈ 1.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.6Mto 99k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball64%£1.0M
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball11%£174.2K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball8.2%£128.5K
  • 6 other tiers17%£267.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2≈ 0.15 by chance

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230times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 123 of each

3145times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,720 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 (10, 19, 24, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 30 November 2012 — its closest relative in 1,720 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 40% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (6 May 2020): 1 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

88

The numbers add up to 88 — the 30th 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

10 had not appeared for 11 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 1.0× 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 51≈ 2.0 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball30≈ 26 by chance£250
  • Match 4379≈ 340 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball830≈ 864 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,859≈ 9.2k by chance£10.00
  • Match 311,140≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball34,849≈ 36k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball42,830≈ 43k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 830 winners, 4% fewer than the 864 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 Ball42,830£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball34,849£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,859£10.00
    Match 311,140£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball830£20.00
    Match 4379£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball30£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2£500,000