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Thunderball · draw

Tuesday, 12 May 2020

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 5
  3. 12
  4. 18
  5. 34
  6. 12

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 11% 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 1,723 of 3,062 under them

← 2020-05-09All recent draws2020-05-13 →

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 5 12 18 34 + 1229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 May 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 26% of every possible ticket.

  • sum11th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap74th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread81th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 221 of each

1208times
5206times
12195times
18236times
34

Prize breakdown · 2020-05-12

  • Lines in play≈ 901kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£956.7Kto 75k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.11

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball52%£500.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball14%£135.2K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball10%£93.3K
  • 6 other tiers24%£228.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.11 by chance

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231times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 123 of each

12123times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,722 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 (5, 12, 18) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 20 March 2020 — its closest relative in 1,722 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (9 May 2020): 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

70

The numbers add up to 70 — the 10th 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

5 had not appeared for 17 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 54≈ 1.5 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball19≈ 19 by chance£250
  • Match 4273≈ 247 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball648≈ 627 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,264≈ 6.7k by chance£10.00
  • Match 39,046≈ 8.2k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball27,048≈ 26k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball31,109≈ 31k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈901k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 9,046 winners, 11% more than the 8.2k 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 Ball31,109£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball27,048£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,264£10.00
    Match 39,046£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball648£20.00
    Match 4273£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball19£250
    Match 54£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000