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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 21 May 2021

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 12
  3. 14
  4. 31
  5. 33
  6. 14

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 8% 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 1,937 of 3,062 under them

← 2021-05-19All recent draws2021-05-22 →

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 feed8 12 14 31 33 + 1429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 May 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

67oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 67 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 90% of every possible ticket.

  • sum47th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap79th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread38th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 248 of each

8236times
12217times
14225times
31267times
33

Prize breakdown · 2021-05-21

  • Lines in play≈ 1.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£549.5Kto 96k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 320%£111.2K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£173.3K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£118.3K
  • 4 other tiers27%£146.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.14 by chance

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244times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 138 of each

14144times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,936 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 (8, 12, 14) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 15 January 2020 — its closest relative in 1,936 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 May 2021): 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

98

The numbers add up to 98 — the 46th 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

12 had not appeared for 24 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 50≈ 1.8 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball23≈ 24 by chance£250
  • Match 4313≈ 313 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball855≈ 795 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,263≈ 8.5k by chance£10.00
  • Match 311,121≈ 10k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball34,656≈ 33k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball39,420≈ 39k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 plus Bonus Ball — 9,263 winners, 9% more than the 8.5k 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 Ball39,420£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball34,656£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,263£10.00
    Match 311,121£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball855£20.00
    Match 4313£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball23£250
    Match 50£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000