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Thunderball · draw

Tuesday, 25 May 2021

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 23
  3. 24
  4. 25
  5. 38
  6. 4

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 10% 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 1,939 of 3,064 under them

← 2021-05-22All recent draws2021-05-26 →

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 feed9 23 24 25 38 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 25 May 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 46% of every possible ticket.

  • sum78th
  • odd64th
  • low9th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread59th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 248 of each

9237times
23247times
24257times
25233times
38

Prize breakdown · 2021-05-25

  • Lines in play≈ 1.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.0Mto 92k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball49%£500.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball17%£169.3K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball12%£118.5K
  • 5 other tiers22%£225.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.14 by chance

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236times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 138 of each

4140times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,938 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

This exact draw has happened before, on 6 November 2010. Chance gave a match this close a 0.3% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 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

119

The numbers add up to 119 — the 78th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 23–24, 24–25. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

25 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 0.9× 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 Ball22≈ 24 by chance£250
  • Match 4265≈ 314 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball760≈ 797 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,527≈ 8.5k by chance£10.00
  • Match 39,347≈ 10k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33,850≈ 33k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball39,514≈ 40k 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 3 — 9,347 winners, 10% fewer than the 10k 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 Ball39,514£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33,850£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,527£10.00
    Match 39,347£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball760£20.00
    Match 4265£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball22£250
    Match 50£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£500,000