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Thunderball · draw

Tuesday, 17 May 2022

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 19
  2. 21
  3. 24
  4. 26
  5. 32
  6. 1

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 28% 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 2,143 of 3,064 under them

← 2022-05-14All recent draws2022-05-18 →

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 feed19 21 24 26 32 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

31oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 31 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 11% of every possible ticket.

  • sum82th
  • odd31th
  • low9th
  • widest gap4th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread3th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 275 of each

19284times
21289times
24290times
26292times
32

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-17

  • Lines in play≈ 791kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£395.6Kto 65k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.10

Where the money went

  • Match 323%£91.7K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball28%£111.9K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball21%£81.9K
  • 5 other tiers28%£110.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.10 by chance

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292times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 153 of each

1157times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,142 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 (19, 26, 32) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 8 March 2022 — its closest relative in 2,142 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 May 2022): 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

122

The numbers add up to 122 — the 81th 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

19 had not appeared for 16 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than 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 53≈ 1.3 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball11≈ 17 by chance£250
  • Match 4252≈ 217 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball500≈ 551 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball5,709≈ 5.9k by chance£10.00
  • Match 39,170≈ 7.2k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball22,388≈ 23k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball27,316≈ 27k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈791k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 9,170 winners, 28% more than the 7.2k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably more 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 Ball27,316£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball22,388£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball5,709£10.00
    Match 39,170£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball500£20.00
    Match 4252£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball11£250
    Match 53£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000