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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 25 May 2022

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 22
  2. 23
  3. 24
  4. 30
  5. 37
  6. 2

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 2,148 of 3,064 under them

← 2022-05-24All recent draws2022-05-27 →

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 feed22 23 24 30 37 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 25 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

19oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 19 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 2% of every possible ticket.

  • sum93th
  • odd31th
  • low1th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread5th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 275 of each

22286times
23277times
24291times
30304times
37

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-25

  • Lines in play≈ 1.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£480.2Kto 86k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 320%£96.0K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£153.9K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£111.5K
  • 4 other tiers25%£118.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.13 by chance

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252times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 153 of each

2140times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,147 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 (22, 24, 37) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 23 February 2021 — its closest relative in 2,147 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 May 2022): 22 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

136

The numbers add up to 136 — the 93th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23, 23–24. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

24 had not appeared for 5 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 50≈ 1.7 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball16≈ 23 by chance£250
  • Match 4260≈ 295 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball699≈ 749 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,480≈ 8.0k by chance£10.00
  • Match 39,601≈ 9.7k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30,785≈ 31k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball37,154≈ 37k 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 plus Bonus Ball — 699 winners, 7% fewer than the 749 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 Ball37,154£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30,785£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,480£10.00
    Match 39,601£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball699£20.00
    Match 4260£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball16£250
    Match 50£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000