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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 3 May 2023

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 17
  4. 18
  5. 22
  6. 13

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 2,344 of 3,064 under them

← 2023-05-02All recent draws2023-05-05 →

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 2 17 18 22 + 1329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 May 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

35oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 35 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 15% of every possible ticket.

  • sum5th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap67th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread20th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 300 of each

1294times
2294times
17287times
18318times
22

Prize breakdown · 2023-05-03

  • Lines in play≈ 1.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£557.4Kto 99k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 320%£110.4K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£179.5K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£124.4K
  • 4 other tiers26%£143.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.15 by chance

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314times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 167 of each

13188times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,343 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 4 of 5 numbers (1, 2, 17, 22) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 25 September 2019 — its closest relative in 2,343 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 50% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 May 2023): 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

60

The numbers add up to 60 — the 4th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 1–2, 17–18. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

1 had not appeared for 12 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 1.9× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 50≈ 1.9 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball22≈ 25 by chance£250
  • Match 4294≈ 329 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball769≈ 836 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,282≈ 8.9k by chance£10.00
  • Match 311,044≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball35,898≈ 35k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball41,469≈ 41k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 769 winners, 8% fewer than the 836 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 Ball41,469£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball35,898£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,282£10.00
    Match 311,044£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball769£20.00
    Match 4294£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball22£250
    Match 50£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000