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Thunderball · draw

Tuesday, 16 May 2023

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 12
  3. 14
  4. 28
  5. 33
  6. 3

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 4% 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 2,351 of 3,064 under them

← 2023-05-13All recent draws2023-05-17 →

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 feed10 12 14 28 33 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 80% of every possible ticket.

  • sum45th
  • odd9th
  • low64th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread28th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 301 of each

10310times
12267times
14279times
28306times
33

Prize breakdown · 2023-05-16

  • Lines in play≈ 1.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£479.2Kto 84k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 320%£95.6K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£151.0K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£105.4K
  • 5 other tiers27%£127.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.13 by chance

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297times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 168 of each

3189times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,350 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 (10, 12, 28, 33) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 10 September 2021 — its closest relative in 2,350 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 50% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 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

97

The numbers add up to 97 — the 44th 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 19 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 51≈ 1.6 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball19≈ 21 by chance£250
  • Match 4269≈ 279 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball690≈ 708 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,684≈ 7.6k by chance£10.00
  • Match 39,557≈ 9.2k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30,193≈ 29k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball35,131≈ 35k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 9,557 winners, 4% more than the 9.2k 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 Ball35,131£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30,193£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,684£10.00
    Match 39,557£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball690£20.00
    Match 4269£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball19£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000