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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 17 May 2023

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 25
  3. 32
  4. 33
  5. 34
  6. 2

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 7% 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 2,352 of 3,064 under them

← 2023-05-16All recent draws2023-05-19 →

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 feed2 25 32 33 34 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 May 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

29oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 29 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 8% of every possible ticket.

  • sum86th
  • odd31th
  • low9th
  • widest gap96th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread76th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 301 of each

2295times
25288times
32321times
33298times
34

Prize breakdown · 2023-05-17

  • Lines in play≈ 1.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.5Mto 87k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball67%£1.0M
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball10%£155.0K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball7.7%£113.9K
  • 6 other tiers15%£217.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2≈ 0.14 by chance

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319times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 168 of each

2153times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,351 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 (25, 32, 33, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 5 August 2020 — its closest relative in 2,351 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 50% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 May 2023): 33 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

126

The numbers add up to 126 — the 85th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 32–33, 33–34. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 had not appeared for 8 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 51≈ 1.8 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball24≈ 23 by chance£250
  • Match 4229≈ 301 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball736≈ 765 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,650≈ 8.2k by chance£10.00
  • Match 39,204≈ 9.9k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30,994≈ 32k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball37,954≈ 38k 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 — 9,204 winners, 7% fewer than the 9.9k 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 Ball37,954£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30,994£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball7,650£10.00
    Match 39,204£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball736£20.00
    Match 4229£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball24£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2£500,000