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Thunderball · draw

Tuesday, 21 May 2024

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 26
  4. 34
  5. 35
  6. 8

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 18% 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 2,563 of 3,063 under them

← 2024-05-18All recent draws2024-05-22 →

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 feed8 9 26 34 35 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 May 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 61% of every possible ticket.

  • sum69th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap79th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread48th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 328 of each

8319times
9304times
26346times
34345times
35

Prize breakdown · 2024-05-21

  • Lines in play≈ 1.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£488.3Kto 89k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball18%£86.4K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball34%£167.6K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£113.9K
  • 4 other tiers25%£120.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.14 by chance

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305times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 183 of each

8187times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,562 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 (8, 9, 26, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 16 September 2020 — its closest relative in 2,562 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 53% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 May 2024): 26 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

112

The numbers add up to 112 — the 68th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9, 34–35. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

34 had not appeared for 22 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≈ 1.8 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball9≈ 23 by chance£250
  • Match 4200≈ 301 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball832≈ 765 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,640≈ 8.2k by chance£10.00
  • Match 38,156≈ 9.9k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33,514≈ 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 — 8,156 winners, 18% fewer than the 9.9k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball37,954£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33,514£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,640£10.00
    Match 38,156£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball832£20.00
    Match 4200£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball9£250
    Match 50£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000