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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 17 May 2025

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 15
  2. 17
  3. 24
  4. 28
  5. 32
  6. 11

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 5% 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 2,770 of 3,063 under them

← 2025-05-16All recent draws2025-05-20 →

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 feed15 17 24 28 32 + 1129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 May 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 31% of every possible ticket.

  • sum74th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread9th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 355 of each

15366times
17343times
24362times
28362times
32

Prize breakdown · 2025-05-17

  • Lines in play≈ 1.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£871.2Kto 145k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.22

Where the money went

  • Match 319%£167.9K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30%£259.1K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball21%£183.7K
  • 5 other tiers30%£260.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.22 by chance

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369times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 198 of each

11193times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,769 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 (17, 24, 28, 32) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 30 July 2011 — its closest relative in 2,769 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 56% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 May 2025): 28 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

116

The numbers add up to 116 — the 74th 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

17 had not appeared for 25 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 56≈ 2.9 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball46≈ 37 by chance£250
  • Match 4562≈ 486 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,337≈ 1.2k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball13,596≈ 13k by chance£10.00
  • Match 316,794≈ 16k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball51,821≈ 51k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball61,239≈ 61k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 1,337 winners, 8% more than the 1.2k 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 Ball61,239£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball51,821£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball13,596£10.00
    Match 316,794£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,337£20.00
    Match 4562£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball46£250
    Match 56£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000