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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 2 May 2026

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 12
  3. 24
  4. 28
  5. 35
  6. 12

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 8% 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 2,970 of 3,064 under them

← 2026-05-01All recent draws2026-05-05 →

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 feed8 12 24 28 35 + 1214 Oct 2026, 21:45 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 May 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 88% of every possible ticket.

  • sum61th
  • odd9th
  • low31th
  • widest gap43th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread48th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 381 of each

8365times
12350times
24388times
28388times
35

Prize breakdown · 2026-05-02

  • Lines in play≈ 1.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£745.9Kto 128k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.19

Where the money went

  • Match 320%£152.7K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30%£226.3K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£161.1K
  • 5 other tiers28%£205.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.19 by chance

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356times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 212 of each

12212times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,969 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, 12, 24, 35) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 25 October 2022 — its closest relative in 2,969 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 59% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 May 2026): 12, 35 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

107

The numbers add up to 107 — the 60th 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

8 had not appeared for 9 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 52≈ 2.5 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball28≈ 33 by chance£250
  • Match 4465≈ 426 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,134≈ 1.1k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,967≈ 12k by chance£10.00
  • Match 315,266≈ 14k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball45,257≈ 45k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball53,688≈ 54k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 15,266 winners, 8% more than the 14k 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 Ball53,688£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball45,257£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,967£10.00
    Match 315,266£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,134£20.00
    Match 4465£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball28£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000