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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 16 May 2026

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 17
  3. 20
  4. 26
  5. 29
  6. 5

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 5% 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 2,978 of 3,064 under them

← 2026-05-15All recent draws2026-05-19 →

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 feed16 17 20 26 29 + 514 Oct 2026, 21:45 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 34% of every possible ticket.

  • sum63th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap4th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread3th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 382 of each

16376times
17369times
20380times
26408times
29

Prize breakdown · 2026-05-16

  • Lines in play≈ 1.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£915.4Kto 157k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.24

Where the money went

  • Match 318%£163.6K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£285.5K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£198.0K
  • 5 other tiers29%£268.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.24 by chance

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396times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 213 of each

5226times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,977 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 (16, 17, 20, 29) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 5 February 2016 — its closest relative in 2,977 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 59% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 May 2026): 26, 29 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

108

The numbers add up to 108 — the 62th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 18 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 1.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 53≈ 3.1 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball47≈ 40 by chance£250
  • Match 4515≈ 524 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,579≈ 1.3k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball15,843≈ 14k by chance£10.00
  • Match 316,363≈ 17k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball57,108≈ 55k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball65,990≈ 66k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 1,579 winners, 19% more than the 1.3k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball65,990£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball57,108£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball15,843£10.00
    Match 316,363£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,579£20.00
    Match 4515£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball47£250
    Match 53£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000