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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 18 May 2019

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 15
  3. 16
  4. 30
  5. 34
  6. 8

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 12% 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 1,518 of 3,069 under them

← 2019-05-17All recent draws2019-05-21 →

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 feed9 15 16 30 34 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2019 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

71oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 71 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 96% of every possible ticket.

  • sum56th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread38th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 194 of each

9180times
15198times
16205times
30227times
34

Prize breakdown · 2019-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 2.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.1Mto 202k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.31

Where the money went

  • Match 318%£199.9K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33%£368.1K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£261.1K
  • 5 other tiers26%£292.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.31 by chance

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197times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 108 of each

8114times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,517 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 (9, 15, 30, 34) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 24 October 2015 — its closest relative in 1,517 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 36% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 May 2019): 9, 34 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 8 repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

104

The numbers add up to 104 — the 56th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 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 51≈ 4.1 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball42≈ 53 by chance£250
  • Match 4542≈ 691 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,657≈ 1.8k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball18,932≈ 19k by chance£10.00
  • Match 319,990≈ 23k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball73,613≈ 73k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball87,046≈ 87k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 542 winners, 22% fewer than the 691 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 Ball87,046£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball73,613£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball18,932£10.00
    Match 319,990£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,657£20.00
    Match 4542£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball42£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000