UK National Lottery Thunderball #3896

Winning numbers drawn at 8.00pm BST on Friday 1st May 2026 - video:

The table below is courtesy of Camelot's phone line (0845 9100 000 *10).

Category      Prize       Winners       Total        Percentages
5+T/ball      £500,000           0            £0       0.0%
5               £5,000           1        £5,000       0.9%
4+T/ball          £250          24        £6,000       1.1%
4                 £100         269       £26,900       4.8%
3+T/ball           £20         776       £15,520       2.8%
3                  £10       9,500       £95,000      17.0%
2+T/ball           £10       8,910       £89,100      15.9%
1+T/ball            £5      36,806      £184,030      32.9%
  T/ball            £3      45,888      £137,664      24.6%
Totals                     102,174      £559,214     100.0%

The next table displays the draw order, revised frequencies and the last prior appearance of each of the 6 balls.

                    Updated Frequencies       Since Last Appeared
Drawn   Order      Main   T/ball   Total    Main   T/ball    Either
1st       22       380       0      380       3      2932        3 
2nd       12       347     210      557       2       11        2 
3rd       03       385     239      624       4       23        4 
4th       34       380       0      380       9      2932        9 
5th       35       356       0      356       2      2932        2 
T/ball    08       360     217      577       8        9        8 
Total    114      2208     666     2874      28     8839       28
Avg.      19.0     368.0   111.0    479.0     4.7   1473.2      4.7

Comments:

• The draw used ball set T3 in the Excalibur 5 machine
• The average prize was £ 5.47.
• The prior history of the jackpot ticket included 126 wins totalling £860.
• From Saturday 12th July 2003 onwards, Camelot has completely refused to issue per-draw sales figures for any of their individual games, despite continuously doing so for more than 8 years prior to that date. They blamed the media for only concentrating on the main Lotto game sales (which have been falling steadily for years), which seems to be a poor excuse to me.
• Prizes won in this draw must be claimed within 180 days i.e. by 5.30pm GMT on Wednesday 28th October 2026.

  Next Thunderball: #3897 (Saturday 2nd May 2026) [No jackpot winners]
  Previous Thunderball: #3895 (Wednesday 29th April 2026) [No jackpot winners]

  

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