Thunderball
The UK National Lottery’s £1 game with a fixed £500,000 top prize, drawn four times a week.
UK · 5/39 + 1/14
Current jackpot£500,000
About Thunderball
The UK National Lottery’s £1 game with a fixed £500,000 top prize, drawn four times a week.
Thunderball results & tools
Key facts
Draw days
🗓️Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat
Top prize
💰£500,000
Overall odds
🎯1 in 12
Any prize
Prize tiers & odds
| Prize tier | Match | Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Top prize | 5 + Thunderball | 1 in 8,060,598 |
| 2nd Prize | 5 | 1 in 620,046 |
| 3rd Prize | 4 + Thunderball | 1 in 47,415 |
| 4th Prize | 4 | 1 in 3,647 |
| 5th Prize | 3 + Thunderball | 1 in 1,437 |
| 6th Prize | 3 | 1 in 111 |
| 7th Prize | 2 + Thunderball | 1 in 135 |
| 8th Prize | 1 + Thunderball | 1 in 35 |
| 9th Prize | Thunderball only | 1 in 29 |
About Thunderball
Thunderball is a UK National Lottery game run by Allwyn, drawn four times a week on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evenings. It has a fixed top prize of £500,000 rather than a rolling jackpot.
How to play Thunderball
A line costs £1. Pick five main numbers from 1 to 39 and one Thunderball from 1 to 14. Match all five plus the Thunderball to win £500,000. Every prize is fixed, from £3 for matching the Thunderball alone up to £5,000 for five main numbers.
Thunderball odds
The chance of the £500,000 top prize is 1 in 8,060,598. Because the Thunderball alone wins a prize, the odds of winning something on a line are about 1 in 12.
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