The winning Thunderball numbers for Saturday, May 30 were 5, 20, 24, 28 and 39, with the draw following the Lotto results on a National Lottery night that had a £500,000 top prize on offer.
The numbers landed shortly after the Lotto draw scheduled for 8pm, when a £3.8m jackpot was also up for grabs. For ticket holders checking the result, the line between a small return and the half-million-pound Thunderball top prize came down to those five numbers.
Thunderball has become a regular fixture for players who follow the National Lottery’s evening results, and readers looking for the full Saturday, May 30 outcome can also check the combined Lotto and Thunderball result page. Another recent update on the game was published in the Wednesday, May 27 Thunderball results listing, while a separate draw story showed how Thunderball can sit alongside much larger headline jackpots, including a £100 million EuroMillions night.
The National Lottery says it has been distributing funds since its first draw on November 19, 1994, with around half of all ticket sales returned as prizes. The rest is split between good causes, government duty, retailers and the operator. For Saturday’s players, though, the only numbers that mattered were 5, 20, 24, 28 and 39 — and whether anyone matched them.
That last piece is the unanswered one: the winning sequence is out, the prize is known, but the source does not confirm whether anyone took the £500,000 Thunderball top prize.
