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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 2 March 2012

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 10
  4. 26
  5. 32
  6. 11

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 2% more 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 321 of 3,066 under them

← 2012-02-29All recent draws2012-03-03 →

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 feed1 2 10 26 32 + 1129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 March 2012 — 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.

  • sum12th
  • odd9th
  • low64th
  • widest gap74th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread70th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 41 of each

138times
239times
1049times
2643times
32

Prize breakdown · 2012-03-02

  • Lines in play≈ 1.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£545.5Kto 94k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 320%£108.2K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£167.5K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£121.3K
  • 5 other tiers27%£148.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.15 by chance

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48times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 23 of each

1126times

Every number was expected about that many times after 320 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 3 of 5 numbers (1, 10, 26) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 14 December 2011 — its closest relative in 320 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 96% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 February 2012): 2 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 11 repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

71

The numbers add up to 71 — the 11th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 1–2. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 13 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 1.1× 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 52≈ 1.9 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball29≈ 25 by chance£250
  • Match 4311≈ 321 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball761≈ 815 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,494≈ 8.7k by chance£10.00
  • Match 310,815≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33,500≈ 34k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball40,430≈ 40k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 761 winners, 7% fewer than the 815 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball40,430£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33,500£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,494£10.00
    Match 310,815£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball761£20.00
    Match 4311£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball29£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000