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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 5 March 2016

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 29
  3. 31
  4. 34
  5. 35
  6. 2

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 8% 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 949 of 3,062 under them

← 2016-03-04All recent draws2016-03-09 →

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 29 31 34 35 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 March 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

34oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 34 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 14% of every possible ticket.

  • sum94th
  • odd89th
  • low9th
  • widest gap91th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread43th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 122 of each

9116times
29127times
31146times
34109times
35

Prize breakdown · 2016-03-05

  • Lines in play≈ 2.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.0Mto 189k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.31

Where the money went

  • Match 319%£204.3K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£331.2K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball24%£255.4K
  • 5 other tiers25%£257.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.31 by chance

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102times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 68 of each

259times

Every number was expected about that many times after 948 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 (31, 34, 35) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 13 January 2016 — its closest relative in 948 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 March 2016): 9 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

138

The numbers add up to 138 — the 94th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 34–35. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

34 had not appeared for 16 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 52≈ 4.0 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball34≈ 52 by chance£250
  • Match 4544≈ 676 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,353≈ 1.7k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball15,719≈ 18k by chance£10.00
  • Match 320,431≈ 22k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball66,237≈ 71k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball85,141≈ 85k 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 3 plus Bonus Ball — 1,353 winners, 21% fewer than the 1.7k 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 Ball85,141£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball66,237£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball15,719£10.00
    Match 320,431£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,353£20.00
    Match 4544£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball34£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000