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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 1 March 2017

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 20
  3. 26
  4. 29
  5. 31
  6. 14

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 11% 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 1,103 of 3,062 under them

← 2017-02-25All recent draws2017-03-03 →

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 feed3 20 26 29 31 + 1429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 1 March 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 89% of every possible ticket.

  • sum64th
  • odd64th
  • low31th
  • widest gap79th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread53th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 141 of each

3142times
20152times
26147times
29149times
31

Prize breakdown · 2017-03-01

  • Lines in play≈ 1.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£774.3Kto 133k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.20

Where the money went

  • Match 321%£162.1K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£237.4K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22%£167.4K
  • 5 other tiers27%£207.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.20 by chance

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163times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 79 of each

1485times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,102 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 4 of 5 numbers (3, 26, 29, 31) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 21 February 2015 — its closest relative in 1,102 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 28% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 February 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

109

The numbers add up to 109 — the 64th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. No two numbers side by side. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

3 had not appeared for 14 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 2.0× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 51≈ 2.6 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball38≈ 34 by chance£250
  • Match 4499≈ 443 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,069≈ 1.1k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball12,163≈ 12k by chance£10.00
  • Match 316,209≈ 15k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball47,477≈ 46k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball55,795≈ 56k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 16,209 winners, 11% more than the 15k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball55,795£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball47,477£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball12,163£10.00
    Match 316,209£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,069£20.00
    Match 4499£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball38£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000