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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 3 March 2017

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 15
  2. 16
  3. 17
  4. 24
  5. 31
  6. 6

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 8% 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 1,104 of 3,062 under them

← 2017-03-01All recent draws2017-03-04 →

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 feed15 16 17 24 31 + 629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 March 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 32% of every possible ticket.

  • sum55th
  • odd64th
  • low64th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread7th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 141 of each

15136times
16137times
17141times
24141times
31

Prize breakdown · 2017-03-03

  • Lines in play≈ 1.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£584.1Kto 99k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 320%£115.1K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£179.2K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball21%£122.5K
  • 5 other tiers29%£167.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.15 by chance

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164times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 79 of each

674times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,103 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 (15, 16, 17) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 1 January 2016 — its closest relative in 1,103 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 March 2017): 31 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

103

The numbers add up to 103 — the 54th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16, 16–17. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 17 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 1.6× 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 54≈ 1.9 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball19≈ 25 by chance£250
  • Match 4336≈ 324 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball873≈ 823 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,157≈ 8.8k by chance£10.00
  • Match 311,508≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball35,831≈ 34k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball40,836≈ 41k 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 — 11,508 winners, 8% more than the 11k 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 Ball40,836£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball35,831£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball9,157£10.00
    Match 311,508£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball873£20.00
    Match 4336£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball19£250
    Match 54£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000