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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 9 March 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 18
  3. 28
  4. 34
  5. 36
  6. 12

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 3% 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 1,269 of 3,063 under them

← 2018-03-07All recent draws2018-03-10 →

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 feed16 18 28 34 36 + 1229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 9 March 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 19% of every possible ticket.

  • sum91th
  • odd1th
  • low31th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread17th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 163 of each

16169times
18174times
28167times
34157times
36

Prize breakdown · 2018-03-09

  • Lines in play≈ 1.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£543.5Kto 94k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 319%£104.8K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball30%£165.2K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£123.9K
  • 5 other tiers28%£149.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.15 by chance

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145times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 91 of each

1292times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,268 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 (16, 18, 28) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 19 August 2017 — its closest relative in 1,268 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (7 March 2018): 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

132

The numbers add up to 132 — the 90th 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

18 had not appeared for 15 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 0.6× 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≈ 1.9 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball23≈ 25 by chance£250
  • Match 4326≈ 328 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball807≈ 833 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,507≈ 8.9k by chance£10.00
  • Match 310,477≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33,040≈ 34k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball41,307≈ 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 2 plus Bonus Ball — 8,507 winners, 4% fewer than the 8.9k 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 Ball41,307£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball33,040£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball8,507£10.00
    Match 310,477£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball807£20.00
    Match 4326£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball23£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000