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Thunderball · draw

Wednesday, 21 March 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 29
  3. 30
  4. 31
  5. 32
  6. 6

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 9% 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 1,276 of 3,063 under them

← 2018-03-20All recent draws2018-03-23 →

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 feed8 29 30 31 32 + 629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 March 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

30oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 30 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 10% of every possible ticket.

  • sum89th
  • odd31th
  • low9th
  • widest gap93th
  • neighbours100th
  • spread33th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 163 of each

8155times
29169times
30191times
31185times
32

Prize breakdown · 2018-03-21

  • Lines in play≈ 1.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£735.9Kto 130k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.20

Where the money went

  • Match 318%£135.6K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£236.4K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£170.8K
  • 5 other tiers26%£193.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.20 by chance

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192times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 91 of each

684times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,275 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 (8, 29, 30) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 22 February 2017 — its closest relative in 1,275 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 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

130

The numbers add up to 130 — the 89th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 29–30, 30–31, 31–32. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

30 had not appeared for 12 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 2.2× 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 52≈ 2.7 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball42≈ 35 by chance£250
  • Match 4402≈ 452 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball977≈ 1.1k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,294≈ 12k by chance£10.00
  • Match 313,556≈ 15k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball47,276≈ 47k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball56,929≈ 57k 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 plus Bonus Ball — 977 winners, 15% fewer than the 1.1k 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 Ball56,929£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball47,276£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,294£10.00
    Match 313,556£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball977£20.00
    Match 4402£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball42£250
    Match 52£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000