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Thunderball · draw

Friday, 19 March 2021

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 21
  3. 26
  4. 30
  5. 31
  6. 9

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld about as often as 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 1,901 of 3,064 under them

← 2021-03-17All recent draws2021-03-20 →

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 feed14 21 26 30 31 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 19 March 2021 — 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 13% of every possible ticket.

  • sum82th
  • odd31th
  • low9th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread9th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 244 of each

14221times
21261times
26254times
30270times
31

Prize breakdown · 2021-03-19

  • Lines in play≈ 1.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£641.1Kto 114k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.18

Where the money went

  • Match 320%£129.2K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball31%£199.9K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23%£147.3K
  • 4 other tiers26%£164.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.18 by chance

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262times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 136 of each

9106times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,900 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 (14, 21, 30, 31) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 18 April 2014 — its closest relative in 1,900 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 43% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 March 2021): 21 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 9 repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

122

The numbers add up to 122 — the 81th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 30–31. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 8 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 50≈ 2.3 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball27≈ 30 by chance£250
  • Match 4363≈ 390 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball952≈ 990 by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,260≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 312,921≈ 13k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball39,989≈ 41k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball49,097≈ 49k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 952 winners, 4% fewer than the 990 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 Ball49,097£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball39,989£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball10,260£10.00
    Match 312,921£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball952£20.00
    Match 4363£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball27£250
    Match 50£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000