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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 9 March 2024

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 5
  3. 8
  4. 20
  5. 24
  6. 1

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 54% 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 2,522 of 3,063 under them

← 2024-03-08All recent draws2024-03-12 →

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 5 8 20 24 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 9 March 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 35% of every possible ticket.

  • sum5th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap43th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread20th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 323 of each

3305times
5323times
8312times
20323times
24

Prize breakdown · 2024-03-09

  • Lines in play≈ 1.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£846.8Kto 133k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.19

Where the money went

  • Match 325%£212.8K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball27%£224.6K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball19%£157.9K
  • 5 other tiers30%£251.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.19 by chance

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331times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 180 of each

1180times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,521 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, 5, 20, 24) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 18 April 2012 — its closest relative in 2,521 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 53% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 March 2024): 3, 20 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 1 repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

60

The numbers add up to 60 — the 4th 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

24 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 2.6× 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≈ 2.5 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball44≈ 32 by chance£250
  • Match 4717≈ 418 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,212≈ 1.1k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball12,451≈ 11k by chance£10.00
  • Match 321,275≈ 14k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball44,923≈ 44k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball52,645≈ 53k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 21,275 winners, 54% more than the 14k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably more popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball52,645£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball44,923£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball12,451£10.00
    Match 321,275£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,212£20.00
    Match 4717£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball44£250
    Match 54£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000