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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 8 March 2025

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 25
  3. 28
  4. 30
  5. 31
  6. 2

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 21% 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 2,730 of 3,064 under them

← 2025-03-07All recent draws2025-03-11 →

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 feed12 25 28 30 31 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 March 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 38% of every possible ticket.

  • sum86th
  • odd31th
  • low9th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread14th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 350 of each

12326times
25337times
28357times
30390times
31

Prize breakdown · 2025-03-08

  • Lines in play≈ 1.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.8Mto 130k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2 winnerschance said 0.20

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball56%£1.0M
  • Match 310%£172.8K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball13%£225.9K
  • 6 other tiers22%£383.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2≈ 0.20 by chance

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364times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 195 of each

2179times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,729 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 (25, 28, 31) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 21 February 2024 — its closest relative in 2,729 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (7 March 2025): 30 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

126

The numbers add up to 126 — the 85th 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

12 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 1.8× 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 Ball32≈ 33 by chance£250
  • Match 4542≈ 431 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,102≈ 1.1k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,619≈ 12k by chance£10.00
  • Match 317,279≈ 14k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball45,173≈ 45k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball54,329≈ 54k 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 — 17,279 winners, 21% more than the 14k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball54,329£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball45,173£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball11,619£10.00
    Match 317,279£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,102£20.00
    Match 4542£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball32£250
    Match 54£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2£500,000