Thunderball results for Wednesday, 12 March 2003: winning numbers, prize amounts, number of winners, sales and other statistics at Lottery Central

Prize winners and amounts


Match	Prize	Winners	Total	% of prize pool

5 + thunderball	�250,000	1	�250,000	19.52%

5	�5,000	5	�25,000	1.95%

4 + thunderball	�250	73	�18,250	1.42%

4	�100	1,044	�104,400	8.15%

3 + thunderball	�20	2,126	�42,520	3.32%

3	�10	30,287	�302,870	23.64%

2 + thunderball	�10	20,131	�201,310	15.72%

1 + thunderball	�5	67,321	�336,605	26.28%

Totals		73,798	�1,280,955

This was draw number 217 and used Excalibur3 for the machine and ballset E1.
The total number of tickets sold for this draw was 2,234,230.
The average prize was �17.36 and 1 in every 30.3 tickets won a prize.
Prizes expire 180 days after the draw date (Monday, 8 September 2003 at 23:00).
The balls were drawn in the following order: 14, 8, 1, 19, 17 + 10.

The following draws also took place on the same date as this draw: Lotto (753), Lotto Hotpicks (71) & Lotto Extra (243).
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The following table illustrates how money from ticket sales for this draw, this month and since the beginning of Thunderball upto this draw is distributed. Amounts are approximate, based on Camelot's figures as detailed in their bid for the second licence and include Thunderball sales only.

Sales statistics


Where	Percentage	This draw	This month	Since the start

Prizes	50%	�1,117,115	�15,312,260	�469,393,040

Good causes	28%	�625,584	�8,574,866	�262,860,102

Treasury (tax)	12%	�268,108	�3,674,942	�112,654,329

Retailers	5%	�111,712	�1,531,226	�46,939,304

Operating costs	4.5%	�100,540	�1,378,103	�42,245,374

Operator Profit	0.5%	�11,171	�153,123	�4,693,930

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