Lovecraft Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 They couldn't even make it subtle. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55154525 South Africa's lottery probed as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 drawn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smithee Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 If they were going to fix it, surely the last thing they would do is pick 6 consecutive numbers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lovecraft Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 8 minutes ago, Smithee said: If they were going to fix it, surely the last thing they would do is pick 6 consecutive numbers You would think. Criminals aren't known for being smart. I'm gonna stick my neck out and say that they thought about 1,2,3,4,5 and 6, but that would have appeared too dodgy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FinnBarr Saunders Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 36 minutes ago, Lovecraft said: They couldn't even make it subtle. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55154525 South Africa's lottery probed as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 drawn Think that would've made me a multi millionaire had those numbers came up on Tuesday Euromillions. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
been here before Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 That sequence of numbers has the same chance as coming out as any other sequence of numbers. Im sure I read that years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smithee Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 1 minute ago, been here before said: That sequence of numbers has the same chance as coming out as any other sequence of numbers. Im sure I read that years ago. Yep, probability dictates that any combination of numbers is as likely as any other. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lemongrab Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 If you'd been putting the numbers 1-6 on our lottery since it started, you'd have spent £3350 and won a total of £370: The biggest win being £50 for 4 numbers (1,3,4,5) back in 2004. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vlad Magic Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 I worked in Cameron Toll Forbouys (spelled badly probably) when the lottery launched. At least 1 in 10 maybe even 1 in 5 some days picked 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 as their numbers. Cant remember the exact figure but someone calculated that if those numbers came up each lottery winner would receive something like £340 as their share of the jackpot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Findlay Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 A Mr Dave King, was quoted as saying, he would not be handing back his winnings, as it was his children's inheritance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
redjambo Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Vlad Magic said: I worked in Cameron Toll Forbouys (spelled badly probably) when the lottery launched. At least 1 in 10 maybe even 1 in 5 some days picked 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 as their numbers. Cant remember the exact figure but someone calculated that if those numbers came up each lottery winner would receive something like £340 as their share of the jackpot. That's an interesting point, VM. The numbers selected may be random, but not the choices made by the participants. So to maximise your potential winnings you should be looking to choose a selection of numbers which is the least likely to be chosen by other people. The National Lottery did give us some hints: https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/18854631.national-lottery-reveal-popular-numbers-picked-players/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vlad Magic Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 1 minute ago, redjambo said: That's an interesting point, VM. The numbers selected may be random, but not the choices made by the participants. So to maximise your potential winnings you should be looking to choose a selection of numbers which is the least likely to be chosen by other people. The National Lottery did give us some hints: https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/18854631.national-lottery-reveal-popular-numbers-picked-players/ Correct. If I recall correctly the most popular choices of numbers are 6 all below 31. Basically that’s caused by people using various combinations of birthday days and months to end up with there choice. This is me talking about the original 6 chosen numbers of lottery before it changed but statistically your jackpot winnings would be considerably higher by choosing a number or numbers higher than 31. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swanny17 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Nah, I know the odds are the same but I’m not having it that this group of numbers were drawn legitimately. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vlad Magic Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 1 minute ago, Swanny17 said: Nah, I know the odds are the same but I’m not having it that this group of numbers were drawn legitimately. Don’t think of it like that? I admit it looks unbelievable but the chances of this string of numbers coming out is the exact same chance of any string of numbers. Let me put it this way. Imagine the draw was 8, 12, 19, 22, 38 and 39? Imagine you are 39 years old, your wife is 38 and you have 4 kids aged 8,12,19 and 22? What are the chances of that!!!! The same as it being 5,6,7,8,9 and 10 👍 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lovecraft Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 23 minutes ago, Swanny17 said: Nah, I know the odds are the same but I’m not having it that this group of numbers were drawn legitimately. No danger. They will declare it a mistake in the coming weeks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
redjambo Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 I liked this bit: "Another 79 ticketholders won 6,283 rand each for guessing the sequence from five up to nine but missing the PowerBall." So those 79 people chose the numbers 5,6,7,8,9 but then didn't choose 10 as the powerball? Maybe they all chose 4. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Morgan Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 515151? 🤷🏿♂️ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ri Alban Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 (edited) I don't see why 5 6 7 8 9 and 10 is any more outrageous than 1 4 8 16 21 and 40. Same amount of picks from the same balls. Human skepticism is a curse. Edited December 3, 2020 by ri Alban Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phage Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8259801.stm Same numbers twice in 4 days in Hungary a few years back. Same machines as Camelot. It can be rigged is my conclusion Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smithee Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 8 hours ago, Swanny17 said: Nah, I know the odds are the same but I’m not having it that this group of numbers were drawn legitimately. Do you think it's more likely that someone fixed it and went for consecutive numbers, attracting attention from across the planet? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
redjambo Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 7 hours ago, ri Alban said: I don't see why 5 6 7 8 9 and 10 is any more outrageous than 1 4 8 16 21 and 40. Same amount of picks from the same balls. Human skepticism is a curse. I'm not so sure it is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ri Alban Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 23 minutes ago, redjambo said: I'm not so sure it is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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