| A bigger fraud than Lambert on 17:28 - Dec 2 with 935 views | factual_blue |
If you read even a little bit about randomness and probability, it's clear that these things are...errr...random.
Because something has a pattern that doesn't mean it isn't random.
I'm sure I've read quite a lot of people pick 1,2,3,4,5,6 every week in the UK lottery. They're just as likely to come up as any other set of numbers. |  |
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| A bigger fraud than Lambert on 17:32 - Dec 2 with 920 views | wkj |
| A bigger fraud than Lambert on 17:28 - Dec 2 by factual_blue |
If you read even a little bit about randomness and probability, it's clear that these things are...errr...random.
Because something has a pattern that doesn't mean it isn't random.
I'm sure I've read quite a lot of people pick 1,2,3,4,5,6 every week in the UK lottery. They're just as likely to come up as any other set of numbers. |
It is kind of like anthropomorphism with numbers - just because it looks like a human, it doesn't mean that human looking pothole is any more a pothole than the one that St Edmundsbury council routinely bins compensation claims for. |  |
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| A bigger fraud than Lambert on 17:39 - Dec 2 with 899 views | StokieBlue |
Why do you think it's unlikely?
It's exactly as likely as any other combination of numbers as others have pointed out.
The human brain unfortunately has a problem with probability.
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| A bigger fraud than Lambert on 17:55 - Dec 2 with 868 views | gtsb1966 |
| A bigger fraud than Lambert on 17:39 - Dec 2 by StokieBlue |
Why do you think it's unlikely?
It's exactly as likely as any other combination of numbers as others have pointed out.
The human brain unfortunately has a problem with probability.
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It is extremely rare for multiple winners to share the jackpot.
The organisers said 20 people purchased a winning ticket and won 5.7m rand ($370,000; £278,000) each.
We'll have to wait and see. |  | | |
| A bigger fraud than Lambert on 18:02 - Dec 2 with 854 views | BlueBadger |
| A bigger fraud than Lambert on 17:39 - Dec 2 by StokieBlue |
Why do you think it's unlikely?
It's exactly as likely as any other combination of numbers as others have pointed out.
The human brain unfortunately has a problem with probability.
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Pattern recognition is a key human survival skill that enabled us to evolve and rise to the top as we did. It's also notorious for leading people to make connections where there's none to made, in reality. |  |
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| A bigger fraud than Lambert on 18:03 - Dec 2 with 851 views | BlueBadger |
| A bigger fraud than Lambert on 17:55 - Dec 2 by gtsb1966 |
It is extremely rare for multiple winners to share the jackpot.
The organisers said 20 people purchased a winning ticket and won 5.7m rand ($370,000; £278,000) each.
We'll have to wait and see. |
Again, that's because lots of people tend to put sequential numbers in, because there's as much chance of them coming up as going totally random every week. | |
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| A bigger fraud than Lambert on 18:04 - Dec 2 with 847 views | Swansea_Blue |
| A bigger fraud than Lambert on 18:02 - Dec 2 by BlueBadger |
Pattern recognition is a key human survival skill that enabled us to evolve and rise to the top as we did. It's also notorious for leading people to make connections where there's none to made, in reality. |
Like improved performances not correlating with improved results? |  |
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| A bigger fraud than Lambert on 18:04 - Dec 2 with 847 views | footers |
| A bigger fraud than Lambert on 17:39 - Dec 2 by StokieBlue |
Why do you think it's unlikely?
It's exactly as likely as any other combination of numbers as others have pointed out.
The human brain unfortunately has a problem with probability.
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A lot of people do actually play that lottery sequence, thinking they're being smart for that reason.
The stupidity, of course, is that many others will have had the same bright idea...
P.S. Congratulations to you lucky players. I am sure it was all above board. [Post edited 2 Dec 2020 18:04]
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| A bigger fraud than Lambert on 18:19 - Dec 2 with 819 views | DropCliffsNotBombs |
When I played, I usually put numbers greater than 31 with the thinking there would be less chance of others having those numbers for birthdays etc.
Plan is yet to bear fruit. |  | | |
| A bigger fraud than Lambert on 19:14 - Dec 2 with 790 views | StokieBlue |
| A bigger fraud than Lambert on 17:55 - Dec 2 by gtsb1966 |
It is extremely rare for multiple winners to share the jackpot.
The organisers said 20 people purchased a winning ticket and won 5.7m rand ($370,000; £278,000) each.
We'll have to wait and see. |
This is simply not true.
There are multiple jackpot winners all the time. 20 is high but that is because the human brain organises things into patterns and thus this selection is more likely from a human (but equally likely in a computer to any other selection).
In the UK between 1000 and 10000 play 1,2,3,4,5,6 so if that ever comes up you're "multiple winners" is going to go out the window.
Now of cause it could be fraud, however the numbers themselves aren't any evidence at all of fraud.
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| A bigger fraud than Lambert on 19:19 - Dec 2 with 781 views | gtsb1966 |
| A bigger fraud than Lambert on 19:14 - Dec 2 by StokieBlue |
This is simply not true.
There are multiple jackpot winners all the time. 20 is high but that is because the human brain organises things into patterns and thus this selection is more likely from a human (but equally likely in a computer to any other selection).
In the UK between 1000 and 10000 play 1,2,3,4,5,6 so if that ever comes up you're "multiple winners" is going to go out the window.
Now of cause it could be fraud, however the numbers themselves aren't any evidence at all of fraud.
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I'm merely going on what the article says. It says multiple winners of the jackpot is extremely rare. [Post edited 2 Dec 2020 19:20]
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| A bigger fraud than Lambert on 19:22 - Dec 2 with 774 views | footers |
| A bigger fraud than Lambert on 19:19 - Dec 2 by gtsb1966 |
I'm merely going on what the article says. It says multiple winners of the jackpot is extremely rare. [Post edited 2 Dec 2020 19:20]
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Yes, because they don't all pick the same or similar numbers. | |
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| A bigger fraud than Lambert on 19:36 - Dec 2 with 742 views | woiii |
| A bigger fraud than Lambert on 18:19 - Dec 2 by DropCliffsNotBombs |
When I played, I usually put numbers greater than 31 with the thinking there would be less chance of others having those numbers for birthdays etc.
Plan is yet to bear fruit. |
Keep going, statistically you are bound to win at some point in the next 268,000 years [Post edited 2 Dec 2020 19:37]
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| A bigger fraud than Lambert on 20:00 - Dec 2 with 717 views | DinDjarin |
That combination is as likely as another other. |  | | |
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