Nothing strange about consecutive Lotto numbers

eg2505 said:
sure, and technically its completely possible to walk outside and die from a lightning bolt striking your head from a clear sky.
just before somebody asks if you want to buy their Ferrari for 10c,

its possible, completely possible, but infinitesimally small chances.
more likely the guy programming in the numbers made a mistake.
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none of that matters because you still gotta be in it to win it....
 
BS explanation. The chances of getting a sequential number is far smaller than getting a random number. It isn't merely that the chances of getting one number is the same as getting another number. That's the point not addressed. The "expert" is also not addressing the issue. There isn't merely an apparent pattern here but a real one.

Since switching to the computer generated system the numbers have looked less random and more "patterny". Something is broken.

cr@zydude said:
This is the only weird part about the story. I wouldn't have thought that people would pick numbers like this.

Anyway, if people believed that the lottery is "rigged" and fewer people play, then good. Way too many people somehow believe that they can expect to win money playing this game, when the long run outcome for almost everyone will be a loss.
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Not really. People choose those numbers hoping that some of them will be picked. They don't actually expect them all to match because the chances of that is infinitesimally small.

tp3to said:
No, like it was mentioned in the article, the mathematical probability to get consecutive numbers is exactly the same as any other number selection.
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No, a broken algorithm can pick numbers that are not truly random. That's why some encryption algorithms have been found not to be random and produce a lot of collisions.

Ninja'd said:
Huh, I was actually spot on.

Mar 17, 2003

Lotto draw produces record 33 jackpot winners

So was this the week you finally got the numbers right? You're not alone. A record 33 winners have shared the national lottery jackpot of R19 095 868, each pocketing just R111 901. So, no new millionaires this week, but smile, it's still better than
www.iol.co.za www.iol.co.za
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Those are actually not strange. Any random sequence of this type will produce sequential numbers or nearly sequential numbers half of the time. So out of thousands of draws you will get a few that look like that.
 
Swa said:
BS explanation. The chances of getting a sequential number is far smaller than getting a random number. It isn't merely that the chances of getting one number is the same as getting another number. That's the point not addressed. The "expert" is also not addressing the issue. There isn't merely an apparent pattern here but a real one.

Since switching to the computer generated system the numbers have looked less random and more "patterny". Something is broken.


Not really. People choose those numbers hoping that some of them will be picked. They don't actually expect them all to match because the chances of that is infinitesimally small.


No, a broken algorithm can pick numbers that are not truly random. That's why some encryption algorithms have been found not to be random and produce a lot of collisions.


Those are actually not strange. Any random sequence of this type will produce sequential numbers or nearly sequential numbers half of the time. So out of thousands of draws you will get a few that look like that.
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Incorrect
 
Swa said:
Would be nice if you could say which part you think is incorrect.
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Mission on a phone ;)

Basically the first paragraph.
Any set of numbers has exactly the same chance as any other set of numbers.

There are far fewer sequential sets than random sets in the population though, so yes there is much smaller chance of any sequential set than any random set, but the chance of a particular set coming up is exactly the same as any other set, regardless of random or sequential.
 
I am losing trust in National Lottery because as with anything anc related it is going to shyte.
I usually play online (not the app)
I deposited R120 on Friday 27-11-2020 at 7am and got ABSA confirmation sms at 7:06
Still not appearing in my wallet.....
 
Ninja'd said:
Huh, I was actually spot on.

Mar 17, 2003

Lotto draw produces record 33 jackpot winners

So was this the week you finally got the numbers right? You're not alone. A record 33 winners have shared the national lottery jackpot of R19 095 868, each pocketing just R111 901. So, no new millionaires this week, but smile, it's still better than
www.iol.co.za www.iol.co.za
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It's interesting that people like to pick patterns like this. I had no idea.
 
many years ago i watched a true crime thing about some people who rigged a lottery draw in america. they filled all the balls except a few with a little bit of paint to make them heavier, then went and bought tickets with all the combinations of the lighter balls. the heavier balls then weren't getting high enough to be sucked in by the machine to be selected.

sauce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Pennsylvania_Lottery_scandal
 
The computerized random number generator used by Ithuba is the same system used by lotteries across the world and is verified and audited.
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I was under the impression that the local lotto subcontracted its random blow jobs to Mrs Balls.

When did they change from a mechanical system to a computerised system?
 
Papa Smurf said:
Yeah but 20 people playing 5,6,7,8,9 & 10 the odds do not add up at all
I bet they are all parliament members as well
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Google the number of people choosing 1,2,3,4,5,6 every lotto draw. Thousands, iirc. They all figure its the same odds as any other sequence. Which is true. So its the same sort of thing here, just to a lesser extent.
 
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