One to get three tickets for: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 drawn as winning numbers of South Africa's national lottery

[cheese toast]

And there were 20 winners.

An unusual sequence of numbers drawn in South Africa's national lottery has sparked accusations of fraud after 20 people won a share of the jackpot.

Tuesday's PowerBall lottery saw the numbers five, six, seven, eight and nine drawn, while the PowerBall itself was, you have guessed it, 10.

The organisers say the sequence is often picked. But some have alleged a scam and an investigation is under way.

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South Africa's lottery probed as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 drawn and 20 win

Twenty ticketholders win in South Africa after the unusual sequence, sparking claims of fraud.

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[nekkid]

It's no more or less likely than any other numbers.

 

[BAW]

3rd-grade me would have made bank

 

[SeeingeyeDug]

We're the Pointer Sisters among the winners?

 

[Gozan]

You'd have thunk fraudsters with the means to pull this off would have picked a less suspicious list of numbers

 

[Jason Frost]

Lottery numbers for this week: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

It finally happened: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55154525 Nice to see the laws of probability getting in on the 2020 act. Edit: Sorry I've messed up and posted in the gaming side :(

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[Sande]

Reminder that these "obvious" sequences are idiotic since you'll end up sharing any potential winnings with a lot of people.

 

[Pbae]

Damn, was I the only one who had no idea how to read the title properly? I was so confused until I clicked the thread.

 

[zma1013]

The title of this thread confuses me.

 

[N.Domixis]

5678910 is just as likely as 1726410 in other words a bunch of idiots

 

[Apathy]

People don't understand statistics and probability of they think this is a scam.

You literally have the same odds of pulling any set of numbers in the lottery

 

[IDreamOfHime]

2020 and people still don't understand Maths.

I will say this though, such a recognizable pattern usually puts people off using it and preferring to go for what seems a more random set (even if the odds are the same). So 20 people having those numbers does seem quite high. 2 or 3 yeah, but 20? That does raise an eyebrow.

 

[Damaniel]

5678910 is just as likely as 1726410 in other words a bunch of idiots

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Yep. I doubt anybody was complaining much about any of the other draws.

 

[Balbanes]

I'm sure the thread title was intentional. Nice work.

 

[Syriel]

You'd have thunk fraudsters with the means to pull this off would have picked a less suspicious list of numbers

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Why is this set suspicious?

 

[Snormy]

Duplicate thread locked.

Lottery numbers for this week: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

It finally happened: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55154525 Nice to see the laws of probability getting in on the 2020 act. Edit: Sorry I've messed up and posted in the gaming side :(

www.resetera.com

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