Sequential numbers drawn in South Africa Lottery stirs up suspicions of fraud

Comment #12

Rexer90 — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 05:29:23 GMT

A few years ago California's Fantasy 5 drew 5 consecutive numbers. Most days there's 1 or 2 winners... That day there were 29 you just know every one of them was thinking Ha! I bet no one else won!

So instead of the usual $70k, they each got a little over $2k

Comment #11

Technut — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 02:51:31 GMT

i agree. it would be stupid to rig a game to throw out consecutive numbers. why can't they see this.

Comment #10

david1691 — Sat, 05 Dec 2020 01:42:38 GMT

PA Lottery Cash 5 on 02-06-2004:

5-10-15-20-25

PA Treasure Hunt on 12-04-2010 (ten years ago today)

1-2-3-4-5

You're right dpoly1 - Nick Perry

Comment #9

BillionaireBabe — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 22:42:45 GMT

I don't think it's fraud. There is an unusual pattern emerging in quite a few states right now.

Comment #8

dpoly1 — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 15:14:11 GMT

Nick Perry

Comment #7

Ricklou — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 09:46:55 GMT

I can confirm we have a lobby group investigating this draw......if you know the history of corruption in South-Africa its a no brainer -and those results simply put the fuel to the fire and its RNG. The truth will come out -watch the space.Thank you Todd for covering this story

Ricklou

Comment #6

Todd — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 23:20:00 GMT

I don't think the outrage is necessarily that the drawing is rigged: I think the greater problem is that the drawing computer may be flawed. A sequence like that -- especially since they are all low numbers -- feels kind of like a test sequence that someone coding the computer might plug in as a temporary thing. (Someone testing a system would quickly type low numbers, rather than something like 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 and Powerball 41.)

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Comment #5

LottoFanBoy — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 21:51:22 GMT

No combination is more special than another. All have equal chance of been drawn. The reason why we see less of this type of combinations is because, as a group, there are less of them, but within the group they have a higher probability of been drawn. So, if you calculate the probabilities, you'll see there is nothing special about it.

Comment #4

noise-gate — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 21:13:13 GMT

Still waiting as Coin Toss would say for jjPrince to say Winning the lottery is so easy in South Africa.

Prince of thieves influence know how is worldwide.

Comment #3

cottoneyedjoe — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 20:31:41 GMT

I mentioned this in the other thread where some posters insisted this drawing must have been rigged, why would people rigging a lottery drawing choose something as conspicuous as six consecutive numbers? They must be really stupid criminals if they chose a combination that would draw international media attention.

Comment #2

Raven62 — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 19:57:20 GMT

To play South Africa PowerBall: You must pick five main numbers from 1 to 50 and one PowerBall from 1 to 20. Draws are held on Tuesdays and Fridays!

Odds of Winning Jackpot: 1 in 42,375,200

Comment #1

TheMeatman2005 — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 19:22:48 GMT

As stated in the article It is surprising to see such a unique sequence appear in lottery drawings, but Lottery organizers assured the public that the sequence of numbers is just as likely to come up as any other.

That is true, but I think someone's nose at the South African's lottery just grew a few inches.

#Pinocchio #EddieTipton #LoadOfCrap

Sequential numbers drawn in South Africa Lottery stirs up suspicions of fraud

Lottery Post — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 18:03:40 GMT

20 players share the jackpot after consecutive numbers are drawn

By Kate Northrop

An unusually perfect series of sequential numbers that came up in South Africa's most recent PowerBall drawing has led to accusations of fraud, while others jumped in to defend the integrity of a game based on pure luck and chance.

The winning numbers drawn on Tuesday, Dec. 1 were all consecutive numbers, including the PowerBall itself 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and PowerBall 10.

20 people purchased a ticket with t... [ More ]