Someting Fishy Going on in Bulgaria? National Lottery Draws the Same Six Numbers Twice in Row.
Has this happened anywhere else before?
I don’t think so. Neither do the people who play the lottery in Bulgaria.
Bulgaria?
Who knew Bulgaria even had a lottery?
Someday I’m gonna do a story on all the countries in the world that have lotteries. You’d be surprised.
Anyway…this dispatch from the BBC news services.
Bulgarian authorities have ordered an investigation after the same six numbers were drawn in two consecutive rounds of their national lottery.
The numbers — 4, 15, 23, 24, 35 and 42 — were chosen by a machine live on television on 6 and 10 September.
A Bulgarian lottery official said manipulation was impossible.
A mathematician said the chance of the same six numbers coming up twice in a row was one in four million. But he said coincidences do happen.
The lottery organisers described it as a freak coincidence and pointed out that the numbers were drawn in a different order.
Nobody won the top prize in the first draw.
But a record 18 people guessed all six numbers in the 10 September draw.
Each will win 10,164 leva (5,196 euros; or about $7,643 in U.S. dollars).
What do you think?
GAMES WE PLAY:
Big money in Europe and America this weekend.
The Sept. 18 Euro Millions jackpot is 100 million euros, or about $147 million U.S. dollars.
The Sept. 18 Mega Millions jackpot is $51 million.
And the Sept. 19 Powerball top prize has risen to $111 million.
Good luck, players around the world.
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Posted on September 18, 2009 by DocLotto | Filed Under Basics, European, Lottery, Lump Sum, Random Facts, Stories
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