Last night, Lotto 17095 drew a strange number. The front number was 15 32 33 34 35. It was four consecutive numbers and the four largest numbers appeared at the same time. It was a surprise.
However, judging from the prize distribution results, in fact, this number is not cold. In the 17095 issue, the first prize blew out by 10 bets, which was the most in the past 9 draws, and the number of second prize winning bets was 942 bets! Among them, there are 581 additional notes! This is more than the total number of second prize bets in the previous 11 draws.
As the saying goes, laymen watch the excitement, while experts watch the door. If we study the prize distribution results carefully, we may get a very scary guess.
The key lies in the second prize. The total number of bets is 942, and there are 581 additional bets. Comparing the usual first and second prizes of the Grand Lotto, it is very likely that lottery players will place additional bets hundreds of times in the 17,095 Grand Lotto draws. Related to the lottery’s 4 billion prize pool, according to the winning rules, if a lottery player doubles the bet 500 times and wins the first prize, the 4 billion prize pool may be cleared yesterday.
Of course, this is just a conjecture. After the 17095 lottery prizes are distributed, the prize pool will still be 4.049 billion. Lottery players pay more attention to the four-number combination "32 33 34 35". Some lottery players tore up their unwon lottery tickets while cursing, "This number must have been predetermined. I will never buy lottery tickets again." For lottery veterans, this is not surprising.
Weicaihui’s betting station owners group also exposed the lottery, but it was not the first prize but the fourth prize. The numbers bought by this lottery player were even more peculiar, 31 32 33 34 35 in the front area and 01 12 in the back area. He was really an "extreme" lottery player, either the biggest or the smallest. As an aside, it was so difficult to win the Lotto 4+1, and the bonus was only NT$200. It was really depressing to win compared to not winning.
Some people buy big, and some buy small. In Lotto issue 17094, a lottery player won the sixth prize, which cost 5 yuan. The number he bought was 03 05 06 08 09+01 06. The draw was 03 05 08 29 33 + 04 08. Many lottery players saw it and said that they did not expect that such numbers could win. This is a long time coming.
Lottery is a random probability game. It is normal to draw any number. Not only Lotto, but also Shuangseqiu, another best-selling game, occasionally draws 4 consecutive numbers and various strange numbers. According to statistics, Grand Lotto has issued "four consecutive numbers" 7 times since it was launched in 2007. What is even more surprising is that 5 of the 7 times were "32 33 34 35" consecutive numbers.
In fact, most lottery players will not buy such strange numbers, because from the subconscious point of view of ordinary people, the probability of strange numbers being drawn is much smaller, although in theory the winning rate of any lottery ticket is the same.
But when it comes to buying lottery tickets, it’s not necessarily about probability, it’s more about feeling. To be honest, is there a big difference between the probability of the Lotto jackpot being 1 in 23 million and 1 in 200 million? I believe that many lottery players can't feel it, and they don't even know what the probability of the lottery's jackpot is. For them, buying lottery tickets and double-color balls is more because of the hope and possibility of winning a jackpot of 5 million or even 10 million.
As for how likely this is, they don't care.
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