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I bet Cthulhu's people are mighty proud of his maintaining that precious #6 ^


Israel lottery draws same numbers as three weeks before

By Mark Weiss in Jerusalem
Published: 12:59PM BST 18 Oct 2010

Israel’s weekly state lottery draw at the weekend drew exactly the same six numbers as the draw 3 weeks earlier – an event statisticians said was a one in four trillion chance.

Three lucky punters, who also correctly guessed the 7th “strong number” each won £666,000, with more than 100 people sharing smaller prizes.

The numbers that rolled out during a live television broadcast were 36, 33, 32, 26, 14, 13, and the additional ‘strong’ number 2. It didn’t take long for some viewers to notice that these numbers were exactly the same as those drawn in the September 21st draw.

Israeli radio station phone-ins were flooded with callers who suspected the draw was rigged.

The allegations were denied by officials from Mifal HaPayis, the national lottery company. "We are in the business of luck, and when it comes to chances and probabilities anything is possible, even the rare and infrequent, like in this case," said Dr Chaim Melamed, the statistics expert for Mifal HaPayis.

Following the remarkable coincidence the machines and coloured balls used in the draw were examined and no irregularities were found. The balls used for the draw are changed on a regular basis and, according to the lottery company, the last change of balls took place between the September 21st draw and the weekend sensation.

Yitzhak Melechson, a professor of statistics at the University of Tel Aviv, said that the incident of six numbers repeating themselves within a month is an event of once in 10,000 years.
Israel lottery draws same numbers as three weeks before - Telegraph


those weren't the only "lucky punters" - Larry Silverstein bagged 4.5 billion insurance $ from 9/11, when he'd only become the new lease holder of the WTC a few weeks before!


"LUCKY LARRY SILVERSTEIN"

scored more than $4.5 Billion in insurance money
as a result of the destruction of his complex.