I think it's a fix as the way the numbers come out, they don't look as if they are random.?
2006-10-04 23:42:34 · 26 answers · asked by suzanne m 3 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
The numbers come out in groups for example 6,7,8 or 26,27,28 so I think it's fixed, which is easy to do. they have about 45 mins from the end of the game to them being announced. They go through all the numbers that have been picked, sometimes they will let someone win but there seems to be too many roll overs.
2006-10-04 23:59:03 · update #1
Yes, Richard Branson should have got it. That was definitely fixed.
2006-10-05 00:02:29 · update #2
I work for a Hospice and we don't get a penny from the lottery,we have to rely on donations.
2006-10-05 00:05:18 · update #3
I've always thought it was fixed, I think it is very suspicious that each week there is only one or two winners. Surely after all this time there would be a multiple win. It is also suspicious that rollovers come along at convenient times to generate my interest.
2006-10-04 23:59:01 · answer #1 · answered by blueorchid_65 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I see no need to fix it. It seems a little hard to believe that an employee or family friend of the lottery directors wins every time and doesn't collect the money. Such a scandal would certainly lead to blackmail and eventual fodder for the tabloids.
The fact is that the odds of winning the UK lottery are over 14 million to one. The balls come out in random order and with so many possible combinations now and then you will see some strange patterns. However if there were truly mathematical patterns to how the balls come out, some smart a55 would have figured them out by now.
I don't live in the UK any more, but I think Richard Branson is awesome and it is ridiculous that they won't let him win the lottery. Does some like some corruption behind the scenes.
2006-10-05 06:49:41 · answer #2 · answered by ZCT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a game of chance. Look at the logical statistics on it.
The numbers don't look like they're random? That's how random works! Sometimes it's a meaningful sequence, sometimes it's not. The winning six numbers are just as likely to be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 as they are any so called "random" combination.
There's 49 number so the chances of the first one being 1 is just as likely as it being any other, for the second ball to be 2 the chances are 1 in 48, just like any other and so on.
The reason many people don't win at once is because the odds are so high in picking 6 numbers correctly. The rollovers come a times to peak your interest because when there is a rollover they market it more than other weeks so you are more aware of it.
And some people do win, I know personally of one syndicate who matched all six and only last week my mum matched 5.
2006-10-05 00:09:24 · answer #3 · answered by sarcasticquotemarks 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think it's a fix, BUT
I do think that Richard Branson should have been given the UK lottery. He would have given all of the profits to charity. Not like the guys who are running it now, who are busy lining their own pockets. Somebody was obviously getting a back hander when the decision was made to reject Richard Branson's offer because he had no experience of running a lottery. This is the guy who runs an air line, holiday company, mobile phone company, Finance company, health clubs etc., etc.. etc.,
There should be an investigation into this!!!!!!
2006-10-04 23:55:10 · answer #4 · answered by Copper 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your lack of understanding of the random concept means you just don't get it....
Random - anything can happen with an equal chance, so why should it seem unusual that consecutive numbers come up - there are 13983816 possible combinations and over half a million of those will contain 3 consecutive numbers...not so surprising it happens then is it?
2006-10-05 07:54:22 · answer #5 · answered by Mr Glenn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep I think its fixed - how come EVERY Christmas no-one wins so it goes to roll over. Oh could it be to get more people to buy tickets at a time when normally sales would dip .
2006-10-05 07:05:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure about the lottery itself but I think the game during the programme is fixed.
2006-10-05 00:37:09 · answer #7 · answered by hardupmatt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know people who've won and I know loads of things that have benefitted from the lottery - my old school had new sports facilities. So the money's going somewhere!
2006-10-04 23:52:08 · answer #8 · answered by bumblebee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How could it be fixed? It looks pretty random to me. Either way, you have more chance of being struck by lightning.
2006-10-04 23:51:10 · answer #9 · answered by teppic5 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes I think it is fixed ... but then, finding out how and bring the story out is the real challenge
2006-10-04 23:52:11 · answer #10 · answered by fiarchraigh 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋