Lottery Prediction

gynn · 17-09-2009, 18:58

Did you see that guy claiming he'd predicted the lottery numbers on TV last week? His programme in which he promised to show how he did it was an insult to the intelligence. In these days of the Masked Magician revealing how magic tricks are really done, we were entitled to something better.

There is a possible explanation on you tube:-

What do you think?

Restless · 18-09-2009, 00:07

i love derren brown's 'mind' shows...they are all great. But its impossible to predict the numbers....just a trick

jaysay · 18-09-2009, 09:21

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Originally Posted by Restless

i love derren brown's 'mind' shows...they are all great. But its impossible to predict the numbers....just a trick

If it wasn't a trick he wouldn't be doing TV programs, he'd sat on a beach somewhere very warm drinking Pimms and eyeing the local scenery

Restless · 18-09-2009, 16:54

LOL jaysay... true. I was told he is banned from all casinos because of his ability to count several packs of cards at a time... dont know if that is true or not

accyman · 18-09-2009, 20:00

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Originally Posted by gynn

Did you see that guy claiming he'd predicted the lottery numbers on TV last week? His programme in which he promised to show how he did it was an insult to the intelligence. In these days of the Masked Magician revealing how magic tricks are really done, we were entitled to something better.

There is a possible explanation on you tube:-

What do you think?

one moron suggested that he recorded all the posible outcomes of teh lottery and just slipped in teh recording that came true lol

also thats not even close to a possible solution unless the live audience was in on it as well

derren brown is a clever guy and although not particularly a huge fan of his one off stunts like live russian roullett and this lottery scam his live shows are very good

accyman · 18-09-2009, 20:04

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Originally Posted by Restless

LOL jaysay... true. I was told he is banned from all casinos because of his ability to count several packs of cards at a time... dont know if that is true or not

he went to vegas and demonstrated how easy it was but gave them their money back afterwards

mani · 19-09-2009, 05:11

i think he's pretty awesome

esp the mind tricks and how he can feed subliminal messages quite easily into his routine.

i loved the shows where he did the trick or treat ones where he would subconciously help someone that had no idea they were being helped so to speak.

MargaretR · 19-09-2009, 08:33

I have watched a few of his youtube videos and am not impressed.
The charade where he subjected an arcade video game player to fear, without his consent to participate, was a reflection on how this man manipulates people for his own purpose and material gain - not my idea of a man worthy of any respect

jaysay · 19-09-2009, 08:37

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Originally Posted by Restless

LOL jaysay... true. I was told he is banned from all casinos because of his ability to count several packs of cards at a time... dont know if that is true or not

There's a quite good film about card counting staring Kevin Spacey, called 21.

Gayle · 20-09-2009, 08:04

As an experiment, last night we tried Derren Brown's supposed approach to the lottery. There were 10 of us, so we all picked some numbers and then averaged them out to pick one line.

Unfortunately, we were too late to put them on the draw last night, so it could have been a bit awkward if the experiment had worked!!!!

Anyway, guess how many numbers we got right?

Yep, that's right -

NONE - not one number right. Glad I didn't waste a £1 on that.

Restless · 20-09-2009, 08:33

LOL there is still the odds of that trick working for you... remember the odds of winning the lottery are 1 in 14 million