Another thing that happens is that people mistakenly think that recent results are unlikely to happen again. I’ve seen advice online like “Don’t choose numbers that have won the big jackpot before” and “Using a combination that has gone through the system already will stack the odds even higher.” It’s all rubbish. In 2009 the Bulgarian lottery drew the same numbers—4, 15, 23, 24, 35, and 42—two draws in a row, on September 6 and 10. They were drawn in a different order but, in a lottery, the order does not matter. Amazingly, no one won the jackpot the first time they were drawn but, the
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