Isn't this a b!tch? Mega Millions jackpot $200 million

[웃 910]

Winning ticket: 10, 13, 18, 33, 51....43

And his ticket: 9, 12, 17, 32, 52.....44

Winning numbers:

My brother's ticket:

Edited October 17, 2009 by Confucian

[Niels Bohr 72]

#######!? One number difference for each drawn number? So close!

[Niels Bohr 72]

How the fu*k could that happen?

[Nagishkaw 510]

Whoa!

[Marina-Del 10]

Yeah, seriously!! How is that even possible!! To be one number off on every single one!? Crazy! I think he should play again!!! It's a sign!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Close but no cigar.

[MrsCat 6]

Crazy

[Rhiannercakes 14]

Ouch, so close yet so far.

[Peikko 1,575]

People aren't looking at this very logically. These numbers are no closer than any other 7 numbers that are not the winning numbers. Lottery draws are not sequential (duh) so had 13 not been drawn, there is no logical reason to suppose 12 would have been instead.

[ddartt1 2]

Ouch, so close yet so far.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

People aren't looking at this very logically. These numbers are no closer than any other 7 numbers that are not the winning numbers. Lottery draws are not sequential (duh) so had 13 not been drawn, there is no logical reason to suppose 12 would have been instead.

Over-analyzing a bit, are we?

[Niels Bohr 72]

It's just so weird that it differs by one like the scratch tickets. Most times when you buy a scratch ticket, chances are the numbers would also differ by one compared to the jackpot.

Strange. Probably been rigged or something.

[SuperDuper! 230]

People aren't looking at this very logically. These numbers are no closer than any other 7 numbers that are not the winning numbers. Lottery draws are not sequential (duh) so had 13 not been drawn, there is no logical reason to suppose 12 would have been instead.

Cleo, how can you be so cold and out of touch not to give the guy acknowledgement that his bro's ticket was exactly one number off every number. What are the odds of that happening? It's a major freak out. Just try to imagine if it happened to you!

[alienlovechild 75]

The lottery is for suckers. These are same people who gripe about the price of gas while they blow money gambling away their earnings.

[Peikko 1,575]

People aren't looking at this very logically. These numbers are no closer than any other 7 numbers that are not the winning numbers. Lottery draws are not sequential (duh) so had 13 not been drawn, there is no logical reason to suppose 12 would have been instead.

Cleo, how can you be so cold and out of touch not to give the guy acknowledgement that his bro's ticket was exactly one number off every number. What are the odds of that happening? It's a major freak out. Just try to imagine if it happened to you!

Cold and out of touch? Further compounding the myths here. Sympathy for something real is one thing, sympathy for a misunderstanding of how lotteries work quite another. At the end of the day, whatever I think it doesn't change reality, and the reality is, he didn't even come close. Now five or six numbers correct and one off, now that would be cause for commiseration.

People aren't looking at this very logically. These numbers are no closer than any other 7 numbers that are not the winning numbers. Lottery draws are not sequential (duh) so had 13 not been drawn, there is no logical reason to suppose 12 would have been instead.

Over-analyzing a bit, are we?

No.