Crazy... *lottery prediction update*

vid wont play for me. did he win the money?

Bump for update if anyones interested.

Basicly I think channel 4 have some copyright issue so i can only find the vid on their website wich it would seem most of you lot can't watch but i'll fill you in on how he said he did it.

Link to 4OD video


He claims to have used what's known as "The wisdom of the crowds" theory in that if you take a group of people (in this case 24 of them) and ask them to give 6 random numbers. By determining the average of each guess. in that everyones first number is added together then divided by 24. By doing this 6 times and providing the sample group are all relaxed and comfy he got the prediction used for the event.

However he then went on to tell us how he "definitely did not do it".  Which is basicly him fixing the machine by replacing the balls with lighter ones. This method wich he said he would never confess. was accompanied by photos of every stage of the plan described.

Naw, how he did it was use a motion controlled camera, so it's on a set path, and a halfscreen overlay. He plays with the stand, and moves to the right of the screen, never moving from there. Put up a halfscreen overlay of a previously taped stage on the same motion path. As the numbers are called, an assistant changes the numbers being careful not to move the stand. He leaves, overlay is removed, numbers match.

Lots of explanations on youtube.

Peter Parker wrote: Here's my test for whether somebody can predict lottery numbers for real:    Step 1:  Determine whether the person in question is a billionaire   Step 2:  If the answer to Q1 is no, then stop.

Yeah I've heard all the explanations on youtube but couldn't find a video of the explanation he gave. Thought I'd fill you in on how he claims to have done it.