Crazy... *lottery prediction update*
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Topic: Crazy... *lottery prediction update*
Posted By: scotchyscotch
Subject: Crazy... *lottery prediction update*
Date Posted: 10 September 2009 at 6:55pm
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http://www.channel4.com/programmes/derren-brown/4od#2935221 - Derren Brown predicts lottery numbers on live TV Ths guy is one spooky mofo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmxua_V1AcM - New link |
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Posted By: gnarkill
Date Posted: 10 September 2009 at 6:59pm
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vid wont play for me. did he win the money?
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Posted By: jerseypaint
Date Posted: 10 September 2009 at 7:05pm
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News says he's going to reveal how he did it tomorrow. ------------- 
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Posted By: scotchyscotch
Date Posted: 13 September 2009 at 9:52pm
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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. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/derren-brown/4od#2935223 - 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. |
Posted By: FarSeer
Date Posted: 14 September 2009 at 12:30am
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the video will only play in the UK ------------- http://tbish.webs.com/tippy.html - My E-Bolted 98 |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 14 September 2009 at 1:39am
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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. |
Posted By: Peter Parker
Date Posted: 14 September 2009 at 2:21pm
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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.
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Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 14 September 2009 at 3:09pm
Bam. Lawyered. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Peter Parker wrote:Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 14 September 2009 at 3:11pm
| If anyone thought that he actually predicted the numbers in any way they must not know what a magician is. |
Posted By: scotchyscotch
Date Posted: 14 September 2009 at 10:22pm
| 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. |