How the Israel Lottery defied Lottery odds

The Israel lottery is in the history books for an event that had never happened in the lottery world. It defied the lottery odds by becoming the first lottery in the world to the draw exactly the same winning numbers as from a previous lottery draw. The event bewildered even the best of statisticians as the odds of such an occurrence happening is at one in a four trillion chance. This basically implies the chances are near impossibility.

The numbers from the draw were 36, 33, 32, 26, 14, 13 with the strong number being 2. The draw was in the conventional style, hence the idea that it was a prank was irrelevant considering that the winning number come up on a live broadcast of the lottery draw. It did not take a while for the viewers to notice this as the numbers were drawn hardly three weeks earlier.

Most of the Israeli lottery players couldn’t believe the coincidence and immediately radio stations were flooded with calls from lottery fans complaining of foul play. This is understandable as clearly no one ever thought such an event could happen and most fans suspected that the draw was rigged.

After analysis of the machines and balls used in the draw nothing of the extraordinary was detected and hence the draw was 100% by chance. The findings further found out that the balls used in the draw are changed regularly so it is very unlikely that the lottery draw was rigged.

To date, no event of the sort has happened and none is expected soon. Yitzhak Melechson, a statistics professor from the University of Tel Aviv put the odds of such an occurrence happening again at once in 10,000 years. Nevertheless, as we know, the lottery is a game of luck and no odds are cast in stone.

You too can defy the lottery odds today. How? Simple, just play the lottery online and count on your luck for the best.

Good Luck!