South Africa's lottery probed as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 drawn

Re:South Africa's lottery probed as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 drawn by jamesrcole on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @08:16PM (#25284064)

mistake? As far as I can see, it could only be either intentional or the result of randomness.

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Re:South Africa's lottery probed as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 drawn by jtbayly on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @08:35PM (#25284204)

It could also be an attempt to rig gone bad

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Re:South Africa's lottery probed as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 drawn by jamesrcole on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @09:02PM (#25284388)

Sure. I’d call that the result of an intentional action, but maybe that’s just personal preference.

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Re:South Africa's lottery probed as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 drawn by chki on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @08:39PM (#25284232)

There might be some error in the randomization process that caused consecutive balls to be drawn.

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Re:South Africa's lottery probed as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 drawn by jamesrcole on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @09:04PM (#25284404)

That’s a fair point. In that case it would be the result of a both a mistake and randomization.

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Re:South Africa's lottery probed as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 drawn by BMSmnqXAE4yfe1 on Friday December 04, 2020 @10:12PM (#25311348)

software bugs are neither intentional not random

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