PHILIPPINES LOTTERY INVESTIGATING 433 WINNERS OF ONE JACKPOT

Government officials in the Philippines are calling for a probe into the country’s Grand Lotto after 433 people won a jackpot worth 236 million pesos, or around $4 million. In the Grand Lotto, participants select six numbers ranging from one to 55, and all six numbers have to match those drawn. In the October 1st drawing, all the winning numbers were multiples of nine: 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, and 54. While lottery officials were quick to defend the results, one person on Twitter noted that “One bettor has a 1-in-40 million chance of winning. 433 bettors just beat those odds.” Each of the winners is set to win nearly $10,000.
* How do 433 people work together to scam the lottery? Group chat?
* You have to be pretty smart to figure out how to beat the lottery. You have to be pretty dumb to tell 432 other people.
* I tried to calculate the odds of 433 people winning with a 1-in-40 million chance and my phone caught on fire.
* That’s not a lottery. It’s an ATM machine.