Lotto TV shows
Lotto shows on TV are big business. Think about all those millions of viewers flocking to their TV-sets when the numbers are being drawn. Just think about the advertising rates during the draw. Nowadays, the draw itself only takes a minute. And there is a good reason for that...
Do you remember the old days ?
Because rating figures required that a viewer watched the show for at least 15 minutes, a variety of formats were invented to broadcast the lotto draw. So, one idea was to invite one local celebrity for each ball to be drawn. After a short interview, the guest was kindly invited to push a red button, and about 30 seconds later, a number appeared from the barrel, followed by a tremendous applaus. Then the second guest appeared for the second ball, etc… It took about 3 minutes for each ball to be drawn. That enabled the viewers at home to actually check their tickets while the sequence of the draw took place. Now guess what happened. After a couple of months, lotto sales dropped dramatically. Why ? Because people had the time to check their tickets while the draw was taking place. With the appearance of the first ball, many players already realized that winning the jackpot was out of the questions. In none of their plays, they ticked the first drawn number. And it got worse. 98 % of all played tickets failed to hold the first and second number drawn. With 4 balls to go, only 2 % of all tickets were still in the game. People got discouraged and didn’t want to play anymore.
Nowadays, those numbers are still accurate. But the lotto administrations got smarter. To mask the sequence of events, the draw itself is now done at dazzling speeds. It gives us the impression that the order in which the draw occurs is not important anymore. Wrong !!!!!!!
The draw is not a single event. It is a sequence of 6 draws !
Next time, just tape the show, watch it in slow motion, and check your tickets during the show... You'll see that mathematics are doing a good job.
We are living a very fast life. So fast that we consider something as a single event, even if it's not.
Just think about it !!!
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