# Post your (real of fake) lotto numbers here!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-real-of-fake-lotto-numbers-here/617334>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 30, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-real-of-fake-lotto-numbers-here/617334 "2012-03-30T23:02:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-real-of-fake-lotto-numbers-here/617334/1 "2012-03-30T23:02:52Z")

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The 7-11 will make you pay a dollar to play, but I’ll give you up to 10 imaginary tickets right now for free! And if you match tonight’s Mega Millions drawing, I’ll give you 640 million cool points! Just post your numbers below…

8 24 28 49 56 (4)  
1 30 40 50 51 (39)  
7 16 32 37 44 (1)  
44 47 49 53 56 (33)  
6 12 19 36 41 (16)

10 19 31 34 38 (7)  
3 5 6 48 55 (46)  
22 33 34 42 44 (23)  
2 51 53 55 56 (2)  
9 13 17 28 46 (41)

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-real-of-fake-lotto-numbers-here/617334/2 "2012-03-30T23:49:36Z")

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4 8 15 16 23 (42)

I wonder how many times this number has been played and Lost.

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-real-of-fake-lotto-numbers-here/617334/3 "2012-03-30T23:53:30Z")

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19 34 47 51 56 (02)  
01 04 18 36 39 (09)  
08 21 29 32 37 (15)  
06 13 34 35 49 (32)  
15 18 31 47 55 (09)  
and 5 others.

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**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-real-of-fake-lotto-numbers-here/617334/4 "2012-03-30T23:56:06Z")

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> [@cmyk](#):
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> 4 8 15 16 23 (42)
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> I wonder how many times this number has been played and Lost.

I was just reading the Wikipedia article on Mega Millions. Apparently, the winning numbers were once close enough to “The Numbers”, that everyone who played them got $150.

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-real-of-fake-lotto-numbers-here/617334/5 "2012-03-31T00:05:54Z")

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> [@emcee2k](#):
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> I was just reading the Wikipedia article on Mega Millions. Apparently, the winning numbers were once close enough to “The Numbers”, that everyone who played them got $150.

That $150 is going to be little comfort when the curse kicks in, and see the final episode of season six.

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**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-real-of-fake-lotto-numbers-here/617334/6 "2012-03-31T00:18:14Z")

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8 15 31 36 46 (34)

18 19 31 43 52 (21)

10 12 20 26 50 (43)  
Hope I win!
