Bulgarian lottery draws same numbers in consecutive weeks

Weird.

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Who needs Derren Brown? Bulgarian lottery draws same numbers in consecutive weeks

Investigators have been called in after the same six numbers were drawn in the Bulgarian state lottery in consecutive weeks.

Officials insist that the identical combinations - 4, 15, 23, 24, 35 and 42 - are just a freak coincidence.

But Bulgaria's Sports Minister Svilen Neykov has now launched a probe into the draws, which were done by machine, on September 6 and 10.

Investigators are due to report back by the end of the week.

Mathematician Mihail Konstantinov said that the probability of this happening is about 4.2 million to one.

He did, however, add that such coincidences can happen.

The draws take place in the presence of a special lottery committee that is meant to guarantee no manipulation,

Although no-one won the September 6 draw, an unprecedented 18 people got all six numbers on September 10.

The winners will each get 10,164 leva (around £1,500).

Bulgarian's last major jackpot was 3.8 million leva (£1.9million euros) in January 2008.