Article: Double take as lotto numbers come up twice.(News)

IN a surprise worthy of Derren Brown, the same six winning numbers have been drawn twice in a row in Bulgaria's national lottery.

The country's government ordered an investigation after the numbers 4, 15, 23, 24, 35 and 42 were selected, in a different order, live on television on September 6 and 10.

However police found no evidence of wrongdoing. The chance of the same six numbers coming up twice in two consecutive rounds is said to be one in more than 4million.

Nobody got all six ...

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