Derren Brown: The Event Live (Wed. 9th on C4)

[fogbat]

where?

Was going to say here:

http://www.itwillbeyou.info/

But I suspect that may be some chancer trying to make some sweet, sweet advertising revenue off the back of Derren Brown's latest trick.

e2a: Three of the numbers on that page do match ones shown on a lamppost in his video here

 

[Awesome Wells]

Was going to say here:

http://www.itwillbeyou.info/

But I suspect that may be some chancer trying to make some sweet, sweet advertising revenue off the back of Derren Brown's latest trick.

e2a: Three of the numbers on that page do match ones shown on a lamppost in his video here

so that site is nothing to do with the show at all?

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

The lottery ball numbers are on the lamppost in the TV advert.

 

[fogbat]

so that site is nothing to do with the show at all?

It was linked earlier on this thread. To begin with, I thought it was an official one - it was the first of the sites listed that I looked at.

But the whois data doesn't match the other two, and it has a load of google ads, which the other two (retsehcnamdetinu.com and stucktomysofa.com) don't.

I think chancer.

 

[Awesome Wells]

The lottery ball numbers are on the lamppost in the TV advert.

are they the same as this website? would it mean anything if they were (hard to doubt if Brown is concerned, that ad seems positively full of meaning...or misdirection).

 

[fogbat]

The URL of the suspect site is "itwillbeyou.info". The bus in the ad has "itwillbeyou" written on it, and there are numbers on the lamppost (which are the same on said site).

It'd be easy enough for someone to watch the ad, then knock up the itwillbeyou site independently of Brown's team.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

are they the same as this website? would it mean anything if they were (hard to doubt if Brown is concerned, that ad seems positively full of meaning...or misdirection).

No, they are not the same.

 

[fogbat]

No, they are not the same.

Are you sure? At least three of them matched.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

are they the same as this website? would it mean anything if they were (hard to doubt if Brown is concerned, that ad seems positively full of meaning...or misdirection).

Oh no hang on wait, they are the same numbers.

 

[Awesome Wells]

Are you sure? At least three of them matched.

Seem the same to me; hard to tell with the video quality on youtube. Not sure about the number 10. But i'd give it the benefit of the doubt. Obviously a fake site could put up those numbers easily, but that ad is intended to mean something so i doubt he picked those numbers by chance. Not sure what though.

 

[Corax]

Thanks for the interest guys.

None of them will be a square root.

 

[T & P]

So the question is, how many of us are going to end up putting a quid on the lottery on Wednesday "just in case"?

 

[fogbat]

So the question is, how many of us are going to end up putting a quid on the lottery on Wednesday "just in case"?

I'll be buying 49 tickets

We've got five of the numbers, this way I'm guaranteed to get all six

 

[maomao]

How many tickets would you have to buy to ensure you had at least one with five correct numbers on it?

 

[maomao]

Aha, the chance is 1 in 55,491.33333. So he'd have to spend 55,492 quid. Well within his production budget I would have thought (especially as he'd get a proportion of the money back, what with all the 4x and the tenners as well).

 

[PacificOcean]

Aha, the chance is 1 in 55,491.33333. So he'd have to spend 55,492 quid. Well within his production budget I would have thought (especially as he'd get a proportion of the money back, what with all the 4x and the tenners as well).

I am sure the logistics of filing in 55,491 slips and getting them printed at the Lottery counter at Tesco, would put pay to the idea?

 

[Awesome Wells]

So the question is, how many of us are going to end up putting a quid on the lottery on Wednesday "just in case"?

I think I will. I don't mind a punt to see what's involved. Of course there's no way he can know in advance what the numbers are so I'm curious as to the real trick.

 

[skyscraper101]

Some more info here:

http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/5005322.article

Derren Brown will try to predict the lottery results, control the nation through subliminal messages and take down a casino in his forthcoming series of Channel 4 specials.

The illusionist will go head-to-head with the BBC’s National Lottery draw on Wednesday night with a 10-minute live show in which he tries to predict at least five of the six balls.

The special will also be projected onto buildings in London, Edinburgh, Manchester and Birmingham.

Brown’s 4 x 60-minute series of interactive specials, The Events, has so far been shrouded in secrecy, but he revealed some details this morning.

The series will kick off on Friday at 9pm with How To Win The Lottery, in which he explains how he did it and how viewers might be able to predict the results themselves.

The following editions are:

* How to Control the Nation: an experiment in subliminal messaging
* How to be a Psychic Spy: a look at the psychic arms race between Russia and the US during the 1960s and 1970s, including a nationwide psychic experiment
* How to Take Down a Casino: Brown attempts to clean up at the tables, with a twist to be explained during the show.

Brown is also fronting a 3D spectacular later this autumn as part of C4’s week of 3D programming.

 

[elevendayempire]

I'll go for it, why not? It's only a quid. So what're the numbers?

 

[rikwakefield]

I used to love Derren Brown but his last few stunts have left me feeling a bit cold. I hope these ones change my opinion though.

 

[8den]

That Mitchell and Webb look had a post apocalyptic gameshow who's catchphrase was "DO NOT THINK OF THE EVENT!"

Can Darren Brown create a trick that brings about the end of civilisation?

 

[Jazzz]

I am sure the logistics of filing in 55,491 slips and getting them printed at the Lottery counter at Tesco, would put pay to the idea?

why?

 

[ebay sex moomin]

cos the guy standing behind you trying buy some milk and fags would lamp you!

e2a- link to the clip of Derren simultaneously beating 9 chessmasters, which was mentioned earlier in the thread, here

 

[maomao]

I am sure the logistics of filing in 55,491 slips and getting them printed at the Lottery counter at Tesco, would put pay to the idea?

2 or 3 runners at a tv company could get this done in a day or two. The hard bit would be working out the spread of numbers.

 

[Jonti]

6 people, say and 60,000 slips
1 person does 10,000 slips

How long does each slip take? At least 10 seconds, surely. That's about 28 hours.

 

[rikwakefield]

I'll be buying 49 tickets

We've got five of the numbers, this way I'm guaranteed to get all six

Wanna buy some magic beans?

 

[paolo]

2 or 3 runners at a tv company could get this done in a day or two. The hard bit would be working out the spread of numbers.

Even easier than that. Get a load of blank forms, a printer which will handle custom paper sizes, then laser them.

 

[T & P]

So we know the trick will be to predict the lottery numbers.

However I'm not so sure if that website that posted earlier on this thread that publishes the numbers is officially related to Brown, or some chancer.

In other words, do we know the 'official' numbers he will try to predict, or is he keeping mum about it?

 

[maomao]

Even easier than that. Get a load of blank forms, a printer which will handle custom paper sizes, then laser them.

Then you'd have to get them to the newsagents. Would be quicker on the internet.

 

[rikwakefield]

So we know the trick will be to predict the lottery numbers.

However I'm not so sure if that website that posted earlier on this thread that publishes the numbers is officially related to Brown, or some chancer.

In other words, do we know the 'official' numbers he will try to predict, or is he keeping mum about it?

It's a chancer's website. The google ads give it away.