Just read this in an article about the lotto:
Scott A. Norris, an assistant professor of mathematics at Southern Methodist University, said there's no trick to playing the lottery, but your tiny odds of winning are a bit better if you let the computer pick rather than choosing yourself. That's because when people use birthdates or other favorite figures, they generally choose numbers 31 or below. That ignores the fact that there are 69 numbered balls.
Um, this is completely wrong, isn't it? The odds of the numbers coming up "1, 2, 3, 4, 5" are exactly the same as the odds of the numbers coming up "4, 24, 43, 50, 55". Or whatever.