Coincidence

[crystal ball]

Late last year I did some work for a new client in their holiday home, they gave me the code to the key safe, last week I went to a village hall to test a water heater, key safe code was the same four numbers

 

[EddieM]

Late last year I did some work for a new client in their holiday home, they gave me the code to the key safe, last week I went to a village hall to test a water heater, key safe code was the same four numbers

If the numbers are 0-9 then there are only 10,000 combos so not hugely coincidental.

 

[crystal ball]

Ah yes but take into account they were consecutive jobs with key safes

 

[Brigadier]

Depends what the codes were.

A lot of people in such circumstances use 0000, 1111, 1234, 5678, 1966, etc, so any like that are more likely than a "random" combination.


Slightly related; IIRC, Camelot reported that (for the Saturday lottery), 1-2-3-4-5-6 was picked each week. By 11000 ticket holders.......

 

[crystal ball]

And both clients had ginger hair and a limp

 

[Brigadier]

And both clients had ginger hair and a limp

Were they both called Dave?

 

[crystal ball]

How did you know?

 

[EddieM]

Depends what the codes were.

A lot of people in such circumstances use 0000, 1111, 1234, 5678, 1966, etc, so any like that are more likely than a "random" combination.


Slightly related; IIRC, Camelot reported that (for the Saturday lottery), 1-2-3-4-5-6 was picked each week. By 11000 ticket holders.......

Which is why you shouldn't choose 1-6, because if to your delight 1-6 comes up, which is just a likely/unlikely as any other combination, your £11,000,000 jackpot winnings will be shared 11,000 ways, leaving a relatively paltry £1000.

 

[bernardgreen]

Camelot reported that (for the Saturday lottery), 1-2-3-4-5-6 was picked each week. By 11000 ticket holders.......

5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 drawn and 20 win

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55154525

 

[Brigadier]

5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 drawn and 20 win

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55154525

Yeah, I remember that being reported at the time.