Derren Brown ‘Predicts’ the lottery result.
September 13th, 2009 by David

Derren clearly did not predict the lottery result as he did not show the numbers until AFTER the draw.

There are a number of ways he could have proved he had the numbers correct.

Do the show in front of a live audience.
Get an independent adjudicator.
Buy a ticket!

But he did none of these things. Clever trick, but it was just that, a trick. It has got him a lot of publicity which I am sure will help his show business career.

I have yet to see an illusion or magic trick which leaves me totally baffled, I can usually work out how they are done. I suspect Darren used a camera trick to hide the balls being put in place by an accomplice, hence the lack of live audience or adjudicator. But it takes courage to do it live, it all had to work exactly or Darren would have looked a fool.

5/10 for the illusion.
10/10 for courage.
10/10 for generating publicity.
0/10 for bullshit explanation.

“NEXT…. ”


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