Originally Posted by
Chip
But given that we know he HASNT predicted the lottery numbers, as he told us them AFTER they were announced, so all we are wondering is how he managed to write on the balls or swap out the balls, its no different surely?
Unless people are actually stupid enough to think he really did do it in advance when of course he didnt as there are 14 million to one odds stopping him.
But surely you must see that the common man is a lot more excited about someone 'predicting' the lottery numbers, than they are about guessing someone's name.
I totally get your point, and when you strip away all the showbiz, sure it's a simple illusion - But it's pretty obvious why the lottery link has generated so much interest. After the fact there's a realisation that it's just a trick, but during the 'act' and shortly after many many people were thinking "What the fuck!"
It's like David Copperfield hiding the Statue of Liberty. It's technically no different to simple card misdirection - But one is "cool", the other is "WOW!" .