The number of lottery players who chose a 1-2-3-4-5-6 number sequence and won

It happened in a 2014 game for the UK National Lottery.

The most popular ticket number sequence chosen by 531 players was - incredibly... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Incredibly, they each picked up $5,000 for their trouble.

As far as we know, this set of numbers has never been drawn in any game around the world.

You would think that no one could choose any silly number patterns like these for any reason. Well guess again - some did...

The second most popular number sequence played for that Saturday evening’s draw was 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30.

And 455 British lottery players played these numbers - but didn’t win.

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