Wow, even when the odds are in your favor, you can still suffer serious drawdown, just look at the state of Pennsylvania's lottery. They had a recent payout 1573% of sales that they took in because the winning numbers were 7-7-7-7, a popular set of number to pick.

7-7-7-7 costs Pa. Lottery bigtime | Philadelphia Inquirer | 04/01/2010

shodson 

Wow, even when the odds are in your favor, you can still suffer serious drawdown, just look at the state of Pennsylvania's lottery. They had a recent payout 1573% of sales that they took in because the winning numbers were 7-7-7-7, a popular set of number to pick. 7-7-7-7 costs Pa. Lottery bigtime | Philadelphia Inquirer | 04/01/2010

I guess this means that the lotteries are fixed after all ....