The illusionist seemingly wrote down the six winning balls of the Midweek Lotto Draw hours before they were randomly chosen by the machine. He had written down his predictions on six white balls earlier in the day which were turned back to front from the audience.He then watched the lottery draw on a TV screen and turned round his white balls to reveal they were exactly the same as his own numbers 2, 11, 23, 28, 35 and 39. His incredible feat was broadcast from a small studio live on Channel 4 at the same time as the BBC1 screened its Midweek Lotto programme at 10.35pm dispelling any rumours that the show was pre-recorded.
Brown, 38, had been banned from buying a lottery ticket for the £2.4 million jackpot. He has so far remained tight-lipped on how he did the trick but has promised to reveal all in a separate program to be broadcast tomorrow night. It is the latest seemingly implausible stunt the illusionist has performed in front of a live audience. Previous TV shows have seen him apparently play Russian roulette with a gun and contact the dead, while he has also toured the country performing live shows claiming to reads members' of the audience's minds.
Since Brown announced he would be performing the trick earlier this week, the internet has been flooded with various theories speculating how he could achieve the feat.One rumour suggested that Brown was able to see winning numbers through a link to the BBC draw a few moments before they were broadcast live enabling him to quickly write the correct numbers down before they were broadcast to the audience.
There was also speculation it could have all been been staged for the cameras. (Daily Mail)
