I have to agree with the other posters. Ask people to pick a random number 1-20 and they will tend to pick prime numbers such as 17. http://prasoondiwakar.com/w

I have to agree with the other posters. Ask people to pick a random number 1-20 and they will tend to pick prime numbers such as 17. http://prasoondiwakar.com/wordpress/trivia/17-is-the-random-number http://prasoondiwakar.com/wordpress/trivia/17-is-the-random-... >The most random two-digit number is 37, When groups of people are polled to pick a “random number between 1 and 100”, the most commonly chosen number is 37. http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/R/random-numbers.html http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/R/random-numbers.html Unless the lottery pickers aren't trying to pick a "random" number. I have no idea what their logic is anyway.