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Related examples here: http://www.snopes.com/rumors/lottery.asp http://www.snopes.com/rumors/lottery.asp (one of the rare "true" Snopes articles). Briefly, on the first anniversary of 9/11, 911 was a winning three-digit lottery number in New York. However, 5631 people chose that number so the payout was comparatively small.