Lucky Numbers

[Rinconpaul]

Watched a movie last night called 'Focus' with Will Smith. Thoroughly entertaining but a bit far fetched. However, there was a scene at a football game, where Smith bet over a million dollars that his betting opponent could look over all the players jersey numbers, pick one and Smith's girlfriend would guess it. He won of course, but it was a case of infusing a certain 'number' into a person's mind without them knowing?

An brief example: It's Saturday, and you're going to watch the races on TV and have a bet.
You're alarm wakes you at 7:00am
You drive your Audi A7 down to the 7/11 and get a paper.
Come home and switch on Channel 7.


Without you knowing it, the number 7 is indelibly imprinted in your mind. What's the bet you'll be drawn to bet on horse 7 in the seventh race perhaps? Seems far fetched but no different to people betting lucky numbers, for no other reason than....... they're lucky??

[walkermac]

I'm sure I've seen much the same stunt be successful on a reality TV programme. It was either a Derren Brown special or the show about con artists - the name of which alludes me at present.

In searching for a link, I found that Derren Brown made the following programme:

Derren Brown: The System (2008)

The System, a Channel 4 special in which Brown shared his "100 percent guaranteed" method for winning on the horses, was first shown on 1 February 2008.

Here's the playlist on youtube :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_0b4dkmD0w&list=PLE092237755A4A636