I saw somewhere that the probability of a sequence of say 7 consecutive numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 is lower than the sequence of 7 randomly generated digts.

Question

If I were to pick numbers for a lottery perhaps, would a sequence like that be a bad idea?

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I think you are asking about minimizing the number of winners to share with, not probabilities of the winning numbers,

I guess most people will select something that “looks random”. However I don’t think 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 would be the best option because there is probably someone out there with similar thoughts. I think something like 4,5,6,12,13,14,15 would be a better choice.