The draw for a house in Torrevieja carried out in ‘The Anthill‘has generated controversy after the intervention of José Antonio Prado Bassas, professor and researcher at the University of Seville, who explained a error in number selection system that could have affected the participants.
Prado Bassas pointed out that the draw was not completely fairsince not all numbers had the same probability of being selected. In total, a number was drawn from among 285,000 possible options, but the procedure used in the program created a distortion in probabilities.
The system consisted of draw the numbers from the number in a similar way to the traditional lottery. First, a ball was chosen from 0 to 9 for units, tens, hundreds, and tens of thousands, but for hundreds of thousands, only one ball was drawn between 0 and 2, which represented three possible options.
Those who have seen the draw for the house of @El_Hormiguero …. Have you realized that it is done poorly? Not all numbers had the same probability of coming up.
— Tito Eliatron (@eliatron) October 21, 2024
This method caused numbers starting with 2 (for example, 234567) to have a lower probability of being selected. According to Prado Bassas, the correct probability of one of these numbers coming up should have been 1/285,000, but the system used by the program reduced that probability to 1/300,000since the selection of the hundred thousand had a disproportionate weight in the draw.
«If your number started with 2, you have been scammed»
This means that if the participant’s number started with 2, he had less chance of winning compared to those who started with 0 or 1. The professor concluded his analysis with a clear warning: «If your number started with 2, you have been scammed«.
The criticism has generated comments on social networks, where many viewers had not noticed the error in the draw until now. While The program has not yet issued any official response in this regard..
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