sixes_and_sevens comments on Rationality Quotes April 2012 - Less Wrong
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I specified "overt tampering" rather than "covert tampering". If you wanted to choose a result that would draw suspicion, 1-2-3-4-5-6 strikes me as the most obvious candidate.
Why would anyone want to do that? (I'm sure that any reason for that would be much more likely than 1 in 175 million, but still I can't think of it.)
The three most obvious answers (to my mind) are:
1) to demonstrate your Big Angelic Powers
2) to discredit the lottery organisers
3) as a prank / because you can