11-11-11

[Lockjaw]

Today is 11-11-11 and the state lotteries are cashing in.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-economy-lucky-111111-boosts-lottery-ticket-sales-20111111,0,3473793.story

Because of short fields, race tracks are at a disadvantage.  There are very few races with an eleven-horse.  I suppose you could bet 1-1 doubles, 1-1-1-1 pick-4's, or 1-1-1-1-1-1 pick-6's.

I have another idea for the "numbers" players out there.
Being a former math teacher,  today's date,  looks suspiciously like a binary number to me.  If you convert 111111 to base ten, you get the number 63.  There you have it; an exacta that can be played in every race today!   

[pezz97]

here in illinois, they stopped selling the pick 3 and pick 4 lottery tickets this morning cause so many people were playing 1-1-1 and 1-1-1-1 I have never heard of this

[Hugh Jass]

here in illinois, they stopped selling the pick 3 and pick 4 lottery tickets this morning cause so many people were playing 1-1-1 and 1-1-1-1 I have never heard of this

I think they did that before when a plane crashed, people were playing the

 flight number so much they stopped selling tickets.

Think it was flight 191 that crashed in 79.

[tonyb147]

here in illinois, they stopped selling the pick 3 and pick 4 lottery tickets this morning cause so many people were playing 1-1-1 and 1-1-1-1 I have never heard of this

I gave a co-worker a few dollars to do this but told him to stop on his way home from work yesterday as I suspected they would stop selling those.

I think they did that before when a plane crashed, people were playing the

 flight number so much they stopped selling tickets.

Think it was flight 191 that crashed in 79.

Also when the hostages were freed from Iran after 444 days. If I remember correctly 444 did hit somewhere (not IL)

[sea biscuit]

I was watching a game of cricket on the tele. When the big electronic clock struck 11:11 am everything stopped and everyone stood on one leg for a few seconds. Don't know the significance of that. I also noticed that South Africa needed exactly 111 runs to win the game at that exact moment.

Coincidence?