Illusionist Derren Brown claims successful lottery prediction
Illusionist Derren Brown is to explain how he apparently correctly predicted the National Lottery numbers live on TV.
Channel 4 screened Brown's attempt to call last night's draw.
He set up the Lottery event in a secret studio location, telling viewers only he and two cameramen were present.
Brown said he had predicted the numbers earlier in the day and had written them on six white balls which had their blank side showing to the audience.
He said he would not be able to show them to the public until after the BBC had screened the draw.
Brown kept his hand to his mouth as he watched the draw - for a jackpot of £2.4million. He was silent as the six winning numbers appeared - 2, 11, 23, 28, 35, 39.
He said: "Those are the numbers. I can't believe it."
He told viewers to tune in on Friday when he promised to explain how he did it.
A spokesman for the Lottery said: "It is impossible to affect the outcome of the draw and Derren Brown is not suggesting he is doing this.
"Derren Brown is an illusionist creating an illusion that he can predict the numbers."
