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And then Derren Brown appeared to come up with six of them. So are you amazed? And how do you think he did it?</p> </div> <ul id="content-actions"> <li> <div class="pluck-init-block" id="comment-info-related"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090911153029/http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2009/sep/09/derren-brown-the-events?commentpage=1" class="comment-count-info comment-icon">Comments (<span class="comment-count">…</span>)</a> </div> </li> <li class="third-party-tool "> <a id="buzzlink" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090911153029/http://uk.buzz.yahoo.com/buzz?publisherurn=the_guardian665&targetUrl=http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2009/sep/09/derren-brown-the-events&summary=%3Cp%3E%3Cstrong%3EVicky+Frost%3A%3C%2Fstrong%3E+He+said+he+would+predict+five+of+the+six+National+Lottery+numbers.+And+then+Derren+Brown+appeared+to+come+up+with+six+of+them.+So+are+you+amazed%3F+And+how+do+you+think+he+did+it%3F%3C%2Fp%3E&headline=Derren Brown: The Event |Culture |guardian.co.uk">Buzz up!</a> </li> <li class="third-party-tool"> <a id="digglink" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090911153029/http://digg.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftvandradioblog%2F2009%2Fsep%2F09%2Fderren-brown-the-events&title=Derren+Brown%3A+The+Event">Digg it</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="content"> <div id="article-wrapper"> <div class="image"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090911153029im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/9/8/1252431257581/Derren-Brown-001.jpg" width="460" height="276" alt="Derren Brown"/> <p class="caption">Derren Brown's latest trick will be predicting the lottery numbers. Photograph: Tristram Kenton</p> </div> <p><strong>10.45pm update</strong><br/>It's one thing to boast to your mate that you have a system for the lottery – quite another to declare it to the country and appear live on Channel 4 to prove it. So to say the pressure was on <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090911153029/http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/derren-brown">Derren Brown</a> to pull off tonight's stunt – or to appear to, at any rate – is to rather understate things. Although pointing a gun against your head and firing is admittedly probably more stressful.</p><p>If you were perched on the edge of the sofa, specs on, housemates/partners/kids/parents shushed at 10.35 you'll know what happened – he managed to get all six. Was it as you expected? It struck me that Brown was madly nervous, or was at least giving the impression he was nervous, although that hand-over-face thing as he watched the balls come out of the machine over on BBC1 was more than a bit ridiculous. </p><p>The fact that Brown didn't reveal his numbers before the draw, of course, will only add fuel to discussions about how he pulled it off, although the numbers didn't, at least, come out of an envelope. Time delays (denied by Brown quite vehemently on C4), millions of answers in millions of vaults, suggestion via his trailers – the theories that have been circulating over the last couple of days have been as interesting as the idea of the stunt itself. </p><p>On Friday Brown will apparently put it out of our misery and explain how it was done – but who wants to wait that long for an answer? So what do you think happened tonight? And, more importantly, did the event live up to the hype? </p><p><strong>3.30pm</strong><br/>I know. <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090911153029/http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2009/sep/07/derren-brown-national-lottery">I said I just wasn't that excited</a> about Derren Brown's attempt to predict the National Lottery numbers tonight. And then you lot told me off for basically being a bit dour about the whole thing - and explained why it was so exciting. Or alternatively, why it was going to be rubbish and rely entirely on slight broadcasting delays. Or in fact, both of these things. </p><p>Anyhow, you've converted me. I now want to know as much as anyone whether Brown will pull it off, and if so, how on earth he's going to do it - or convince us that he's managed to do it, at any rate.</p><p>So I'll be back here later this evening - having endured a heady 10 minutes in which Mr Brown will hopefully have come up with a way for us all to win a lot of money (or in fact, each win a tiny bit of money) - to discuss this evening's event. 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