I have just watched Derren Brown pull off a great live TV trick where he appeared to acuratley predict tonights Lotto numbers... cool guy!

Can't wait to see how it did on Friday night!

I don't believe it.

He's a millionaire, he'd still put money on it.

Why didn’t he show his prediction before the draw?

He gave some bollox about only the BBC being able to show the winning numbers first but the balls that Derren had his predictions on were just that, predictions. The draw hadn’t taken place at that point therefore they were not the winning numbers just a prediction.
How could he have been in contravention of any ‘rules’ by showing the numbers that he though would be drawn?

I was very impressed but I would have been more impressed if we’d seen his prediction before the draw.

I suspect that is the key to the trick... still bloody impressive though, given it was all in one shot with one camera!

The camera plays tricks...

That's because he doesn't actually predict the numbers.

He's not a psychic. The trick is in the mis direction and showmanship.

You wouldn't have been able to do anything about it anyway if they had shown the prediction in the half hour before the draw when ticket sales cease - "Mystic Meg" anyone ?

There is no such thing as "magic", nor an ability to predict the future.

This was mulling through my mind last night and the ONLY way that this could have been done is to put the numbers on his 'prediction balls' post event.

Now there is photo-sensitive paint and also thermal-sensitive pint. Coat the 'prediction balls' with either and somehow (this bit I've not fully grasped yet) project the drawn numbers on to these balls – bingo, a one in fourteen million prediction.

However he did it, it was a good bit of work, always liked his stuff.

From what i have seen of Darren Brown he always makes predictions in writing and then reveals them afterwards.

Me, personally, cannot take the guy serious until he predicts something verbally before the event has happened.

That would include saying his prediction aloud infront of his subject, It would also include him actualy being magic.

I knew you'd say that.

he was unusually "nervous" on the night, i assume this was so you would not be able keep your eyes off him whilst the numbers were put on the balls

I blame Photoshop...

didn't watch it, but the body language, a suggestion stuff he does is bloody clever.