Italian: numero ritardatarioEnglish translation: (most or long) overdue numbers 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | Italian term or phrase: | numero ritardatario | | English translation: | (most or long) overdue numbers | | Entered by: | Jean Martin |
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Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino / Lottery | | Italian term or phrase: numero ritardatario | The sentence states that the Lottery operator made increased profits "grazie ad un numero ritardatario". No other context, I'm afraid.
I suspect that this is a very precise term in the Lottery field. Thanks for any pointers. |
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paolamonaco
Italy
| Note from asker to answererThanks Anthony and Paola. They are both good answers. I have gone for Paola's as this is the term used on the UK Lottery site.
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| a number that hadn't come up for a while
Explanation:
so according to the gullible, it was "due" to come up so everyone played it
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Note added at 5 mins (2006-06-08 11:35:23 GMT)
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and of course it didn't come up, because there is no statistical reason to suppose that it would be more likely to come up, hence the profits
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