The North Carolina Lottery Coincidence.

The sets of five numbers picked in the North Carolina Cash- 5 Lottery game were identical on July 9th and 11th, 2007. This coincidence was the topic of a local television station news story on July 12 in which I played a minor role. This article documents the coincidence, my interactions with the television re- porter seeking to understand how likely, or unlikely, the coincidence was, and some afterthoughts, including an analysis of the likelihood of matching sets of numbers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]