- for the Vietnam War the US needed a lot of soldiers
- in 1969 birth dates are drawn (Feb 23, Nov 4, Oct 14, Jan 6, …)
- people were worrying about their own birth dates and their kids birthdates
The randomness problem
- it was not truly random
- the principle (lottery draw) was random, but the balls which were drawn were not shaken properly, therefore the results were not random
- balls were filled by secretary which just filled out the dates and