It is possible to see what numbers come out more regularly than others. There are several years worth of data to look at and from this you could probably make a good guess of the numbers and after all he did say that he was only looking to get five numbers right. He must have got lucky with the last one.
I think he's a great entertainer and it's certainly got the nation talking this week. So what if it's not really magic, after a long day at work it's nice not to think about recruitment for a while.