He mentioned that someone picked 333,667 and notes that it's a Sexy Prime, but 333,667 is also a Unique Prime (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unique_prime), which makes me think someone was either being cute, or they suspected that it was a trick question.
Based on the end of the post, they might well have 'won', given the special mention in the article.
"P.S. There might, in fact, be more than five primes out there. There might, after all, have been special shipments to rogue recipients. You never know…"