The lottery player relied on his proven number combination - how it came to the incredible win.
- A man in the United States had been using the same number combination for 30 years.
- In March he won the jackpot twice when playing the lottery.
- The "Coloardo Lottery" made the story of the winner public.
You win the jackpot twice when playing the lottery
A man in the state of Colorado is said to have won twice a million at lottery play * in March. The derwesten.de portal reported on the incredible history, citing the "Colorado Lottery". According to this, the lottery player Joe B. won the jackpot twice in the period, i.e. one million dollars each - and that on the same day.
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Lotto: Mann has been betting on the same combination of numbers for 30 years
Spicy detail: Joe B. has been playing with the same number combination for 30 years . Also on the morning of March 25, he filled out several fields of a lottery ticket for the 'Powerball' lottery - and trusted in his usual number combination 5-9-27-39-42. In the evening of the same day, he again bet on these numbers, the report says - it had finally brought him the profit.
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Report on lottery winner: "Mistake" helped him to win
For the lucky guy, it paid (doubly) that he played the same numbers when playing the lottery *. "In retrospect, the right decision, but actually not particularly wise," the report also says. "Because if he had played other numbers, he would have increased the probability of winning at least a little."
Thanks to this "mistake" he won the jackpot twice. It is and remains a game of chance.
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