10 interesting facts about the lottery

1. Joan Ginter from the USA is considered the luckiest lottery winner. She succeeded win four jackpots in a row, each of which exceeded several million dollars. In 1993, she received 5.4 million, in 2003 – 2 million, in 2005 – 3 million, in 2008 – 10 million. Joan herself worked as a professor of mathematics with a specialization in statistics at Stanford University.
2. Information about the first official European lottery dated 1466. In honor of the 25th anniversary of the death of the famous Belgian artist Jan Van Eyck, his wife organized a lottery. It happened in the city of Bruges. Participants had to buy tickets, and the funds received from the lottery were given to the poor.
3. In 1728-1730, the French lottery was very popular. Genius of his era Voltaire with a friend Charles Marie de La Condamine, who was fond of mathematical statistics, won the lottery over a million francs. The scientists bought the maximum number of tickets, thanks to which they became the winners of the raffle.
4. Collective gain in the Virginia lottery “6/44” was won by enterprising Americans. They created their own society, collected $3,000 for 2,500 people and together purchased the required number of lottery tickets in February 1992. Then they filled out forms and won $27 million. After paying taxes, the lucky ones were left with 22 million.
5. In Sweden, there is a so-called radar lottery. Owners of cars that drive slowly can win in it. The prize fund is formed from fines for speeding violators. Car numbers participate in the lottery. Those who drive carefully can expect to win.
6. The odds of winning the US lottery jackpot are one in 259 million. For those who play the lottery, a much better chance of becoming a movie star, an Olympic champion, or even the president, or getting struck by lightning, than to win. However, more than 70 billion dollars are spent on tickets every year in the country.
7. In 1993, Australian driver Bill Morgan was involved in a road accident, suffered clinical death, coma. About a year later, he bought a lottery ticket and won a new car. When on the set of a happy story, Beulah was offered to erase the protective coating on another lottery ticket, he accidentally won another $250,000 in addition to the car.
8. In the Royal Army of Thailand conscripted from the age of 21. Initially, volunteers are recruited for military service for 6-12 months. If there are still vacancies, soldiers are recruited by drawing lots. Whoever draws a black card is dismissed from service, a red card will serve in the army for 1-2 years.
9. Rad Wayne Hughes won 1.7 million dollars in the lottery. On the joys Wayne made himself tattoo with the winning date and number combination. Now, Hughes’ handle is adorned with the inscription Sat 7^th Aug 2010, 13, 16, 22, 25, 31, 39.
10. The biggest lottery win of 400,000 euros was simple flushed down the toilet. Angela Mayer from Germany decided to get rid of money in order not to pay bills for medical services at the boarding house where her husband was staying.

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