It is clear that there are lucky people in the world. Who more, who less. But earn more twenty times THE lottery It looks like something out of a fictional film. However, it happened in real life. And a mysterious woman is the owner of this one history.
His name is Joan Ginthera math teacher specializing in calculus that won 4 times the jackpot, the amount of which is higher than the two million Dollars. they tell him the “best player ever”although it is also often known as the “the luckiest woman in the world”. And both nicknames define North American perfectly.
Keeps a low profile. She refuses to be photographed, does not give interviews and it is very difficult to see her publicly. She lived most of her life in Texas, USA, where she bought everything Tickets with which he won. He currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The luckiest woman in the world
THE “the luckiest woman in the world” He received his doctorate from Stanford University, California, and then started teaching mathematics. In July 2010, the news shook the United States: a 63-year-old woman had livestock THE lottery and he pocketed 10 million dollars. It was the top prize in the scratch card game called Extreme Payout.
But the educator wasn’t the first time she’d done it and by reviewing her story they realized it. By 1993 she had earned $5.4 million. In 2006 he won too and took two million. While in 2008 you pocketed another three. At that point, Ginther’s cumulative earnings totaled a whopping $20.4 million. Was this woman pure luck or was she keeping a secret?
The odds of winning this game many times are one in 18 septillion. Some believe it has a illegal system that allows you to win. Others claim that Ginther knows about it formula mathematics secretor that she really is the woman with the most fortune of the world. At the moment, the only certain data is that only four people in the United States have won the lottery more than once.
In total, he earned $20.4 million
In addition to the aforementioned awards, Ginther has won the lottery another 24 times with prizes below the two million. So, it is crucial to highlight the total number: so far the math teacher has won the lottery 28 times. His good fortune cannot be denied.
Ginther now lives in Las Vegas, the city that never sleeps, and gone were the quiet days in the town of Bishop, Texas. But in that small town—which is about two hours from the Mexican border—that’s where she bought most of the Tickets who gave him his fortune.
someone from the commission Lottery From Texas She said, “Joan was obviously born under a lucky star.” And it is no less. three gods “Golden Tickets” He bought them in Bishop and the rest at a market in Kingsville, about a 10-minute drive from Bishop. In this way he was able to win 20.4 million From Dollars in less than 7 years (between 1993 and 2010).
Scratch and win
The curious thing about this story – apart from the fact that most of the Tickets were bought in the same shop, Bishop’s Times Market- is that Joan became a millionaire playing scratch cards, a game of chance very different from the ordinary lottery.
Unlike the conventional lottery, the scratch card decides from the very beginning how many prizes will be awarded and how the winning tickets will be distributed. Furthermore, an algorithm defines in advance the numbers that make up the winning combination.
Therefore, experts believe it Joan Ginther discovered the algorithm behind the distribution of winning tickets of the scratch and the scratch. Each of these Tickets It has a value between 30 and 50 dollars.
a private personality
According to the American newspaper The Philadelphia detectiveJoan Ginther bought a large number of tickets and spent more than three millions From Dollars On it. This would explain why the math teacher has won the major prizes 4 times and the minor prizes 24 times. To win this game 28 times, it is estimated that she would have to buy, at least, 800 thousand bills.
Since his last stunt in 2010, which netted him $10 million, he’s been out of the picture. In Bishop, a town of about 3,000, they say Ginther seemed to be afraid of everyone. But they recall that he donated a van to the local church, did charitable work and gave up the property when he moved to Las Vegas.
Curiously, Joan Ginther refuses to give interviews. The few known photographs of her are quite old. THE “the luckiest woman in the world” prefer to keep a low profile and reserved. if he had any secret formulaFor now he will stay with her.
Source: Clarin
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