Some people spend years developing a strategy for winning the lottery – studying special manuals, trying different schemes – and still lose. Others just happen to be in the right place at the right time and hit the jackpot.
In Fullarton, a small town in southern Australia, a miracle happened that many dream of: the couple, by chance, became the owners of a huge fortune.
An Australian woman and her husband came to dine at the Arkaba Hotel and, in order to brighten up the waiting time for an order, decided to join the Keno lottery players. The rules are simple: the player must mark on his ticket from 1 to 20 numbers that, in his opinion, can fall out. The more numbers that match the numbers drawn by the presenter, the greater the winnings. In total, 80 numbered balls are used in the lottery.
The couple did not come up with a winning strategy – they did not calculate which numbers could fall out with a higher probability, which numbers should be abandoned. They simply used the random number generator, marked their choice on the sheet, and sat down to dinner. The bartender, who appeared with a request to check the tickets, made the Australians remember the game – someone had won a big prize and it was necessary to find this lucky one.
What is the result? More than a million dollars (63,4 million in Russian rubles) was won by this pair, who accidentally entered the game. The fact that this amount, like the situation itself, is real, the spouses realized only when they could not pay the entire winnings on the spot. Still, it was too big.
If you think that after such success, the Australians decided to continue their lottery career, then this is not so. They decided to put the money they won into a bank account for a while until they could decide what to do with it. So far, the plans are only for a vacation abroad next year – but, of course, you won’t be able to spend such an amount on excursions or cocktails on the beach.
They often talk about unexpected winnings – someone “recognizes” a symbolic number in a dream, someone takes a lucky ticket for change from a purchase. However, such cases are much less than losses, so you should not count on the lottery. At best, you can lose a little money, at worst – become a hostage to gambling.