Twice lucky lottery win
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Uploaded by Mediascrape on Nov 8, 2007
Robert Hong had a better chance of opening an oyster in his Kirkland Lake restaurant and finding a pearl than winning a lottery. But he did it. Twice.
Win the lottery that is - not find a pearl.
On Saturday, Hong discovered he had picked all six numbers in the Lotto 6/49 draw, giving him a $15 million jackpot.
Just six months ago, he had a $340,000 win with a friend.
"I really couldn't believe it," Hong said after picking up his prize at the Toronto prize office on Tuesday. "To win again after such a short amount of time, I had to look at the numbers a few times and sit back and see that those were actually the winning numbers."
The odds of winning the top prize are about one in 14 million. The chances of winning twice are, well, astronomical.
To compare, the website Webmath.com says the odds of a woman giving birth to quadruplets are 705,000 to one, and the odds of finding that pearl are a mere 12,000 to one.
Hong has put in long hours operating his family-run, third-generation restaurant in the small Northern Ontario city. He says he'll still run the restaurant but will cut back on his hours.
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@MrRossT1 Its a easy fix. buy gold, or find a bunch of banks. Lots of other options.
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Being anonymous, not possible in Canada with 6/49. Part of the stipulation is "You must show up to collect your prize." Press conference is optional, yet they must take a picture of you and publish your name. Plus banks only cover/insure deposits of up to $100 000. Anything above....forget it. Someone steals from your account electronically the bank is only obligated to pay you up to $100 000 per account.
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All these poor people wish they could win just ONCE?
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@V0nAnglesmith lol,always said that,very good jokes in someones i know,kkk
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money=enjoy life
how sad
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time traveler
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Monday: One incredibly lucky person
Tuesday: one incredibly DEAD PERSON
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lucky bastard...lol
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@V0nAnglesmith yes
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@mitsubishidiamante
For real, if you win the lottery, first thing you dont tell anyone about ticket. go get an attorney, have him collect the money keeping you anonymous. Then put 1/3 into investments, 1/3 into savings account that has a nice interest rate. Then you spend the rest of your money. never tell anyone you won the lottery, play practical jokes.
V0nAnglesmith 2 months ago 8
he used up all his luck for the rest of his life. probably gonna get ran over by a car soon
TJ57channel 3 weeks ago