61 year old plays the same numbers since 1991 and wins 18 millions

[Timelord2067]

It's the age old debate: New numbers every week, or, the same ones year in, year out in the hopes out of the millions of chances you will strike it big with the winning numbers.

I see in the article that the winner chose to take the $11M one off payment versus the other (tax free) installment payments.  (That's almost as hotly debated, which way do you want your payment??)

[Wexnident]

The dedication of this man is insane. There should have been quite a lof of "what ifs" in his mind every time he tried to play the same lot, and seeing as he committed to it till he won shows how much he ignores said what ifs. I myself would never make it ngl, I'm pretty indecisive myself after all.

I've read that this is the 'secret' for winning the lotto. Betting the same number over and over again until you get lucky and hit the jackpot.

That's the secret though. Luck lmao.

I see in the article that the winner chose to take the $11M one off payment versus the other (tax free) installment payments.  (That's almost as hotly debated, which way do you want your payment??)

Go for the one-off payment then use that to make your grand kids play the lottery with the same strat (Kidding though, invest in Bitcoin, that could never go wrong).

[smyslov]

It's the age old debate: New numbers every week, or, the same ones year in, year out in the hopes out of the millions of chances you will strike it big with the winning numbers.

I see in the article that the winner chose to take the $11M one off payment versus the other (tax free) installment payments.  (That's almost as hotly debated, which way do you want your payment??)

If the winner is young he can choose to get paid on an installment basis so he can manage the funds in the long term but if the winner is already in his 60 the right decision is to receive it lumpsum so he can do whatever he wants to do on the remaining years left for him and besides he is already mature and can handle huge money responsibly.

[Timelord2067]

It'd be interesting to see if there had been any studies on the ration of age to pay out - the younger, the more likely to receive installments, or, the older, taking a one off payment and heading for the Bahama's for some sex and drugs and rock and roll...

Then again, if you were younger and could take a massive cash-out, then invest heavily in high paying ways, the long term payouts might be worth it compared to the tax hit you'd have to take.

[swogerino]

On one of those things that we all wished happened to us, a 61 year old man that has been playing the same numbers for 30 years finally won the lottery and won 18.41 million dollars, he explains that each time he placed the bet he thought about changing the numbers but he decided against doing so each time, there is no explanation of where the numbers come from but I suppose they must mean something, otherwise it would be difficult to believe he could keep playing the same numbers over and over again.

Would you be able to do it? Playing the same numbers over and over again like this? Because I know that I will not have the patience to do this during 30 years.


https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/michigan/2021/08/25/michigan-lottery-man-who-played-same-numbers-since-1991-wins-18m-jackpot/

Well done for his patience and perseverance.I am pretty sure I could not do it,I played a few months in Freebitco.in lottery tickets every week bought a lot of them but did not won anything and I was upset and quit.This guy had the patience and perseverance to play the same number for 30 years and this is something not many people can do so big congrats to him.

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

Would you be able to do it? Playing the same numbers over and over again like this? Because I know that I will not have the patience to do this during 30 years.

winning 18 m for 30 year waiting and repeating the same thing. he must really believe in that number. for me I don't really like lottery and maybe I won't be able to be consistent like him. and for his dedication to waiting 30 years to get it all he deserves that prize.

[boltz]

Someone knew how to never give up it seems. Also he was so dedicated to those numbers for so many years and in the end it payed back but I'm sure there are lots and lots of people who are betting the same numbers for more than 20 years so it's still luck. Now , I hope he will retire in peace and live his life without playing the lottery again.

[Peanutswar]

This kind of holding the number is just common because sometimes when you didn't take a hold on that number that time is the one who show up to the roll of the lottery this is the reason why take care of their numbers. This man is so lucky to imagine he hold that number for a long time but i guess it took a lot of money and a lot of try before he wins the huge amount of money still the end of the day i  guess still its a profit and now can enjoy retirement.

[acroman08]

damn, awesome perseverance and he deserves it. although choosing the same number over and over again for years or decades is not new it is awesome to see some stick with it for a long time. I am sure we all know that lottery bettors have a "lucky" set of numbers they choose every time they bet. doing this kind of strategy doesn't increase your winning in any way but it is amazing to see someone consistently betting on the same number for over 3 decades. I know for myself that I won't be able to do that.

[LogitechMouse]

In a relationship, loyal people are very hard to find.
In gambling, gamblers who are loyal to their number especially in lottery are very hard to find.

I can't imagine myself doing that thing. Being loyal to a set of numbers for 2 decades is just insane. I'm not betting too much on lotteries or other gambling that has numbers in it but if I'm betting then I will not pick on a specific set of numbers and will be loyal to it for a long period of time. Its always be a random set for me. Anyway, congrats to the 61 year old man who won that huge amount .

[lienfaye]

Would you be able to do it? Playing the same numbers over and over again like this? Because I know that I will not have the patience to do this during 30 years.

I know few people who have the same numbers when playing lotto, its a combination of the special dates of their loved ones (e.g birthdays, anniversary etc.) unfortunately they're not lucky yet to win in lottery. Well for me I prefer random numbers, sometimes I chose the numbers I saw in my dream though it sounds weird.

I see in the article that the winner chose to take the $11M one off payment versus the other (tax free) installment payments.  (That's almost as hotly debated, which way do you want your payment??)

Well the idea of annuity payments are not bad to secure the future but I want to enjoy my earnings so I prefer the lump sum prize even the amount was lessen because of the tax (and its quite huge). Given the age of the lottery winner, its a good decision for him to get his prize as one time payment since he is not young plus we'll never know what lies ahead, life is short so enjoy the present.

[Tumanggor]

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Would you be able to do it? Playing the same numbers over and over again like this? Because I know that I will not have the patience to do this during 30 years.

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/michigan/2021/08/25/michigan-lottery-man-who-played-same-numbers-since-1991-wins-18m-jackpot/

great success story
Playing the same lottery numbers over and over for decades is really amazing

every time I install the lottery I always use a new number. I find it very difficult to stick to lottery numbers and put them up for years
The winner proves that having a strong belief, in the end, will give extraordinary results

[Jackl87]

On one of those things that we all wished happened to us, a 61 year old man that has been playing the same numbers for 30 years finally won the lottery and won 18.41 million dollars, he explains that each time he placed the bet he thought about changing the numbers but he decided against doing so each time, there is no explanation of where the numbers come from but I suppose they must mean something, otherwise it would be difficult to believe he could keep playing the same numbers over and over again.

Would you be able to do it? Playing the same numbers over and over again like this? Because I know that I will not have the patience to do this during 30 years.

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/michigan/2021/08/25/michigan-lottery-man-who-played-same-numbers-since-1991-wins-18m-jackpot/

I really like this story and i think it is cool that he sticked to his favorite numbers for such a long time and that he was rewarded for that finally, even though i am pretty sure that he would have wished to win the lottery while he was still young. He is still not that old though and has still plenty of time to spend that 18 Million $ and maybe it is even better for him that he did not win this huge amount of money when he was still a young man because he probably would have spent all of it already by now for fast cars and jewelry. I have not played lottery for a long time but back then when i did i always picked different numbers. I don't really think that it your chances are changing whether or not you are playing with the same numbers all the time or stay with the same ones.

[qwertyup23]

Would you be able to do it? Playing the same numbers over and over again like this? Because I know that I will not have the patience to do this during 30 years.


https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/michigan/2021/08/25/michigan-lottery-man-who-played-same-numbers-since-1991-wins-18m-jackpot/

Initially, I would not have done this as I would be tempted to at least change the combination of my betting numbers maybe like every after week? But this story that you shared is a living testament that sticking to only just one set of numbers can definitely win you the lottery.

Is there someone good at math that can solve the percentage of winning the lottery of paying 30 years worth of lottery tickets? I am so curious as to how the numbers are but regardless, I wish but nothing but the best to the guy who won! At least, he's already 61 so he could enjoy his retirement before the mandatory 65-year old retirement age.

[Timelord2067]

Thirty years times fifty games (assuming a couple of times a year any player missed putting a coupon into a draw).

1500 games played versus a lottery that has a one in a million chance of winning (could be one in fifty million chance depending on how many balls in a game)

Although the game numbers were played fifteen-hundred times, it's still a (one in a million/one in fifty million) chance that your numbers come up.

[Kittygalore]

damn, awesome perseverance and he deserves it. although choosing the same number over and over again for years or decades is not new it is awesome to see some stick with it for a long time. I am sure we all know that lottery bettors have a "lucky" set of numbers they choose every time they bet. doing this kind of strategy doesn't increase your winning in any way but it is amazing to see someone consistently betting on the same number for over 3 decades. I know for myself that I won't be able to do that.

Yeah he does but if someone does the math, I think the money that he have used for lottery could've been much better invested in something because at the current rate of inflation, that man could've made him a millionaire in a safer way since investments go up overtime. To be honest, this isn't close to being replicated but we don't know that, we just believed in the odds that was given us, it's not like the 1 in 1 in 1,000,000 odds is placed at the last place right?

[Fesatmas]

My grandfather is like that and he passed that behavior to my parents everytime they are betting on the lottery.

Nothing wrong with the habit and no effect on RNG. It's just that, that routine is good for others as their own way of attracting luck by sticking and being loyal to their picks as they believed their efforts will soon be rewarded.

That also applied to other picking number games.

I'm not really a fan of betting on a lottery but I do know people around me that used to bet on the same numbers that they inherited from their parents or they simply called "a well-care lottery number" of them. Well,I do believe that there's nothing wrong by doing such thing but I do only concern about how long would they wait to have a chance to win such huge price from lottery. I mean does the money that they could win in future could cover up their daily bet spent on lottery what exactly I mean is that if we would sum up the long time or the number of days multiplied by their daily bet on lottery does their lotto winning money is enough to covered the long time daily spending of a lottery bettors?

Honestly, the lottery habit is still running in my place which is dominated by elderly parents, while young people nowadays bet more at online casinos. And the most unique thing is that the grandparents created their own casino community. I will illustrate how they designed the casino.

Example: 10 parents collect money for a whole month each have to deposit $1 per day, so every month they collect 10 x $30 = $300.

And it should be noted that their casino still uses the conventional system, namely by taking the numbers that have been provided in large bottles at random and the number that comes out is the winner.
The funny thing is, when one parent wins, he will treat all his friends who bet and celebrate the victory.

[panjul07]

Image taken from the linked news in the OP.
Lets do simple math for this lottery winning based on what the old man spend for the lottery ticket ($36).
36*365*30= $394,200 total amount if the old man spent the same amount every single day in 30 years.
Amount he won is $11m so he is in a great profit, but the question is "did he spend $36 only every day during 30 years?"
We do not know the actual fact, but hopefully it is worth his time and money he spent during 30 years waiting and trying.

[Davidvictorson]

On one of those things that we all wished happened to us, a 61 year old man that has been playing the same numbers for 30 years finally won the lottery and won 18.41 million dollars, he explains that each time he placed the bet he thought about changing the numbers but he decided against doing so each time, there is no explanation of where the numbers come from but I suppose they must mean something, otherwise it would be difficult to believe he could keep playing the same numbers over and over again.

Would you be able to do it? Playing the same numbers over and over again like this? Because I know that I will not have the patience to do this during 30 years.

This kind of patience and resilience can mostly be found in boomers. They are wired hardcore. I'd respectfully say that he was "insane". Because according to Albert Einstien,"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results". Lol. Congratulations to him.

[Saint-loup]

On one of those things that we all wished happened to us, a 61 year old man that has been playing the same numbers for 30 years finally won the lottery and won 18.41 million dollars, he explains that each time he placed the bet he thought about changing the numbers but he decided against doing so each time, there is no explanation of where the numbers come from but I suppose they must mean something, otherwise it would be difficult to believe he could keep playing the same numbers over and over again.

Would you be able to do it? Playing the same numbers over and over again like this? Because I know that I will not have the patience to do this during 30 years.

This kind of patience and resilience can mostly be found in boomers. They are wired hardcore. I'd respectfully say that he was "insane". Because according to Albert Einstien,"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results". Lol. Congratulations to him.

Obviously he is not insane because he has been able to prove that Albert Einstein was wrong... I don't know if Einstein had really said that and if he was really thinking that way but he should be very bad at gambling if he was betting like that. Because in gambling, it's the opposite : insanity is betting on the same outcome over and over again and expecting same results.