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Joan R. Ginther

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American lottery winner

Joan R. Ginther was an American lottery winner. On four occasions between 1993 and 2010 she collected winnings in excess of US$2 million in state lotteries, to a grand total of US$20.4 million.

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Joan Ginther was an American four-time lottery winner. She first won the lottery in 1993, when she won $5.4 million in Lotto Texas (equivalent to about $11.4M in 2023). Her next win came in 2006 when she won $2 million in the Holiday Millionaire scratch-off. Her third win happened in 2008, when she won $3 million from a Millions and Millions ticket. In 2010, she won $10 million, her largest prize, bringing her total winnings to $20.4 million. According to mathematicians asked by the Associated Press, the odds of winning this many times were one in 18 times 10 to the power 24, but this was apparently a miscalculation. All of her winning tickets were purchased in Texas, and two of them were bought from the same convenience store in Bishop, Texas. Prior to her death she lived in Las Vegas, Nevada, and preferred to keep a low profile.

Death

Ginther died on April 12, 2024.

See also

References

  1. "Texas Woman Wins Lottery for uFourth Time". ABC News. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  2. Nathaniel Rich (Aug 2011). "The Luckiest Woman on Earth". Harper's.
  3. If for example she bought 4000 lottery tickets over the years and had a chance of winning of one in ten million each time, then the probability of her winning four times would be 4000 × 3999 × 3998 × 3997 4 ! × 0.9999999 3996 10000000 4 ≈ 10 − 15 . {\displaystyle {\frac {4000\times 3999\times 3998\times 3997}{4!}}\times {\frac {0.9999999^{3996}}{10000000^{4}}}\approx 10^{-15}.} Other scenarios might give a higher probability.
  4. "Texan may be world's luckiest lottery winner". NBC News. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  5. "Three-time winner hits lotto jackpot again". mysanantonio.com. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  6. "Obituary".
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