Vietnam veteran from fall river, massachusetts, recently won nearly $2 million plus 20 annual payments of $25,000 on six lottery tickets in massachusetts. the veteran chose a carefully concocted combination of birthdays and anniversary dates for the tickets and had been playing the lottery for over 20 years, using the same numbers on each of the six tickets. he picked up his winnings on 15 december.
Veteran followed his intuition to buy six tickets instead of one and had used the same numbers on other lottery tickets, but had drawn a blank. massachusetts residents spend the most per capita on lottery and scratch-off tickets than anywhere else in the us, and the game he played was lucky for life, with the odds of winning the $25,000 per year for life prize being one in 1,813,028.
Veteran followed his intuition to buy six tickets instead of one and had used the same numbers for many years. he planned to use his winnings to buy a motorcycle, and the win was a result of his perseverance and dedication to the lottery. he had used the same numbers on other lottery tickets, but had drawn a blank until his lucky win on 15 december.
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