Thursday, July 15, 2010

4-Time Texas Lotto Winner Joan Ginther Rich with Money, Mystery

Sun Bae, owner of the Times Market, where lottery winner Joan Ginther bought the winning scratch-off ticketimage: Sun Bae stands next to lottery tickets at her store in Bishop, Texas, on July 9. Bishop native Joan Ginther, who won four Texas Lottery jackpots for a combined $21 million, bought some at Bae's store.

The odds that Joan Ginther would hit four Texas Lottery jackpots for a combined nearly $21 million are astronomical. Mathematicians say the chances are as slim as 1 in 18 septillion -- that's 18 and 24 zeros.

Just as unlikely? Getting to know one of the luckiest women in the world.

"She wants her privacy," friend Cris Carmona said.

On a $50 scratch-off ticket bought in this rural farming community, Ginther won $10 million last month in her biggest windfall yet. But it was the fourth winning ticket in Texas for the 63-year-old former college professor since 1993, when Ginther split an $11 million jackpot and became the most famous native in Bishop history. ...

Ginther has never spoken publicly about her lotto winnings and could not be found for comment. She now lives in Las Vegas after moving away from Bishop, and an answering machine message for a telephone number listed at her address says not to leave a message.

She asked the few people who've exchanged more than brief pleasantries with her not to grant interviews and sneaked into lottery headquarters in Austin to collect her winnings with the least publicity the state offers jackpot winners. ...

via 4-Time Texas Lotto Winner Joan Ginther Rich with Money, Mystery.

Quantum strangeness, I'm telling you... the small rules the large. It's all a trick of the mind. ;-)

1 comment:

Jay said...

Joan is inspiring but she isnt the only proffessor to win the lotto