Professor of Mathematics, specializing in statistics, four won millions in a lottery Bashny.Net

Perhaps the luckiest woman in mire



They say that higher education often does not pay off, but the 63-year-old Joan R. Ginther from Texas won the lottery four times and received as a prize a few tens of millions of dollars in total.



First she won $ 5, 4 billion, ten years later - still 2 million in three years - still 3 million, while a year later the jackpot of $ 10 million, with the chances of that were one to 18 septillionam .

Mrs. Ginther - a former math professor with a Ph.D. from Stanford University, specializing in the field of statistics. There are several hypotheses about how she managed to make it a statistical miracle, many believe that it has identified an algorithm that determines whether or not the winner in each start scratch tickets. And although Mrs. Ginther won the lottery in Texas, she preferred to enjoy life in Las Vegas.

via factroom.ru