Joan R. Ginther

Joan R. Ginther is 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 is 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 $10.9M in 2022). 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 yet, bringing her total winnings to $20.4 million.[1] 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,[2] but this is apparently a miscalculation.[3] All of her winning tickets were purchased in Texas, and two of them were bought from the same convenience store in Bishop, Texas.[4] She currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada, and prefers to keep a low profile.[5]

See also

Lotteries in the United States

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 Other scenarios might give a higher probability.
  4. "Texan may be world's luckiest lottery winner". nbcnews.com. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  5. "Three-time winner hits lotto jackpot again". mysanantonio.com. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2018.


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