Canadian man wins $60 million after playing the same numbers for 30 years

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sully16 — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 12:10:56 GMT

Congrats to the lucky guy.

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sweetie7398 — Sat, 31 Aug 2019 19:26:11 GMT

Congrats Persistence paid off

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Bleudog101 — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 15:00:00 GMT

Depends on the state and even then some have different time limits. Recently on MA someone turned in some Mass Cash Tickets right under the 1 year rule.

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winterhug — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 13:51:17 GMT

Wow, Bon Truong was very patient playing his same set of number for 30 years. I see Canada has a different set of rules for how long a person can wait to claim their prize money. Bon Truong waited 10 months. Here in the U.S. I think in most states it is only 6 months, than the ticket expires.

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kao1632 — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 10:28:09 GMT

1,2,3,4,5,6 is as likely to be drawn in the next draw as any other combination of 6 numbers.

the real trick is being the only person with that combination.... :)

This guy was a single winner (I assume.. they didn't say otherwise).. which is a bit of a surprise when all numbers are in the range 1-31 (days of the month).. these are more likely to be picked (so many people do pick birthdays.... which means numbers over 31 are picked by punters les often.

Oh.. Years ago, someone f... [ More ]

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noise-gate — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 20:46:55 GMT

Bon says l realized it's going to change a lot of things ...and prepared for some changes.

To remain anonymous, Bon should change his last name from Truong to Voyage.

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music* — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 20:34:17 GMT

Congratulations to Bon Truong and his family!

It does not appear that he is getting financial advice.

Going back to work could be a secret of staying sane after a major win.

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Stack47 — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 19:55:11 GMT

It just goes to show that any type of playing strategy can win a jackpot regardless how long it takes. Even 1-2-3-4-5-6 will eventually be drawn somewhere and maybe in several places, but the real trick is knowing when .

Birthday numbers never change and logically an easy to remember self pick. IMO, the difference between them and QPs if you forget to play, you'll never know if the QP you didn't purchase was drawn.

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Cassie8620 — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 19:10:38 GMT

Alot of folks i know do not play same. i m not gettin' that. i sure would.

Personally with lottery games, i rarely switch numbers, as with p4

(When i win in this game thousands in 1 draw,(multiple times a year) i win the p4... So i keep usually the same combinations from multi-play of same pick 4 love it!)

if i ever play and it's quite sporadic, bigger games, as dad think its rigged as my mother think at times the same ,saying because, that only 1 or 2 people in U.S.A. win at each... [ More ]

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jjtheprince14 — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 18:59:33 GMT

That guy was just incredibly lucky. With some games, you could technically play the same numbers every time for 1,000,000 years or more before you'd get a hitter.

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Millionaireclub — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 18:18:46 GMT

Thats how many people win, they play the same number over and over for years.

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dpoly1 — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 16:26:46 GMT

Nice Win Sir

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jjtheprince14 — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:50:40 GMT

Nice! Same numbers for 30 years, this is one of those rare instances where it wasn't way too easy for him to win

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greenemill — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:36:05 GMT

That s what I like to hear about. What patience he had and it paid off.

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Bleudog101 — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:12:57 GMT

WTG Bon!

Imagine his patience playing the same #'s for 30 years since immigrating to Canada from Vietnam. Perseverance paid off for him big time and TAX FREE to boot.

He sure is healthy to return to his landscaping job--didn't specify that he was the owner. Now he can start his own company if he so desires.

Congratulations once again

Canadian man wins $60 million after playing the same numbers for 30 years

Lottery Post — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 12:30:46 GMT

Includes video report

He waited nearly 10 months to claim his lottery winnings because, he said, he felt so overwhelmed by the size of his luck.

Bon Truong, of Edmonton, Canada, had been playing the same lottery numbers for decades by the time he netted $60 million last fall, CTV News reported. He woke up the day after the Oct. 26 Lotto Max draw and saw that his ticket had won the jackpot, the Western Canada Lottery Corporation said in a statement.

Then Truong paused. He went to a local... [ More ]