Florida man wins lottery, must visit mom

Mar 17, 2011, 8:36 pm (16 comments)

Florida Lottery

MIAMI, Fla. — When Johan Fourie's mom asked him on Sunday when he was going to come visit her, his answer was as funny as it was seemingly unrealistic.

"When I win the lottery," Fourie said.

Moments later, Fourie checked his Florida Lotto ticket and saw that he had actually won the $4 million jackpot.

"I had no idea I would be calling her back later that day to tell her I was on my way!" he said Wednesday.

For 12 years, the 62-year-old Hollywood man had played the same numbers — 9, 10, 23, 24, 37, 38 — religiously every week. His diligence finally paid off in a big way.

Fourie chose to take the lump sum payment of more than $2.3 million.

Maybe mom will get a really nice dinner with her visit.

MSNBC

Comments

tiggs95's avatartiggs95

Good for sticking with the same number..It happens to a few..

Litebets27's avatarLitebets27

Never try to out smart your mom!!

But, what a reward..

petergrfn

Wow the guy really believed in those numbers....Now use that money to treat mom to a nice dinner maybe take her some flowers.  Sun Smiley

dallascowboyfan's avatardallascowboyfan

Congrats on your win Mr. Johan Fourie...make sure you visit your mother

rdgrnr's avatarrdgrnr

I hope he takes good care of his mother now.

He's got no excuse not to now.

sully16's avatarsully16

Congrats and give your Mom a big hug.

dphillips's avatardphillips

Well, bless his heart.  Isn't this a heart warming story?  Also, it's ironic that he would even make a statement as he did, "when I win the lottery, " and bingo...he wins! I guess there's hope for us all.

butterflykt's avatarbutterflykt

Congratulations to him and his mom!  Hopefully I can be as lucky as him tomorrow night....Washington lotto is currently @ 8.7 M...I've been playing for weeks...my time is now.

HaveABall's avatarHaveABall

Congratulations to Mr. Fourie on the real good win. I wonder, did he claim it as an annuity or the lesser lump-sum payment option?

The article read as if it has been years since his last visit to his mother, and as if their relationship was strained.

No Pity!

freeobama's avatarfreeobama

Congrats to Mr.Fourie, playing the same numbers for 12 years he deserve it. Hopefully my numbers can come up tonight for the Mega Millions jackpot!Banana

Win$500Quick's avatarWin$500Quick

Persistence Pays! Congrats to Mr. Fourie for not giving up.

ressuccess's avatarressuccess

Congratulations to him. I wonder why he has to visit his mom?

JPJohnson

That's awesome that he won with the numbers he always plays. Nice.

rdgrnr's avatarrdgrnr

Quote: Originally posted by ressuccess on Mar 18, 2011

Congratulations to him. I wonder why he has to visit his mom?

Because of her accident.

She fell into an upholstery machine.

But she's all recovered now.

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