One was a QP and the other was manually entered. That's so awesome. I don't know if those numbers were special dates or they just did it just to be brave. Someone in NC said they had been playing family numbers for years and had 29-30 in the combination. Usually people who do consecutives, the numbers mean something to them which makes it so much easier to play consecutives. Not to mention playing a double consecutive so I'm leaning towards those numbers meant something to the winner but if it was truly random then it would be even more inspiring that they just went for it and ended up winning.

It is also interesting that someone else just went to a random retailer, requested a QP and got someone's manual entry. The QPer hasn't claimed yet but the manual enterer collected right away which makes perfect sense. If you select your own numbers you are checking that draw right away. And if you get a QP and see 17-18-20-29-30 you might be thinking that's not gonna play so you toss the ticket somewhere in no rush to check it. Imagine their delight when they do realise they won with that QP. Congrats to them both.