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Eastern Time (GMT-5:00) | $133.2 million Powerball lottery winner played same numbers for 30 years Powerball: $133.2 million Powerball lottery winner played same numbers for 30 yearsRating:By Todd Northrop Sometimes persistence does pay off. Colorado's biggest lottery jackpot winner in state history says she has played the same five numbers in the lottery every week, without fail, for the past 30 years. On Wednesday, Grand Junction area resident Judy Finchum claimed a $133.2 million Powerball jackpot, won in the Saturday, Sept. 16 drawing, making her the biggest jackpot winner ever in the state, and only the third Colorado player to win a Powerball jackpot. Judy has played the same set of numbers for 30 years — longer than the Powerball game has been around — and the wait finally paid off, to the tune of $133.2 million. The six winning numbers from the September 16 drawing, 17, 18, 24, 25, and 31, with Powerball number 24, include birthdays of Judy's children and loved ones. She held a short press conference on Tuesday at the Lottery's Grand Junction office surrounded by her husband, Mac, and several family members. When asked whether Judy was retired she said, "As of 6 o'clock on Sunday morning, I am!" The store where she usually buys Powerball tickets from — Lucky Me Super Store — was awarded $50,000 for selling the winning ticket. Judy and her husband have decided to receive the lump-sum cash option of $66 million after taxes instead of the 29-year annuity payout. Judy is planning to retire while her husband is looking to use the money to fix or replace his pickup truck. She and her husband said they've never lived an extravagant lifestyle and have no plans to change that. They want to help people affected by recent hurricanes and fires in the United States, and give back to the local community as well.  (Click to display full-size in gallery)
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Egg Harbor twp.south Jersey shore United States Member #112964 June 29, 2011 4135 Posts Offline | Matrix...Smatrix ! Play your #s even if they are B-day #s WTG on lump sum and retirement. Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds -- Charles Mackay LL.D. | | |
Simpsonville United States Member #163184 January 22, 2015 2380 Posts Offline | Fix your truck??? Get a brand new one unless you are attached to that old one. Really nice story and congratulations. Perseverance paid off handsomely! | | |
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New Jersey United States Member #17842 June 28, 2005 137287 Posts Offline | 
A mind once stretched by a new idea never returns to its original dimensions!
Catch-22: A dilemma or difficult circumstance from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges: When the republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. | | |
United States Member #167652 July 25, 2015 118 Posts Offline | OMG. Her husband looks exactly like my brother-in-law in Texas. Same dower expression, travel mug probably filled with the strongest coffee on the planet, and the "C'mon and git this over with - I got work to do" looking attitude. Of course he'll fix his truck instead of buying a new one! LOL! | | |
PA United States Member #66139 October 16, 2008 1998 Posts Offline | 
The "experts" say that you can't win this way LOL! She has the last laugh! dpoly1 - Playing the lottery to save the jobs of those that build, transport, sell & maintain luxury items! - Eschew Poverty ........... Vote Conservative! | | |
Central TN United States Member #121189 January 4, 2012 4908 Posts Offline | What a great story. Persistent and consistent. Congrats and enjoy !!! 
Integrity: There is just no substitute. | | |
United States Member #180549 March 12, 2017 195 Posts Offline | This is proof that it’s impossible for Birthday numbers to lose. | | |
Marquette, MI United States Member #20540 August 20, 2005 892 Posts Offline | "Sometimes persistence does pay off."
That should read "rarely" instead of "sometimes". I'm sure I'm not the only one on here who can tell stories of numbers being played for decades and not winning anything.
My Fantasy 5 numbers that I have played since the very first draw still have not even paid out over $10 and as of this month it has been over 13 years.
That's about 4750 draws and the odds of winning $100 are somewhere around 3300 to 1.
Anyway, congrats to them at least they won finally. | | |
Maryland United States Member #162429 January 2, 2015 2410 Posts Offline | OMG. Her husband looks exactly like my brother-in-law in Texas. Same dower expression, travel mug probably filled with the strongest coffee on the planet, and the "C'mon and git this over with - I got work to do" looking attitude. Of course he'll fix his truck instead of buying a new one! LOL! Wait a min!!! Are you trying to say you are Related to the winner ??? LOL!!! | | |
Shenandoah Valley United States Member #183458 August 3, 2017 35 Posts Offline | These are exactly the kinds of folks I love to see win big jackpots. The Divine One upstairs has seen fit to bless them, and rightly so. | | |
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mid-Ohio United States Member #9 March 24, 2001 20272 Posts Offline |
The "experts" say that you can't win this way LOL! She has the last laugh! What makes one an "expert" when it comes to playing lotteries?  * you don't need to buy every combination, just the winning ones * 
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California United States Member #180566 March 13, 2017 4479 Posts Offline | Matrix...Smatrix ! Play your #s even if they are B-day #s WTG on lump sum and retirement. im not a pb lover at all and or mm better odds weekly on p4 and p3 but when i DO play it, when really really real high i do only birthdays,partial license plates, partial socials and stuff like that. Congrats to this family. --- Winnings in 2020: $22,000 So,Let's Go NC !!! Time 2 break the bank, baby!!! 0310 0131 0908 1623 2460 2464 2852 3009 3522 3856 4468 6384 4767 4768 6393 7447 7546 7647 7687 7678 8665 8667 6442 0305 0306 1061 1106,1120,1114,1117,1211 1212 1031 1034, 1215,7678 7897, 7898 8768 8486 4764 4774 6747 7077 4774 7447 3533,5592,5593,5910,5925... 7640 7689 7898 8667 8798 9009 9899 9178 9817 9887 | | |
South Carolina United States Member #77165 July 15, 2009 897 Posts Offline | Congratulations--persistence wins again Every champion was once a contender who refused to give up.-Rocky Balboa “Don’t let someone who gave up on their dreams talk you out of going after yours.” – Zig Ziglar | | |
PA United States Member #66139 October 16, 2008 1998 Posts Offline | What makes one an "expert" when it comes to playing lotteries? I've heard them on radio and seen them on TV! They will tell you that you can't win the way that she played! dpoly1 - Playing the lottery to save the jobs of those that build, transport, sell & maintain luxury items! - Eschew Poverty ........... Vote Conservative! | | |
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