Hollywood stuntman in Harry Potter film celebrates magic $10.5M lottery win

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s5thomps — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:00:52 GMT

It's a good thing she did not forget to play her numbers, It would have been a tragedy if she forgot to play her numbers only to have them come up.

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myturn — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:49:08 GMT

Like many other ordinary people Miss Surtees, a divorced mother-of-five, was feeling the pinch and worrying how she was going to pay her 163 phone bill when the numbers she has faithfully been using for 14 years to play the National Lottery finally came up. She checked the results on Thursday morning on Teletext as she tried to get her youngest children ready for school.

I found this very funny when I read it in the UK Daily Mail. It's nice to know she is like many other ordinary people... [ More ]

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petergrfn — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:40:14 GMT

Lucky guy! Congrats!!!! This is someone I wouldn't wonder why he wanted to keep his job after a big lotto win.

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justxploring — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:04:10 GMT

Yes, Scary. I win small prizes like $10 and I've gotten 4 out of 5 a few times this year (average prize is $100) so I'm even for 2008 with those combinations, but I'm still way behind overall.

I just checked one set of numbers (family birthdays) and I got 3 numbers 7 times in 2008 and 4 numbers 2 times. Total won in 2008 $358 so far, but keep in mind I play it everyday.

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ThatScaryChick — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:03:06 GMT

Yeah I think he did post a story. I guess it doesn't matter in the end, you either have the right numbers or not, but sometimes I think maybe I should stick with a certain set and play those each drawing. I've seen your posts where you have done pretty good with your numbers that you play. Don't you play the same lines each drawing for Fantasy 5

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justxploring — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:22:20 GMT

Wow is right! I've been playing the same numbers since 1994 too. That was the year I moved to Florida. Glad I read this story.

However, I don't think it makes any difference, Scary. Didn't Todd post a story about a man who played the same numbers all the time, but he made a mistake and marked his card incorrectly and won? It hasn't happened with the big jackpot games, but I've been 1 number off so many times with Fantasy 5 it makes me want to scream! (and I often do! LOL... [ More ]

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ThatScaryChick — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:53:11 GMT

Surtees revealed that she has been playing the Lotto since it startedin 1994 and always uses the same numbers which are based on familybirthdays and lucky numbers.

Wow, she has been playing those numbers for a long time. It makes me think I should play a certain line or two and stick with those same numbers, maybe I would have better luck

Hollywood stuntman in Harry Potter film celebrates magic $10.5M lottery win

Lottery Post — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:10:04 GMT

A stuntman who has rubbed shoulders with some of Hollywood's leading stars was celebrating today after scooping a 7 million (US$10.5 million) lottery windfall.

Mark Lisbon, 42, who has performed stunts in films such as Tomb Raider, Batman Returns and In The Name Of The Father, has his partner Jane Surtees to thank after she picked the winning numbers in last Wednesday's U.K. Lotto rollover jackpot.

Lisbon, who doubled for Gary Oldman as Sirius Black in the film Harry Potter And The Prisone... [ More ]