4-time Texas lotto winner rich with money, mystery

Comment #28

bashley572 — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:10:39 GMT

When new tickets come out, they condense the winners - another tactic to sway the public opinion - regardless, in the first 2 weeks or so of any

dr65, I find this to be true for NY tickets also. When a new ticket comes out you read/hear about a jackpot winner on it very quickly. Funny thing is the tried and true ones in NY that have been around for a while keep paying the $20-$100 consistently.

Comment #27

eddessaknight — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:27:25 GMT

Good question, maybe the long line of old students are just now drawing lots

Note Bene:

Outside of unconfimed newspaper reports there is no insider Las Vegas verification that the math Professor is actually here anymore then the enigmatic winning Woba Sisters who were rumored (newspaper) to be holding up in Vegas.

Just never can tell.....

Fortes forrtuna juvat (Fortune favors the brave)

EddessaKnight

Comment #26

Winlotta — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 02:27:08 GMT

Do you think many of her students have tried contacting her after the stories broke

Comment #25

dr65 — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:24:41 GMT

dk, I've pretty much tried them all and have found that the $1 tickets (purchased in blocks of 20) are better sometimes than the big priced tickets.

$25 tickets in PA - usually win the $25 right back....of course, there's always the chance of winning nothing right back.

$10 tickets in PA - usually produce $20....wow...sometimes, they give $100 which is okay.

$5 tickets in PA - usually win $5 A LOT or nothing or will cough up 5 times the ticket price. Sometimes, some $5 releases do much... [ More ]

Comment #24

dk1421 — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:02:33 GMT

I've tried the $10 a few times and twice the $20. Lost all of them. I win more with the $1 scratch-off than any other kind

Comment #23

maringoman — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:47:19 GMT

That everything is big in Texas is very true. $50 scratch ticket?? losing that all at once would HURT. Heck I'm so cheap, I wont even buy $10 scratchers. I know, I'm pathetic

Comment #22

eddessaknight — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:10:35 GMT

With jackpot wins, it really doesn't matter how much you spent in order to win it, because you're always going to come out ahead. With smaller wins, it is pretty easy to conceal losses ~T

Todd, this statement adds up is most logical -

However, it still remains virtually impossibile, to pick the appropriate winning jackpot numbers with conventional math or rational means.

Bon Chance,

EddessaKnight

Comment #21

fwlawrence — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:43:47 GMT

They have been out for a while. I bought two a couple of years ago.

Comment #20

dr65 — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:11:16 GMT

I do not think it's very unusual. If she won these amounts in a space of 3 years instead of 17, then I might be very skeptical. Maybe she buys a lot

of tickets...she can afford it sure enough. The years stated were 2006, 2008 and now last month (2010) not bad and not impossible. Only 2

tickets were purchased at the Times Market...the other in 2006 somewhere else and 1993 was not an instant ticket.

I could do that and in fact, think I'm going out right now to try.

Just kidding.

Doe... [ More ]

Comment #19

Todd — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:33:53 GMT

OK, got it. I'm not sure I believe that stuff 100%. With jackpot wins, it really doesn't matter how much you spent in order to win it, because you're always going to come out ahead. With smaller wins, it is pretty easy to conceal losses.

Comment #18

savagegoose — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:01:20 GMT

i bet she aint the type to buy $5 of scratch offs once a week

Comment #17

eddessaknight — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:12:40 GMT

Good Morning Todd,

Re: Woba Sisters - their pick 3 magic numbers- Las Vegas connection

To refresh memory Check out LP archives

https://www.lotterypost.com/topic/172006

Keep up the good work,

EddessaKnight

Comment #16

HaveABall — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:48:02 GMT

Congratulations, Joan Ginther, on your $20.5 Million in pre-taxed lottery winnings over this past 17 years!!! Texas has been a great place for you to have won (since they have no state taxes) ... therefore, you only had to pay the apx. 35% taxes on those monies before your TRUE takeaway. You've become an inspiration to many lottery players!

Joan, I bet it's great to know that it won't matter to you and your dad if you never play a lottery game or work for income again! What a freeing, enthral... [ More ]

Comment #15

four4me — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:50:16 GMT

https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/149621

Comment #14

Todd — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:43:59 GMT

Sisters Woba? Not sure I remember what that is.

Comment #13

eddessaknight — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:40:32 GMT

Thanks Todd, it's very KEWEL $$$

Hope you continue to follow this fascinating story and see what she does in LV (if Vegas is not a cover story).

Kindly keep us posted.....

And Todd did you ever get any follow up on the mysterious Sisters Woba????

Never could come up with a scrap on them in LV-

See what happens in the Land of Ozz

EddessaKnight

Comment #12

Todd — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:12:26 GMT

Wanna see something pretty cool?

I posted a news story back in 2006 about this same lady when she was just 2 jackpots into her 4-jackpot run:

https://www.lotterypost.com/news/132099

Comment #11

Todd — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:10:03 GMT

I posted the news story so you could find out about Joan and her 4 jackpots.

Comment #10

eddessaknight — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:14:12 GMT

BEYOND COINCIDENCE ???

Usually people who move to Las Vegas do so for a purpose, such as a job,retirement or with an agenda of beating the odds!

Could it be that our Professor of mathematics PhD has such a goal?

Vegas is not like Texas, where the public lottery permits repeating winners even if the player had a halo around her head Here, the gambling establishments are in privetly owned status can and have barred players for winning too often and can do so without giving reason - that's... [ More ]

Comment #9

victorl3ichiban — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:44:05 GMT

she is just winning the scratcher. is not like she is hitting the jackpot. still i wish i was in her shoes. i have never win anything big on scratcher.

Comment #8

ThatScaryChick — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:36:59 GMT

Well, three of the tickets were scratch offs so no chance of her picking her own numbers, but who knows on the other lottery ticket.

Comment #7

ressuccess — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:03:33 GMT

I didn't know that Joan won 4 jackpots.

Comment #6

Halle99 — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:53:34 GMT

I do agree with you.........thats truly luck.....congrats.........

Comment #5

louise black — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:33:57 GMT

Pure luck!!!! CONGRAT

Comment #4

Stack47 — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:14:50 GMT

Wonder if she picked her own lotto numbers or bought QPs

Comment #3

pumpi76 — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:05:09 GMT

Mathematicians say the chances are as slim as 1 in 18 septillion that's 18 followed by 24 zeros.

lol...

The Texas Lottery Commission has seen repeat winners before, but none on the scale of Ginther..

i remember there was a news story here in LP cant remember when, not long ago where all across the USA there were repeat winners of scratchoffs some of them winning 3 times i think others 4 but not substantial prizes....Some of them with funny names...

Comment #2

dpoly1 — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:46:30 GMT

If I ever win big , I will be a mystery also.

Lots of places to live in the USA

Comment #1

luckyshoes — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:32:57 GMT

Zip code for Bishop TX 78343 hey, its worth a try

4-time Texas lotto winner rich with money, mystery

Lottery Post — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:01:41 GMT

The odds that Joan Ginther would hit four Texas Lottery jackpots for a combined nearly $21 million are astronomical. Mathematicians say the chances are as slim as 1 in 18 septillion that's 18 followed by 24 zeros.

Just as unlikely? Getting to know one of the luckiest women in the world.

She wants her privacy, friend Cris Carmona said.

On a $50 scratch-off ticket bought in this rural farming community, Ginther won $10 million last month in her biggest windfall yet. But it was the fourth... [ More ]