Florida man wins multimillion lottery jackpot for 2nd time

Comment #71

jamella724 — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 09:31:16 GMT

At his age, I am not sure if it is a smart choice to choose annual payments for 30 years. I am just wondering if unfortunate things happen to him who can claim the remaining prize? Are his children allowed to claim his prize

Comment #70

sflottolover — Sat, 09 Nov 2013 22:00:48 GMT

I think God trustes on this old man would like to donate,...ha, ha, ha

Comment #69

larry3100 — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 23:11:36 GMT

To win the Powerball lottery, you take the pie number 1.77245385091 and divide by the sum total of 175 million and multiply by[sqrt(2)] and buy one Powerball ticket with your numbers. You should win, but only by pure luck.

Comment #68

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Comment #67

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Comment #66

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Comment #65

rdgrnr — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 02:01:51 GMT

Yes, I know.

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Comment #64

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Comment #63

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Comment #62

TNPATL — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 21:34:36 GMT

WOW second time winning. Congrats to him.

Comment #61

faber98 — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 21:55:09 GMT

they may not sneer at them, but they don't play them either. amazing at the number of people who won't play unless it's 100m+. they limit themselves to about 12 drawings a year, and most have less than 12 years to live. you should play something every day or you will run out of chances.

Comment #60

faber98 — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 21:50:31 GMT

it's jibber jabber. he's an appalachian comedian want-to-be. if you want to know how to make moonshine, contact the ridge .

Comment #59

BuyLow — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 18:23:09 GMT

I sneer at no amount, they are all welcomed and I am grateful for them. A couple more zeros is obviously better lol.....

Comment #58

RJOh — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 18:05:54 GMT

No all state games have jackpot of paltry amounts. Ohio's Classic Lotto(6/49) has a $50.6M jackpot and its Rolling Cash5(5/39) game rolled to $598K last night. I'm certainly not one of those LP members who sneering at those amounts.

Comment #57

helpmewin — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 15:24:47 GMT

yes your right ticket sales has a big play in it, either one will be good

Comment #56

helpmewin — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 15:21:01 GMT

WOW you sure know your stuff rdgrnr

Comment #55

faber98 — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 15:15:50 GMT

after winning the first one, why stop ? certainly he can afford to play every state lottery drawing and those nasty big ones too. it paid off for him. no reason to stop playing just because you won once. no such thing as the law of averages meaning if you win once you can't win twice or more.

Comment #54

faber98 — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 15:10:33 GMT

no, he shouldn't. he won easier to hit state lottery for a paltry 10m and 3m. 90% of the people on here sneer at state lotteries because they want to play the big ones that they can never hit. nothing wrong with winning under 10m. no one can handle the problems with winning massive amounts of money that you are all chasing.

Comment #53

helpmewin — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 15:09:35 GMT

he's 67-year-old maybe he plays the lottery just for a hobby what else does he have to do.

Comment #52

RJOh — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 14:36:09 GMT

I suspect if he is using a system to pick his numbers, it's dynamic and the variable he used can't be discovered by looking at the results, it could be something as simple as the numbers in the previous drawing.

What ever he was doing, he didn't mind doing it for another year before getting another jackpot winner. Even a winning system takes time to score big.

Comment #51

rdgrnr — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 14:17:28 GMT

The self pick numbers he won with are below, anyone see any patterns??

Ah, you knew I just couldn't resist a challenge like that, didn't you?

Well, I think this is as close to his formula as we'll be able to get based on my calculations.

I may, however, be off a degree or two on the ramaframastan quotient:

First off, his picks have a pair of numbers, eg 10 and 48. Ciclometrica The distance between the two is given by their difference, ie 86-70 = 16. If we denote the two... [ More ]

Comment #50

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Comment #49

BuyLow — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 11:09:16 GMT

7-11 is ok, but Publix supermarkets are the hands down winner of selling winning tickets. I'm guessing only because so many people buy there tickets there.

Comment #48

helpmewin — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 04:26:55 GMT

Thanks BuyLow

i'm gonna make 7-11 my favorite store when i'm in florida sounds like a Lucky store to buy tickets

Comment #47

BuyLow — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 04:16:12 GMT

The self pick numbers he won with are below, anyone see any patterns??

8/31/13 -- 10, 11, 12, 17, 28, 46

6/16/12 -- 5, 7, 15, 30, 46, 48

Comment #46

larry3100 — Sun, 03 Nov 2013 23:26:33 GMT

There's no such thing as lucky lottery numbers! Just pure luck, that's all.

Comment #45

Jon D — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 23:32:28 GMT

Yeah, we only sometimes hear about the ones that win a few million and think they can party like Kim Kardashian in Paris and Dubai, buying mansions and Lambos and went broke in a few years.

The smart ones keep it real, stay grounded. Seems like James B. has it under control.

Hope he wins a 3rd JP with his 3rd set of numbers, that would really be something

Comment #44

Stack47 — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 22:34:35 GMT

That's not life changing but mainly privides security for himself and his loved ones.

I never saw where winning a life changing jackpot means a person must change their lifestyle. It's obvious Mr. Bozeman enjoyed playing the Lotto game; where is it written he must quit because he won a jackpot.

There is nothing wrong with the I would quit opinions either, but there is a big difference because Bozeman is speaking from a real experience.

Comment #43

Stack47 — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 22:22:50 GMT

A sampling of lottery players would include mostly losers who don't think like winners.

I read where 99.999996% of all PB and MM players will never win a jackpot, but I guess that doesn't mean much to some of our new wana-be-expert LP members. Unless someone was stalking a jackpot winner, nobody would know if they continued to play or not. So basically we have opinions from members who never won a jackpot saying they won't play again if they win.

Comment #42

haymaker — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 16:19:51 GMT

Jon D, yeah I drop almost a G a year now so w/ a base JP I would still play at the same level.

Comment #41

Jon D — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 16:12:18 GMT

Yeah, it depends on the amount.

If he won $10M previously, he probably got a few million cash after taxes. That's not life changing but mainly privides security for himself and his loved ones.

Sounds like he didn't change his lifestyle much, which is smart with that amount. He continued to play the lottery as usual. After all, what's a few hundred a year for lotto fun when you're set for life?

And as for the annuity on this $3M win, just because of his age, it's most likely not just for... [ More ]

Comment #40

haymaker — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 16:00:18 GMT

I would continue to play, but w/ Gloria level money as you put it LOL, I would quit.

Come to think of it w/ that kind of cash you'd be too busy managing it to be playing.

Comment #39

RJOh — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 15:18:01 GMT

It's hard to get statistics on just jackpot winners since there are so few of them compared with the total number of people playing the lotteries. A sampling of lottery players would include mostly losers who don't think like winners.

Comment #38

helpmewin — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 11:41:26 GMT

Congrats Mr, James Bozeman Jr. Spend Wisely

Comment #37

Stack47 — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 02:02:47 GMT

I asked the relevance of stop playing when the story is about a player who won the lotto twice. It's no big deal to me if you and your five neighbors can't understand the story isn't about you or them.

Comment #36

ohiopick3 — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 01:07:09 GMT

Nice, Mr. B. keep it rolling! Have some fun

Comment #35

Artist77 — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 00:59:04 GMT

I always said I would quit if I won millions but now, after getting into the gaming/guessing part of it (and if I won less than Gloria level money), I might be tempted to see if I could do it again. Just from a game perspective. There is always that challenge dangling there and I find it hard to resist a challenge. It is kind of like when people wonder (in other areas) if you are just a one hit wonder....and you want to prove them wrong...that is was not just a fluke.

But if I won a second ti... [ More ]

Comment #34

RedStang — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 00:38:04 GMT

Yes BKStacker, i have real statistics. All 5 of my neighbors said one and done, win and sin. No more lotto for them. Would it make it better if i put some people.

Comment #33

Stack47 — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 20:58:57 GMT

I'm surprised you're actually debating player age, time factor and quantity of wins with people who buy an occasional QP and want to discuss which state will hit the jackpot .

Comment #32

Stack47 — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 20:42:51 GMT

Most people would quit the first time they won

Do you have any real statistics to back that up or are you just making a wild guess?

Maybe you can explain the relevance of your opinion when the rest of us know for a fact that Bozeman didn't quit after his first big win.

Comment #31

1977 — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 19:09:09 GMT

Well he won on June 16,2012 with his self pick numbers and Aug.31,2013--with his self pick numbers----15 months apart---------mmmmmmm!!!! Happy for him....BUT I don't think I would play after the first $10million

Comment #30

RedStang — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 17:00:34 GMT

Most people would quit the first time they won, but it seems like this guy just likes to play lotto. Curious to know how many sets of numbers he plays everytime.

Comment #29

jjtheprince — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 14:17:07 GMT

He should buy MM tickets for tonight and PB tickets for tomorrow night. If he did, I bet he would win both drawings.

Comment #28

schmuckatelly — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 13:34:20 GMT

He took the cash option last year for $7,242,678.

Comment #27

Jon D — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 13:21:33 GMT

Aha! An admission! So your goal is to ruffle people's feathers and to be argumentative for argument's sake? I believe that. I get that about you LottoMetro, and see your snarky responses to other LP members all over the place.

As for the issue of winning, quantity is what matters. Time played is another measue of quantity on a different scale. The statistical results play out either way. Take your average person age 25 and the average person age 65, and see who has the most lifetime expenditu... [ More ]

Comment #26

sully16 — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 12:49:59 GMT

Awesome story, Congrats to Mr. Bozeman.

Comment #25

LottoMetro — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 12:42:45 GMT

JonD you crack me up, so easy to ruffle your feathers.

Your original statement was worded as if time has anything to do with jackpot wins. It does not. The lottery has no memory of how much any player has spent or how long they have been playing. The problem with your assumption that old people have been playing longer is just that. It is an assumption. Not all old people have been playing for extended times. I know some middle aged people who have been playing longer than my grandmother and

Comment #24

Jon D — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 09:54:48 GMT

Of course the balls don't care how long someone's been playing, don't be stupid.

Each draw is independent, and nobody is ever due for a win, that's the fallacy of the maturity of chances. But old people have been playing longer, so their total lifetime expenditure is greater. And if you analyze past results, and look at total lifetime expenditure as it increases from $1, $100, $1000, $100,000 and compare that to the number of jackpots won, do you think it will be increasing, decreasing, or s... [ More ]

Comment #23

s5thomps — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 07:31:21 GMT

Congrats to Mr. Bozeman. Winning the lottery one is usually a once in a lifetime event. But to win it twice (although not unheard of is a extremely rare event) I would be happy to win it just once but it if it happened to me this would be my theme song....

World Series attiude, champagne bottle life, Nothing every changes so tonight is like tommorrow night. I will a model wife, Your b-tch is as hot as ice, Every time you see me I look like I hit the lotto TWICE!

DRAKE (Verse from Miss M... [ More ]

Comment #22

HaveABall — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 03:24:57 GMT

Thanks Todd. This is a super cool story for that reason ... If he was playing only one row of self-picked numbers every drawing, it wasn't too expensive of an investment. This man won the same on-line game, TWICE, within ONE year! Both times, at the SAME VENDOR, choosing his numbers each win ... I wonder if he was momentarily given a 'lotto tilted clairvoyance', or if he has some VERY strong thinker fans nearby him, or what! WOW!!! Maybe the annuity with this smaller jackpot is a game/challenge... [ More ]

Comment #21

LottoMetro — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 01:29:10 GMT

I seriously doubt the balls are going to think amongst themselves, Wow, Betty has been playing 30 years and never won a jackpot. Let's roll her numbers.

Old people win more because old people play more. Look at your local lottery's demographics studies and you will see that older people play more than younger people. Also, from a population perspective, people 65 and older outnumber those 18-24.....so naturally more oldies will be available to play. There are many other reasons too- people a... [ More ]

Comment #20

noise-gate — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 00:45:32 GMT

Really JonD- They winning because they have been playing longer?

I thought it was all about having the winning numbers..we are talking about the lottery and not Bingo...right

Comment #19

Jon D — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 23:08:19 GMT

Old people tend to win the jackpots because they've been playing longer. That's just the way it works.

Sure, once in a while you get some young whippersnapper fresh out of college winning a JP, but that is the rare exception. Typically, the longer you play the larger your wins will become. When you first start out playing, you get small wins, then over time bigger, and bigger. And you hope you get shuffled up to the front for the big JP early before you croak. But alas, most people croak firs... [ More ]

Comment #18

noise-gate — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 22:30:41 GMT

Any jackpot will do weshar- even if its just a few million.

With so many people playing, having only one winner from time to time should give one pause as to the incredible odds we face in bringing that baby home.

Like l said- any jackpot will do.

Comment #17

weshar75 — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 21:28:37 GMT

Some people just have all the luck on lotto. I need some of his luck for mega millions and powerball.-weshar75

Comment #16

maringoman — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 21:25:00 GMT

Whenever I see the player win with self picked numbers I think of two things. Either he is a system player or he plays same numbers over and over. Its good that self picks win. It offers something to our doubtful souls which witness qp after qp after qp win the jp.

Comment #15

Stack47 — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 20:43:12 GMT

Seems to me to obe one of the most important points in the story.

, but apparently this group of LP members would rather talk about the winner's age, how he's going to collect the winnings, and people over 65 winning lottery games in general.

Bozeman picked his number for the first win, changed to another set of numbers for the second win, and changed again hoping for a three peat.

Comment #14

haymaker — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 20:16:41 GMT

Very carefully,

after all you may be on a fixed income. LOL

Comment #13

Todd — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 19:32:08 GMT

No, I'm aware in the article it mentions that -- I wrote the article.

I'm saying that nobody mentioned it so far in the comments. Seems to me to be one of the most important points in the story.

Comment #12

noise-gate — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:37:06 GMT

True Greg- but it seems more newsworthy when one reads that these 20 somethings blew it all away on drugs, fast cars mansions.

Comment #11

noise-gate — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:27:03 GMT

I think he mentioned using a different set of numbers on this recent win Todd ( 7th para) and plans changing it again for his next win

At least that is how it looks to me, but as always l am open to correction.

Comment #10

Epistrophy — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 17:52:52 GMT

Congratulations, Mr. Bozeman.

At this point, he can probably afford to buy his namesake town in Montana.

I didn't see in the article whether he had also taken the annuity on the previous win. I hope he took the cash value on the first one, unless he's planning to buy a whole lotta Geritol when he's 99.

Led Zep: Wanna whole lotta Geritol...

Isn't that how it goes

Comment #9

Greg2117 — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 17:41:45 GMT

That's becuase most old folks have nothing else to do so they spend more time playing the lotto and bingo. Younger people do win jackpots but there is hardly any news about them. Just last year there was a 28 year od who won $35 million in Toronto, and a 22 yeard old winning $30 million in meag millions.

Comment #8

Greg2117 — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 17:36:47 GMT

Too bad he doesn't have that much time left to live to enjoy the money.

Comment #7

Todd — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 17:18:30 GMT

Nobody noted yet that he won by playing the same numbers every drawing.

Comment #6

noise-gate — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 17:00:57 GMT

Legitimate question.

When was the last time you saw a 20 something claiming a jackpot? It would seem that the people winning are much older- consider another Floridian named Gloria * 84 years old who won a boatload with a single ticket.

Whatever the reason l congratulate this individual. As OnlyMoney puts it 99.9 percent of folk will never win in their lifetime- this person has done it twice, what does that tell you?

Anything is possible.

* l think he took the annuity so he could

Comment #5

JackpotWanna — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 16:56:48 GMT

WTG! Very lucky man

Comment #4

HaveABall — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 16:02:30 GMT

How does a retiree buy lottery tickets

Comment #3

JPJohnson — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 15:21:20 GMT

I didn't understand his choice of the annuity either. But good for him. Maybe I need to start buying tickets like a retiree.

Comment #2

mypiemaster — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 15:18:36 GMT

...67 year old man,

...won $10M last year,

...claimed $3M this year, and chose 30yr annuity{dreaded and cursed on LP},

...hmmm....paradigm shift?. CONGRATULATIONS LUCKY DUDE!!!.

Comment #1

dallascowboyfan — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 14:57:36 GMT

WOW!!!!!! Congratulation Mr. Bozeman

Florida man wins multimillion lottery jackpot for 2nd time

Lottery Post — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 14:47:10 GMT

By Todd Northrop

A U.S. man who won a multimillion-dollar jackpot playing the Florida Lotto has done it again.

The Florida Lottery says 67-year-old James Bozeman Jr., of Orlando, has claimed a $3 million jackpot from the drawing held on Aug. 31, 2013.

Bozeman chose to receive his winnings in annual payments of $100,000.00 for the next 30 years.

Last year, Bozeman claimed a $10 million jackpot.

He purchased both winning tickets from the same convenience store 7-Eleven, located at 5... [ More ]