California man credits Virgin Mary with $1.2M lottery win

Comment #34

noise-gate — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 14:25:15 GMT

Yeah. Like having an umbrella lying in your home entry hallway signifies a death will soon occur in the family. Yikes.

Comment #33

noise-gate — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 14:07:48 GMT

Coin- l Don't recall reading about this guy at all, but he seems happy. His now an official chickmagnet.

Comment #32

Coin Toss — Sun, 11 Sep 2016 06:44:57 GMT

Artist77,

There's an instruction booklet that comes with those St Joseph kits. It says to bury him in the front yard upside down and then remove him when the house sells.

Here's another one for if you can't find something;

St Anthony St Anthony please come around

There's something lost that can't be found

(St Anthony is the patron Saint of lost things, and you don't have to be Catholic).

Yeah, Binky was on The Lottery Changed My Life.

Comment #31

Artist77 — Sat, 10 Sep 2016 12:14:01 GMT

Coin Toss. I have an artist friend who recently became a realtor. He is not Catholic but says he buries a tiny St. Joseph in yards of his listings. I asked him what he did when the property sold. He says he digs it back up. He says it works and he became very successful in a short period of time.

Wasn't Binky on that lottery show

Comment #30

Coin Toss — Sat, 10 Sep 2016 04:16:00 GMT

noise-gate,

Remember Binky, a Wiccan who won a jackpot?

https://www.lotterypost.com/blogentry/100831

Also, not lotto, but (I'm sure Artist and some others are familiar with this;

https://www.stjosephstatue.com

Comment #29

LottoBux — Sat, 10 Sep 2016 03:07:46 GMT

I Think Mainly He Believed In Superstition More Than Anything

Comment #28

Artist77 — Sat, 10 Sep 2016 00:09:04 GMT

Bonjour Mademoiselle Edessa. Ca va Mon amie?

Et bonne anniversaire Marie, toujours pleine de grace

Comment #27

LottoAce — Sat, 10 Sep 2016 00:05:17 GMT

Well, if they were to win the more winnable games. wouldn't they be a lottery winner

Comment #26

helpmewin — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 21:27:02 GMT

Congratulations Mr, Daniel Mendez 86 years old You better get to spending that ASAP.

Comment #25

KY Floyd — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 18:50:38 GMT

He won because that's how random chance and probability work. Just like Jack Whittaker, David Lee Edwards, and all of the various criminals and sex offenders who have won the lottery.

Comment #24

MoneyMike$ — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 18:33:25 GMT

I say some people should play more winnable games so they can atleast feel like a lottery winner

Comment #23

LottoAce — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 18:28:13 GMT

Holy Mary Mother of God...

at least someones prayers are being heard/answered!

also nice to see someone won something besides a free ticket

from a scratch off. I bet the store clerk wished they would have

scanned that one before selling it

Comment #22

music* — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 18:05:05 GMT

Very Well Done eddessaknight

Comment #21

eddessaknight — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 17:52:48 GMT

Boone Chance Mon Ami Artist, et al

Virgin's Birthday September 8th

Fortes Fortuna Juvat Harmonia

Eddessa_Knight w/Invisible Light

Comment #20

noise-gate — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 17:05:24 GMT

But of course...

Comment #19

noise-gate — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 17:01:11 GMT

I really like your signature on Zig, it mirrors mine in many ways Z.

* On a personal note* right. I am not going to let some punk tell me it can't be done..unless l'm in the middle of quicksand all options have been exhausted.

Comment #18

dallascowboyfan — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 16:20:55 GMT

Congratulations on your win Mr. Mendez.

Comment #17

zephbe — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 16:20:12 GMT

posted before I saw this.

Comment #16

zephbe — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 16:18:41 GMT

He won because he bought tickets.

Comment #15

noise-gate — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 15:59:44 GMT

You can have those things BUT if you do not have the winning ticket- you come up empty, every time Dude.Count on it.

There's a political statement out there it's the economy stupid.

For every lottery players It's the winning ticket stupid.

Comment #14

MoneyMike$ — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 15:38:01 GMT

Ey positivity,good vibes, and faith tied along with action goes along way

Comment #13

noise-gate — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 15:33:28 GMT

.. it starts and ends with a ticket. No amount of prayers or whatever will help IF you do not have the Winning ticket. And that's a fact Jack.

Comment #12

TheMeatman2005 — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 15:07:34 GMT

First of all....congrats on his win

The man may be a very religious person and possibly prayed to the statue, but the most important thing he did was buy the ticket!

Winners always think it was something they did to win. It just happens. Someone would have purchased that ticket. It just happened to be him.

Comment #11

noise-gate — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 14:45:03 GMT

Coin- lt would seem that lately we have had 2 religious affiliated wins. First the monk now this guy.Are the rest of us listening

Comment #10

music* — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 09:55:43 GMT

Daniel Mendez is one among millions of Catholics playing the lottery. He is a lucky one.

Comment #9

Coin Toss — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 03:57:51 GMT

A few of the stores around here all Mexican prayer candles.

One is even a lottery prayer candle.

Comment #8

sully16 — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 01:42:52 GMT

Mother Mary comes to me speaking words of wisdom, Let it be...

and in my hour of darkness, she is standing right in front of me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be.

The Beatles.

Congrats to the Lucky Guy.

Comment #7

ressuccess — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 01:42:01 GMT

Congratulations to them. I hope they continue on with their lives.

Comment #6

Artist77 — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 01:26:42 GMT

They may be only going through the motions. It does not make them a good person automatically.

Comment #5

noise-gate — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 01:18:31 GMT

l know of some hard- shelled Catholics who never miss a mass, have visited the Vatican, watered flowers and won Nuttin. But if it makes him feel good, so be it.

Comment #4

Artist77 — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 01:12:31 GMT

Because of the flowers and the loving care of them.

Comment #3

noise-gate — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 00:56:33 GMT

So did he win because his an old codger, or because he watered the flowers surrounding the Virgin

Comment #2

Artist77 — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 00:30:28 GMT

I have a Blessed lady of Lourdes in my flower garden. Saint Mary can intercede and help those who ask.

I like this Catholic news story.

Comment #1

LiveInGreenBay — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 23:35:03 GMT

I really don't think the virgin Mary helped him. The meek shall inherit the earth comes to mind.

California man credits Virgin Mary with $1.2M lottery win

Lottery Post — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 23:21:59 GMT

An 86-year-old California man said the Virgin Mary may have had something to do with his $696,000 California Lottery payout.

Daniel Mendez of San Jose told California Lottery officials he has been watering the flowers his wife planted around the Virgin Mary statue at Our Lady of Refuge Catholic Church every four or five days since last year, and he always follows up the tradition by purchasing $4 worth of lottery scratch-off tickets.

Mendez's routine paid off recently when one of his two S... [ More ]