Canadian man wins $400,000 playing 40 identical Washington Lottery tickets

Comment #21

play4shekels — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 13:49:53 GMT

All of the previous comments completely overlooked the fact that this is just another case of a random number generator being rigged.

Comment #20

Stack47 — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 02:43:22 GMT

If you're playing a KY pick-4 number $3 straight, you'll win more than the average payout. And hitting a double combo boxed multiple times is a nice payoff.

Comment #19

Stack47 — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 02:36:28 GMT

I didn't check the odds on the lottery's website and calculated them differently. On further review, the professor got the odds correct, but still didn't understand the concept of betting the same combo multiple times.

Comment #18

Raven62 — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 13:16:54 GMT

Examples of the herd mentality include nationalism, globalism, global warming, stock market trends, superstition, and even home decor.

Comment #17

haymaker — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 12:27:21 GMT

I'd say you're right, I call it the herd mentality

Comment #16

Raven62 — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 11:11:01 GMT

What if I told you that the hidden agenda of those controlling public education policy has actually been to snuff out young people's natural creativity, curiosity, independence, freedom of thinking and love of learning because those in power want subservience and conformity, not creativity and freedom of thought. They seek obedient workers and pleasure seeking consumers that lack critical thinking skills, believe what they are told and do not question authority. These are the people that profit... [ More ]

Comment #15

sweetie7398 — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 10:45:46 GMT

That's awesome.

Comment #14

DELotteryPlyr — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 09:39:21 GMT

NICE HIT!!!

Congrats, and another great example of how 'stupid' the professor is.

Another professor point- As a teacher he is suppose to be 'open' to new and different ideas and ways of looking at things in his field of statistics. Proof he is not a real teacher, just a preacher of his own ideas, views and values.

Comment #13

tony869 — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 17:46:27 GMT

I know it worked for me last year and i played 1-2-3-14 and won $50K and i almost put $450 of casino slot winnings on that number my gut feeling told me to go all in.. If i had done that i would have won $2.2 Million and beat that guy's record but i went conservative and played 5 lines for $10 bucks and hit.. So from now on i will wait for gut feeling to tell me when next set of numbers come up for that day i will go all in... So far Mr.Grimme is the leader in the Match 4 game as single highest... [ More ]

Comment #12

GiveFive — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 11:29:01 GMT

Obviously the professor isn't a lottery player, because if he was, he'd understand.

All Mr Grimme paid for his 40 tickets was 80 bucks. Although I rarely ever spend that much on a single drawing, I realize that there are many players that are willing to spend that much (or more) for one drawing.

If you're going to spend a lot of money for one drawing, then IMHO, it's a smart way to play. That technique has been used to diminish the parimutel aspects of New York's Take5. I've seen where th... [ More ]

Comment #11

DELotteryPlyr — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 10:19:24 GMT

Its funny how many times to we someone in 'power/influence' telling a crowd of kids or such 'You can be or do anything you put your mind to'

So if they REALLY mean that, then this player is a very good example of that!! Which then means that professor should also shoot down anyone who uses the 'do anything you put your mind to' line.

Comment #10

Coin Toss — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 04:14:05 GMT

Thomas Grimme $400,000

Egghead Prof. 0

Comment #9

Cassie8620 — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 03:21:14 GMT

it is.and i am same way.odds are much easier, so good luck KY Underdog this week with your #s.

yep.odds are so much better, and personally this year i have won handsomely as seen in my signature.

I love the odds best/better on p3 and p4 yep.

I call it our little jackpot

or a big win is what i still call a certain amount i've won,in one draw.

Congratulations to this person.I am so very very happy for him.

Comment #8

noise-gate — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 02:40:12 GMT

These Mathematicians are no different than Richard Lustig, not understanding a thing about the lottery. Back to Richard going on, telling folks on tv and in his brochure not to buy QP's,yet finding himself sitting next to Cynthia Stafford who won over $112 mil, with a QP.

Comment #7

KyUnderdog — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 00:54:46 GMT

Kentucky better get ready to fork over some cash this way too. That's exactly how I play Ky pick 4, same numbers multiple times. I fig my chance at winning pick 4 is better then a jackpot......

Comment #6

grwurston — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 23:27:37 GMT

I don't understand why you would do that, Christian Hansen, professor and department chairman of Eastern Washington University's Mathematics Department, said of using the same four numbers on 40 tickets. It doesn't really make much sense.

All these mathematicians who are always saying something like this, are obviously not lottery players. Sometimes a player just knows a number will hit and capitalizes on it. It happens regularly, just not always to that scale.

Comment #5

Ron5995 — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 21:15:55 GMT

Amazed the professor would say that. Maybe he thought it was a typical jackpot game in which the prize splits. As for the odds, 1 in 10,600 is correct. It's not a typical Pick-4 game, but is a choose 4 out of 24 game. Appears to have an overall payback of 65%. That's very good for a $2 lottery numbers game. Wish PA Lottery had this game.

Many of the larger lotteries (PA, FL, NY, etc) regularly payout large amounts to Pick-3 and Pick 4 players who wager like this person did. It's common in win... [ More ]

Comment #4

Stack47 — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 20:36:20 GMT

And my personal favorite: something statisticians say is roughly a 1-in-10,600 chance.

The last time I looked, it's exactly 1 in 10,000.

Comment #3

Raven62 — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 20:26:36 GMT

Comment #2

Bleudog101 — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 18:40:21 GMT

My FB response didn't cross over so here's my humble opinion.

'I don't understand why you would do that' says Christian Hansen, a mathematician and probably a statistician too.

Well I do, though I've never won the big won, when you get a certain feeling for the lottery sometimes your gut feeling pays off.

I just cringe when lotteries get super high and these 'experts' in their field give out crazy astronomical odds as to why someone won't win the lottery. Yet they do, and they crawl ba... [ More ]

Comment #1

Bleudog101 — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 18:34:26 GMT

Maybe the mathematician should do basic math and he'd see why he didn't buy just one winning ticket!

Statisticians/mathematicians fail to grasp the thought that someone will win, and usually when something like this happens, it pays off handsomely.

Mr. Grimme let them eat their own words.

Canadian man wins $400,000 playing 40 identical Washington Lottery tickets

Lottery Post — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 18:24:50 GMT

A Canadian man beat the odds by winning $400,000 from a Washington Lottery game that typically pays winners $10,000.

Thomas Grimme of White Rock, British Columbia, picked the four winning numbers for the Match 4 game last December 28, something statisticians say is roughly a 1-in-10,600 chance. But he didn't pick those numbers on a single $2 ticket.

Rather, he bought 40 tickets at the Cost Cutter Grocery in Blaine, picking the same four numbers on all of them. When those four numbers were... [ More ]