36 Random Bits of Trivia About the Lottery and Some of History’s Biggest Gambles

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36 Random Bits of Trivia About the Lottery and Some of History’s Biggest Gambles

Out of all the sites on the internet, what are the odds of you being here with us right now? We’d need much smarter people than us to calculate that one. See, we’re normally way more into facts than numbers, but when wildly interesting numbers include massive wins, losses and mind-blowing gambling stats, we just have to get in on the action.

Here! Blow on these facts for us before we roll them down this list!

All or Nothing

CRACKED SAP To babu LAS VE NEV ASHLEY REVELL BET IT ALL. In 2004, the English gambler sold all of his possessions (even his clothes) which totaled $135,000. In Vegas, he placed it all on red for a single roulette spin. The ball landed on 7 red, and he doubled his entire worth.

Lightning Strikes Twice

CRACKED LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE: MISSOURI WOMAN WINS $50,000 LOTTERY JACKPOT. A woman from Missouri was stuck at a convenience store during a lightning storm and decided to buy a Powerball ticket. She ended up winning $50,000. $2 SAGOM LOTTERY'S BALL POWER R POWERPLAY - of Dream POWER PLAY on (14) (26) $1 per play NEW YORK LOTTERY'S $2 P o W E R BALL POWERPLAY Number of Draws (4) POWER PLAY $1 per play (٢) NEW YORK LOT

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Steven Spielberg

CRACKED PANAK 5293670 STEVEN SPIELBERG'S INTERGALACTIC ROYALTIES. George Lucas thought Close Encounters of the Third Kind would make more than Star Wars so he suggested swapping 2.5% of their movie's profits for eternity. Spielberg has made more than $40 million to date on this wager.

Dr. Seuss

CRACKED GREEN EGGS AND НАМ WAS WRITTEN ON A BET. Bennett Cerf (founder of Random House) bet Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) $50 that he couldn't write a book with 50 words or less. Не took the bet and wrote Green Eggs and Ham, which went on to sell over 8 million copies worldwide.

Sir Isaac Newton

CRACKED ISAAC NEWTON WAS A LOSER! In 1683, Christopher Wren bet 40 shillings that nobody could explain the sun's gravity on planets in 2 months. Newton claimed he had already done it, but this wager sparked the writing of Principia Mathematica over the next 3 years (losing the bet).

Betting on Breast Implants

CRACKED BREAST IMPLANTS ON A BET. In 1997, Brian Zembic accepted a $100,000 bet that he wouldn't get breast implants and keep them for a year. Не got the implants, and still has them, since he gets an additional $10,000 for every year with those puppies.

Nanotechnology

CRACKED an JAJ NANOTECHNOLOGY WAS FOUNDED ON A BET. In 1959, physicist Richard Feynman bet $1000 that nobody could build a working motor the size of a grain of salt. Bill McLellan took that bet, built one with 2,000 rpm, and inspired the field of nanotechnology.

Boeing Employee

CRACKED 36 years of service rewarded with a 747 million dollar Powerball ticket. A Boeing employee recently won a massive Powerball jackpot. To commemorate their 36 years of service, they bought the ticket for $747 million and celebrated with a cake featuring a 747 jet. LOTTERY P O W E R BALL DATE February 28. 2023 PAY TO THE ORDER OF Becky В. Seven Hundred Fifty-four Million, Five Hundred $754,550,826 Fifty Thousand, Eight Hundred, and Twenty Six FOR Power

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Grandma Wins

CRACKED BEATING THE HOUSE Patricia Demauro, a grandmother from New Jersey, was incredibly lucky when she played craps at Atlantic City's Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa. She rolled a pair of dice 154 times in a row without getting a seven, which is a 1 in 1.56 trillion chance.

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Canadian Lottery

WINNING THE CRACKED JACKPOT At just 18 years old, Juliette Lamour from Canada has made history by becoming the youngest Canadian to ever win a massive $35.8 million lottery jackpot on her first try. I still can't believe I hit the Gold Ball jackpot on my very first lottery ticket! she said. TTO 649 LOTTO GOLD BALL 9 MILLION $ 48 Juliette L. of Sault Ste. Marie DAY - THE Decem ONTARIO LOTTERY AND GLAMING CORPORATION DONATURE February . 2022 Date

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The Lottery Curse

36 Random Bits of Trivia About the Lottery and Some of History’s Biggest Gambles
Source: TIME

Odds of Winning the Lottery

The odds of being hit by lightning and winning the lottery in one's lifetime are about 1 in 2.6 trillion CRAGh 2015 Atic 1oto July Amotique Lotery Pet

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