Joan R. Ginther
Joan R. Ginther was an American lottery winner. On four occasions between 1993 and 2010 she collected winnings in excess of US$2 million in state lotteries, to a grand total of US$20.4 million.
Description
[edit]Joan Ginther was an American four-time lottery winner. She first won the lottery in 1993, when she won $5.4 million in Lotto Texas (equivalent to about $11.4M in 2023). Her next win came in 2006 when she won $2 million in the Holiday Millionaire scratch-off. Her third win happened in 2008, when she won $3 million from a Millions and Millions ticket. In 2010, she won $10 million, her largest prize, bringing her total winnings to $20.4 million.[1] According to mathematicians asked by the Associated Press, the odds of winning this many times were one in 18 times 10 to the power 24,[2] but this was apparently a miscalculation.[3] All of her winning tickets were purchased in Texas, and two of them were bought from the same convenience store in Bishop, Texas.[4] Prior to her death she lived in Las Vegas, Nevada, and preferred to keep a low profile.[5]
Death
[edit]Ginther died on April 12, 2024.[6]
See also
[edit]- Lotteries in the United States
References
[edit]- ^ "Texas Woman Wins Lottery for uFourth Time". ABC News. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ Nathaniel Rich (Aug 2011). "The Luckiest Woman on Earth". Harper's.
- ^ If for example she bought 4000 lottery tickets over the years and had a chance of winning of one in ten million each time, then the probability of her winning four times would be Other scenarios might give a higher probability.
- ^ "Texan may be world's luckiest lottery winner". NBC News. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ "Three-time winner hits lotto jackpot again". mysanantonio.com. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ "Obituary".
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