Zitat:... und warum hat Herr Richard Lustig (siehe youtube) eigentlich 7x einen jackpot gewonnen?

Zitat:Richard is a friendly guy and will be happy to talk to you on the telephone.[...] I called him to verify that a list of his winnings as reported in the Orlando Sentinel on October 20, 2010 was accurate and up-to-date. He promised to e-mail me a more complete list including his minor prize winnings, which he says are numerous, but he hasn’t been able to find it. He doesn’t appear to be a good bookkeeper with respect to his lottery finances.

His claim of having won seven lottery jackpots appears to be incorrect. According to the Sentinel he has won only four jackpots and the other winnings were major prizes on scratch-off cards, and three of his four jackpots were for Florida Fantasy Five. He couldn’t have picked a better game for running up a score. This game has seven drawings a week whereas most other games have only two. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 376,992, which are much better than for most other games. In this game the jackpot is nearly always won and usually there are multiple winners. Lustig shared his August 14, 1997 jackpot with 14 other winners, his November 25, 2008 jackpot with 3 other winners, and his August 9, 2009 jackpot with one other winner.[...]
Lustig doesn’t do as well in games that are harder to win. He won Mega Money only once and he never has won Mega Millions or Powerball. Mega Millions is not offered in Florida but he admits to having played it on at least one occasion.[...]

Zitat:What I Think

The first thing I ought to point out before the hype gets you, is that Richard is not a multi-millionaire. He hasn’t actually won 7 huge lottery jackpots. His 7 wins actually amount to around $1 Million, and one of those was $840,000. Lottery winnings are also taxed in the USA.