The chance of winning the Lottery is 1 in 175 million. That doesn’t stop people from buying tickets, though. In fact, Americans spend almost $70 billion on lottery tickets every year.

We’ve all heard Stories of lottery winners squandering their money away or losing everything. Whether true or not, those stories are all too common.

What we don’t hear are the weird or crazy stories of lottery winners before or during their big win! Which is too bad, because these tales are often fascinating.

Below, we’ll show you three lottery winner stories that will make your jaw drop. They are truly awe-inspiring and unusual! Let’s go!

Lottery Winners Stories: The Man With Nine Lives

We all know you have to be lucky to win the lottery. That goes without saying. Some winners, though, are luckier than others.

That’s definitely the case for a Croatian music teacher named Frano Selak. Before winning $1 million in 2003, he had seven brushes with death.

The strange events began in 1962 when Selak was riding a train that flipped off its tracks. The train ended up in an icy river. Selak may have been pulled to safety, but at least 17 other passengers weren’t so lucky.

From there, the strange events continued, and Selak’s life became more precarious with each passing year. According to Selak, he survived the following incidents:

• Being sucked out of an airplane when a door malfunctioned. Selak ended up landing in a haystack. The plane, however, crashed.
• Swimming to safety after his bus skidded off the road into an icy river.
• Surviving not once, but twice, when his car caught on fire.
• Being hit by a bus.
• Swerving off a cliff-side road and landing in a tree. The car, on the other hand, plunged into a gorge.

Then, right after his 73rd birthday, Selak won the lottery. He made some purchases but gave away most of his money to relatives and friends.

Who knows what would have happened if he had tried NJ No Deposit? Given his history, he would either have won big or lost everything!

Crazy Lottery Stories: Numbers Out of a Dream

A Canadian woman named Olga Beno won millions by playing lottery numbers from a 1989 dream. In May of that year, she dreamt a set of numbers and continued to use them in lotteries over the next 28 years.

In 2017, Beno saw her numbers come up on television the night of the lottery draw. But, because of her poor eyesight, she figured she was seeing something incorrectly.

Then, when she opened the newspaper the next day, there they were again! It’s then she began to think that she might have won the lottery.

And, so she had. The cancer survivor pocketed the $5.3 million jackpot using numbers from a 1989 dream.

Winning the Lottery Stories: Is It Possible to Win Twice?

Can you win the lottery twice? Stephen Cooke has proven that you can.

This Georgia resident went to claim his lottery prize of $13.3 million, only to realize he had another ticket at home with the same numbers. Cooke had indeed won the same lottery jackpot twice.

His double win earned him $26.6 million dollars, and he ended up sharing the total prize of $70 with a Michigan resident. Cooke’s numbers had combined both his and his late mother’s birthday, and he thought the connection to his mother may have helped him win.

Right before his double jackpot, Cooke had completed training to be a school bus driver. After winning the lottery, he told his boss he wasn’t coming into work.

Conclusion: Lottery Winner Stories

There you have it! The wild and crazy lottery winner stories of three unique individuals. After reading this article, you might be inspired to try your hand at the lottery. Good luck!

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