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Unbelieveable! Man is 4 Time Big Winner Playing Virginia Lottery Games

You know, I was on the Michael Smerconish syndicated radio shows when my book first came out (check the shows out…they are broadcast all over America; he does a morning and afternoon show) and during the conversation he came up with the theory that given the large number of people who play the lottery, weird things happen…

Such as the weird, odds defying things that I write about in my book. See book cover to the right.

Here’s another one. A North Carolina man, playing in Virginia has won four big jackpots. Oh, not the Mega Millions game…but big jackpots nonetheless.

The man is running out of wall space to hang all of the over-sized winner checks he has collected from the Virginia Lottery.

His name is Steven Granger, on Henderson, N.C., he works in real estate, and bought all of his winning tickets at his favorite store: Bracey Mini Mart, on Highway 903 in Bracey, Virginia.

His most recent wins were Pick 4 drawings, held daily at 1:59 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. The chances of matching all four numbers in exact order are 1 in 10,000.

He played 20 tickets with the same number.

“It’s been a good number for me.” Duh.

That remark may be the understatement of the year.

He selected the number combination 5-1-1-7 on 20 tickets in the Virginia Lottery’s May 22 Pick 4 day drawing, and they all won. Each of his “exact order” tickets won $5,000 and each of the “50/50″ tickets won $2,700, for a grand total of $90,800.

That would be amazing enough, but it’s only part of the story. Even more astonishing is the fact that Mr. Granger has done this twice before in Pick 4 and once in Cash 5.

On April 12, 2009, he won $90,800 when 5-1-1-7 was drawn and on May 10, 2009, he won $65,800 with that same combination. On September 28, 2005, he won $900,000 with nine winning Cash 5 tickets.

“I just play for fun,” he said as he claimed his latest prize. “It’s kind of a hobby. I’ve been really lucky.”

I’d say.

Awesome man.