An Arizona man was unaware he won big at the slots in Las Vegas because the machine’s buzzers and lights didn’t go off. The Nevada Gaming Board launched a full-scale investigation to track him down to give him his $230,000. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – No OJ But A Jackpot Instead
A New Jersey man bought a $5 bottle of orange juice from Shoprite, which his wife said was too expensive and sent him back to return it. He then decided to buy 2 Powerball lottery tickets with the refund from the OJ and ended up winning the jackpot worth $315.3 million. –WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Economist Beats Lottery
An economist named Stefan Mandel and his investors won the lottery 14 times (the largest jackpot was $27 million) by calculating when the jackpot was worth more than the cost of buying every possible number combination for that lottery. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/03/27/he-won-lottery-times-using-math-his-biggest-jackpot-still-came-down-luck/