Really beating the odds

by Lucky on July 13, 2010

From the AP: 4-time Texas lotto winner rich with money, mystery

BISHOP, Texas — The odds that Joan Ginther would hit four Texas Lottery jackpots for a combined nearly $21 million are astronomical. Mathematicians say the chances are as slim as 1 in 18 septillion — that’s 18 and 24 zeros.


Just as unlikely? Getting to know one of the luckiest women in the world.

Guess what her secret is:

After all, the only way to win is to keep playing. Ginther is smart enough to know that’s how you beat the odds: she earned her doctorate from Stanford University in 1976, then spent a decade on faculty at several colleges in California.

Teaching math.

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