Man wins million lottery twice in a gap of 4 months
@krupesh (2608)
India
September 30, 2010 12:22am CST
57-year-old Ernest Pullen, the lucky man, who left his job after winning $1 million from the 100 Million Dollar Blockbuster ticket in June this year, again has won $2 million with a Mega MONOPOLY Scratchers ticket in September, just three months after his 1st winning. According to John WellsJohn Wells, the Missouri Lottery official, winning chance of $1 million in the 100 Million Dollar Blockbuster or $2 million in Mega MONOPOLY are 1 in 228,000. Pullen, the retired army man from Bonne Terre was working at the help desk of a telecommunication company before winning his 1st ticket.
How lucky is he?Has anything like this ever happened to you?
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32 responses
@bamrahkirti (1821)
• India
30 Sep 10
He is so lucky.I mean,to win a lottery that too on double basis is purely incredible.
He must me in a state of shock and surprise.
I have never spent anything on lotteries but after reading this i think i should also take chances in life.Who knows if i will be the next millionaire.
@bamrahkirti (1821)
• India
30 Sep 10
I do not splurge on make up.God has been so nice to me that i look good without make up.
@sunnycool (12714)
• India
2 Oct 10
wooooow i was talking about your two kids and hubby .... Did you bump your head to the wall?
@sunnycool (12714)
• India
2 Oct 10
Hey femalien ---- you already won three Lotteries .... are you not aware of them
@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
30 Sep 10
That is truly incredible. I wish that I had half of this man's luck. Most people do not win this things ever, even though they buy tickets weekly. To win twice in the same year is really amazing.
@krupesh (2608)
• India
30 Sep 10
yes its truly amazing that he has won it twice.Have you ever tried your luck in lotteries?
@krupesh (2608)
• India
30 Sep 10
Its been too long that you have tried your luck.Why dont you try it once more now as you never know
@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
30 Sep 10
I used to when I was younger after I won a minor prize the first time that I did it after I turned 18. I have not bought a lottery ticket for about 15 years now I think.
@sunnycool (12714)
• India
30 Sep 10
Huuuuh i do accept that he is quiet lucky with the fortune he earnt---he certainly deserved something good at this age though to brag things in his life.I have never won anything of that kind(I would have...if i had bought any tickets lol that is secondary though ) ... wish i had coz it would have helped many needed ones...anything which comes in freely isn't mine thats my take on lottery.great day.
@pinoycity (575)
• Philippines
30 Sep 10
That is one lucky guy, indeed. I would surely like to be as lucky as him but the luckiest I got in joining raffles was when I won an iron in a christmas party raffle way,way back.
@krupesh (2608)
• India
30 Sep 10
ok ok but why dont you try your luck in big lotteries like the person who has won the lottery twice?
@krupesh (2608)
• India
30 Sep 10
Just imagine how lucky the man might be...twice in 4 months.Atleast have you tried your luck at lotteries?
@krupesh (2608)
• India
30 Sep 10
oh sorry to hear that.I would suggest you to invest some amount of money in the lotteries such that it would not be a burden to you.If you have the luck even buying a single lottery might win you millions.
@banban (601)
• China
30 Sep 10
Wow, he's such a lucky man.
Well, sadly, nothing like that has ever happened to me...
I'm always dreaming that I can win a large-amount lottery someday, but, I don't even buy one. So, it won't happen.
People want themselves to be rich guys, but usually it's not easy. But some of them will succeed. A brilliant idea, straight good luck and hard working may guaranty it.
@krupesh (2608)
• India
30 Sep 10
if you dont buy ,then you wont win at all.Even though you have a brilliant idea , hard work..as you only have said , you also need luck to make a sufficient living.But if you have just the luck in lotteries , you can become a millionaire overnight.
@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
18 Sep 11
Do you really think if anyone here ever won a lottery, never mind two lotteries, would be here, your funny.....If I won a lottery I wouldn't be earning a few pennies on mylot, I might own mylot...
I heard about a lady just outside of Winnipeg, where I used to live, won 1 million dollars on a scratch ticket where she stopped for gas on her way to Winnipeg to go to bingo. She bought the scratch ticket and took it with her to bingo and scratched it there to find she won 1 million dollars. I still wonder if she left bingo or stayed to play... hee hee
Then two months later she went to Winnipeg again and stopped at different gas station and bought another lottery ticket and again she won 1 million dollars. It was in the newspaper in Winnipeg about 4 years ago.
I also know, met, a couple in my business. I clean houses for a living, self employed and I got hired for a couple to clean their house. It turns out that this couple I worked for won 2.2 million dollars on 649, a lottery draw in western Canada. They again won 1.5 million dollars on the same lottery, 11 years later. I read the newspaper articles they had framed on their wall, that's how I knew about it.
I worked for them for about 2 years and they had to let me go because they went bankrupt. I couldn't believe it. They won two lotteries, a ton of money, and they were broke and couldn't pay their mortgage and bills so they had to file bankruptsy. They were both really heavy drinkers and they owned a lounge/bar/restaurant and it turns out they drank and gambled all their profits away. They had VLT's in their establishment and they spent a lot of money on them. They both had a problem with gambling and drinking so it doubled the problem.
If I ever won a lottery I would retire. I am 54 years old and have raised two kids pretty much on my own, and worked hard since I was 15 years old. I am tired and would love nothing better than to retire. But with money because I am still young and would love to travel if I retired.
Cheers my friend and happy mylotting,
Chris
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
30 Sep 10
hi krupesh oh no not at all I am not lucky at all. the most I ever
wpon was twenty dollars and that was years ago. I have never had
any luck on my side at all.not ever.He is indeed very lucky as this
would not happen again in years probably.
@krupesh (2608)
• India
1 Oct 10
Just wonder why GOD doesn't shower with luck to people like you who work so hard which shows in the way you have reached more than 35000 postings.
@AndrewFreyne (6281)
• United Kingdom
30 Sep 10
Hi krupesh! That's amazing, that chap is so lucky and I sure do wish that I was in his shoes right now. He seems to have been truly blessed with good fortune. I don't even know how to explain it! I would love to know his secret whether it be good thinking, positive thinking and strong self-belief.
I have been playing the lottery for a long time now and I haven't had any luck at all. I remain hopeful that I will finally hit the jackpot at some point although this may be wishful thinking on my part. I remain positive though and like to keep lovely pictures in my mind of what I would do with the funds were I to hit the big one! Andrew
@krupesh (2608)
• India
30 Sep 10
Thats the way to look at it.Be always positive in whatever you do & the rest will fall in the desired places.But I dont know how our positive approach works out with winning lotteries as its pure luck which makes us win.
@krajibg (11922)
• Guwahati, India
30 Sep 10
Hi krupesh,
Of course he is a lucky guy and still some are. But this seems a never ever affair for people like me.
I have tried several times with lottery tickets on different occasions but other people win not me. I wonder what is wrong with me?
@krupesh (2608)
• India
30 Sep 10
Try & try till you succeed is the mantra.I also have tried but in vain
@krupesh (2608)
• India
30 Sep 10
maybe 40% of that would go to taxes , but still he is left with plenty enough.Still he will be a millionaire.Why dont you try once?
@sender621 (14893)
• United States
30 Sep 10
This is something that does not happen to us every day. Some people will call it luck. somepeople just have the uncanny ability to get things handed to them easily. some will call it fate. it may just be destiny that brings these moments our way.
@krupesh (2608)
• India
1 Oct 10
Its the combination of everything you have mentioned here which gets them there.Have you ever tried your luck in lotteries?
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
28 Nov 10
call me a spoil sport..but there should be a waiting time between winnings to give other people a chance.odds are bad enough as it is.
@scififan43 (2434)
• United States
18 Jan 11
No nothing like that has never happen to me like that. I would love to have than happen though. a lot of people here would love to win the lottery, so many people play it hopeing to check lucky.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
2 Oct 10
Wow, I'd like to have just one tenth of the luck that this man has. I've won a few small things in my life, but never anything major like that. The largest prize that I've ever won in my life was a new HVAC for my house before my family moved into it. One of the local HVAC companies was doing a giveaway and I entered the contest, which included saying why we needed it and out of all the entries, our family was selected to win the prize.
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
2 Oct 10
Hiya krupesh,
Yes he is very lucky and I am glad that he has won just proves that anyone of us could be the next one to win it.
Never had anything like that happen to me. But we have come very near with similar numbers in the Lottery over here it´s so frustrating too to realize that (grin). Never mind another time.
@IntrovertShy (2780)
• Marikina, Philippines
2 Oct 10
Oh my gosh. How I wish I am lucky enough to win in a lottery... He is lucky. Maybe he has a secret he won't tell to anyone, or there is a technique or strategy in combining numbers... there are lots of possibilities.