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From: SI Ron (Hall Monitor)	6/22/2012 4:54:46 PM
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A bit off topic, kind of. This is a really interesting TRUE story. Now if she could put her mathematical skills into trends in markets, she could, in theory, make millions. See: She’s the maths professor who’s hit a multi-million scratchcard jackpot an astonishing FOUR times… Has this woman worked out how to win the lottery? sallyhanreck.com snip: She’s been dubbed the ‘luckiest woman in the world’ — and with good reason. Imagine every grain of sand on the planet and then multiply the total by 18. Those are the odds-to-one that Joan Ginther has beaten by winning a multi-million-pound lottery not once, not twice, but four times. snip: More tellingly, she is a professional statistician, a former maths professor with a PhD from elite Stanford University. And then there is the timing of her wins — the first was 18 years ago, but the most recent three came within just five years.