A statistician from Harvard University claims to have developed a foolproof strategy to win a future billion-dollar Mega Millions jackpot.
Following a $1.33 billion Mega Millions jackpot on July 29 last year, plenty of hopeful players were curious about how they could win a massive prize like this.
And Professor Mark Glickman says he has discovered the winning formula in this video featured on WCVB Channel 5 Boston.
The winning strategy that Professor Glickman developed to obtain a billion-dollar Mega Millions jackpot prize
Photo: WCVB/YouTube
However, Professor Glickman says his theory will cost you over $605 million dollars upfront. And there are a few other problems to overcome too.
For example, if others followed the same plan, you would share the jackpot with them, reducing your win to a considerable loss.
Professor Glickman has the answer to that as well. Watch his well-thought-out plan in the video and see if you agree.
MORE WINNERS
Many other players and experts have tried to beat the lottery odds, and some succeeded.
Here are a few of the successes:
STEFAN’S $27 MILLION WIN
One of the most successful strategies to win the lottery was developed by a Romanian accountant and math expert.
Stefan Mandel played an astonishing 7 million tickets in a single lottery game and won over $27 million in his lifetime. However, not everything turned out as he planned as you’ll see in the video below.
Stefan Mandel won big and played big. His successful formula is revealed in this video
Photo: Bright Side
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MIT STUDENTS $8 MILLION
For six years, a researcher together with a group of Boston MIT school maths geniuses found ways to get prizes of a total of $8 million.
They found their winning strategy with the now-closed Cash Winfall lottery.
Professor Jordan Ellenberg of University of Wisconsin discusses winning the Cash Winfall game in full detail (starts 10:37)
Video: The Royal Institution
And the game’s owner, the Massachusetts Lottery, knew they were doing it.
It began in January 2005, when MIT senior James M. Harvey was looking for a senior independent study project.
Tthese MIT Students beat the odds to win the Cash Winfall lottery game
Video: Minding The Data
He came across the Massachusetts Cash WinFall, and it took him only a few days to realize the winning potential contained within Cash WinFall’s loophole.
Watch the videos for more detail.
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THE SELBEES $26 MILLION
Jerry and Marge Selbee featured in a 60 Minutes documentary about their $26 million lottery windfall
Photo: 60 Minutes
Another successful Cash WinFall prize winner was Jerry Selbee.
Together with his wife Marge, he managed to win over $26 million from the same Cash Winfall game.
An animated video shows how the Selbees won lottery riches, and gives more detail on the math behind the strategy
Video: The Infographics Show
Their small-town retirement life changed one day in 2003 when Jerry discovered a new Michigan Lottery game called Winfall, since closed.
Jerry, 81, the holder of a bachelor’s degree in math from the nearby Western Michigan University, discovered a loophole in only a matter of minutes.
He realized that this was a unique game and the rest is history.
Their homegrown company, G.S. Investment Strategies won more than $26 million from nine years of playing this lottery.
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