A man from Christchurch, New Zealandwore 20 years playing the same numbers in the lottery without success. Surprisingly, one day his luck changed and his ticket turned out to be the winner: he got the long-awaited prize of 2.5 million dollars in the Powerball. However, this happened after changing his strategy and following the instructions of a video he had come across on YouTube.
The strategy was to select only odd numbers in a row and, since he had nothing to lose, he decided to try it. For this reason he chose the numbers: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13, which finally led him to win the desired prize. His wife and children made fun of him for having selected this combination, but in the end he was right and got the sum of money.
Despite having changed his technique over the years and being at home at the time the numbers were drawn, The family did not check that night to see if the combination The one the man had chosen was the winner. The next day his wife reminded him to check them and they were greatly surprised when they realized that the selected numbers had been the winners.
The man later revealed that he had chosen the aforementioned numbers after having seen a YouTube video in which the strategy of choosing odd numbers was recommended. However, a lottery spokesperson said that strategy did not increase your chances of winningsince all combinations have exactly the same probabilities of winning.