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The Surrey man said he has played the same numbers for 35 years, with a habit of buying a pair of tickets with identical numbers. Now, his strategy of doubling down has paid off, with what BC Lottery Corporation vice president of lottery gaming Kevin Gass described a "about a gazillion to one" shot of claiming two prizes on such a massive jackpot.
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Amazing that the vice president of the Lottery Commission has such poor understanding of how probability works. The odds of two tickets winning are exactly the same as the odds of one ticket winning. He is purposely picking the same number...he's only betting on one number.
Now, if he'd one two seperate numbers, then the gazillion to one comments might be warranted.