10 People Who Won the Lottery More Than Once (4 of 6)

Raymond Roberts: 6 wins

Unlike Joan up there, Raymond didn’t win six separate lotteries over decades. Instead, he bought six tickets and put the same numbers on all of them. That sounds like a questionable financial decision until he saw the numbers hit. Each winning ticket was worth $25,000 a year for life. If this is not God’s blessing, I don’t know what is. He took the lump sum for five of them (totaling about $1.9 million before taxes) and kept the annual payments for the sixth.

Richard Lustig: 7 wins

You may be asking yourself, “How is it possible to win the lottery SEVEN times?” Well, Richard Lustig, who did just that between 1993 and 2010, became sort of a minor celebrity. His smallest prize was a trip to Memphis, and his largest was $842,152, with total winnings over $1 million. And then he decided to write his system into a book and later popped up on TV to talk about his “methods.” People were not impressed, and critics argued his tips didn’t really change anyone’s odds. Still, seven wins is seven wins, whether it’s skill, persistence, or the universe deciding to be hilarious.