00:00I want to tell you for our cup of joy this morning about a man named Stephen Hugesan.
00:05What was his last name?
00:08Stephen Huesgan.
00:09I said it wrong.
00:10It's Huesgan.
00:11See, I knew you said it wrong because me and Stephen go back.
00:14You go back.
00:15So Stephen is 56 years old and he has been playing the Powerball lottery for quite some time.
00:23He lives in Michigan and he recently won a million dollars.
00:29Oh, good for him.
00:30With the Powerball.
00:30Yeah.
00:31He's been using the same numbers for the last 30 years now.
00:35Stephen got his numbers from a Zoltar fortune telling machine during a trip to Las Vegas 30 years ago.
00:45Like in the movie Big.
00:46Right?
00:47Love it.
00:49It worked for Tom Hanks.
00:51Yep.
00:51It worked for Stephen.
00:53So for 30 years, he's been consistently using these numbers and it finally paid off to the tune of one.
01:00$10,000,000.
01:01Wow.
01:01I would love to know how much he's spent and see if he's made.
01:04Like see what the.
01:05Well, if he if he bought one ticket.
01:09Yeah.
01:09Right.
01:09So Powerball, I think is.
01:10Is it $2?
01:11$2, right?
01:13And is it just it's twice a week?
01:14Twice a week.
01:15I think it's twice a week for the past 30 years.
01:17Wow.
01:18So 52 times two is a 104 a year.
01:23So 104 times 30.
01:24Which isn't that much.
01:25It's like $3,000.
01:27Yeah.
01:27Wow.
01:28He's made out.
01:28And he made a million dollars.
01:30Right.
01:30Because that's what I initially I was like.
01:32But has he spent a million dollars over these past 30 years?
01:35No, not even close.
01:36Not even close at all.
01:37Not even close.
01:38Well, even if he played every day for 30 years, he would actually have made quite a
01:42bit of money as well because it would only put him at $21,000.
01:46Right.
01:46Yeah.
01:46But they only do Powerball every two years.
01:48Exactly.
01:49Or twice a week.
01:50And I think the tickets have gone up.
01:52Like they probably weren't $2 30 years ago.
01:55They're probably only a buck.
01:56They're probably a buck.
01:57Yeah.
01:57So this guy is banking.
01:59Yeah.
01:59That's a real investment plan when you really think about it.
02:01Way to go, Steven.
02:03Way to go, Steven.
02:04He played the odds.
02:04And he won.
02:05He played the odds.
02:06Yeah.
02:08Yeah, Zoltar!
02:09Uh-oh.
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