Cancer Survivor Wins the Lottery 3 Times in the Last 12 Months
Cancer Survivor Wins the Lottery 3 Times in the Last 12 Months
Cancer Survivor Wins the Lottery 3 Times in the Last 12 Months David Serkin on his recent win – credit, Western Canada Lottery Corporation ‘Lucky’ doesn’t begin to describe David Serkin, who beat cancer and won the lottery in his home state of Alberta, Canada. Serkin won $500,000 million last August with a LOTTO MAX game by the Western Canada Lottery Corporation, giving the cancer survivor and retiree an opportunity to take his wife to Hawaii. But he followed that up with a $1,000,000 winner in the LOTTO 6/49 game just 3 months later, and now, despite the odds of a winning ticket being 1 in 33 million, Serkin has won again. “I bought this ticket while I was buying gas,” he explained. “I saw the Gold Ball draw was getting close [to the final ball selection] and thought, ‘What do I have to lose?’” Playing 6/49 again, he won another $1 million leaving his wife and friends gobsmacked. “I went for coffee with the boys after I checked my ticket,” he said. “They asked to see it and said, ‘Not again…