Loser of the year: an avid player missed my only chance to get rich

Englishman Mike Boyd over several years of playing the lottery, indicating the same number. And in early December, those numbers wins. But Mike was left "holding the bag".

Fireman Mike from Worthing every week played in the biggest lottery in Europe — "EuroMillions". He had his own tactics. Every time he said the same numbers: 6, 9, 13, 24, 41. The man believed that sooner or later he would win it with this combination. But a few years he had bad luck.

In December he was sent to a mission in a remote village, where communications and the Internet was very poor. Then he couldn't normally buy a ticket online. After returning home, Mike began to receive congratulations from relatives, because they knew what numbers he always puts. It turned out that the edition was awarded the jackpot and 5 people have won a lot of money. If Mike was the sixth, his winnings amounted to 1 571 983 pounds ($156 million).