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> folks still win the lottery Yep, and: "In 1998, Bill Morgan, an Australian man from Melbourne was captured on film winning a AU$250,000 scratchcard while re

> folks still win the lottery Yep, and: "In 1998, Bill Morgan, an Australian man from Melbourne was captured on film winning a AU$250,000 scratchcard while re-enacting his previous scratchcard win for a news report. The video of the event has since been widely shared online." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Morgan_lottery_win https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Morgan_lottery_win

lukan 1y ago
Wow, what a story. Especially with the background what happened to him before winning twice. "Morgan, a 37-year-old truck driver living in a caravan, was almost killed in a car crash which caused him to develop a heart condition. He then suffered an allergic reaction to the drug used to treat this condition, which triggered a fatal heart attack. He was declared clinically dead for 14 minutes and 38 seconds before being revived by paramedics. He subsequently lapsed into a coma for 12 days, during which his family were advised to turn off his life support. After being transferred to a different hospital, he woke up and made a full recovery."
- hshdhdhehd 1y ago
  He is living some combination of Final Destination and Lost.
  - serial_dev 1y ago
    Or someone at the hospital wanted him dead.
    - selimthegrim 1y ago
      I believe the movie you’re looking for is Coma
tzs 1y ago
That article could use some work. In the second paragraph after the one that quote is from it says: > His dramatic change in fortune attracted local media attention, and two weeks after his first scratchcard win in May 1999, Nine News asked him to re-enact it for the B-roll footage of their news report. While being filmed scratching off another card inside the shop, he turned around, held up the ticket and said, "I just won 250,000. I'm not joking. I just won 250,000." 1998 was when he suffered a car crash followed by serious medical problems.

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> folks still win the lottery Yep, and: "In 1998, Bill Morgan, an Australian man from Melbourne was captured on film winning a AU$250,000 scratchcard while re

by foofoo12 1y ago

lukan 1y ago
Wow, what a story. Especially with the background what happened to him before winning twice. "Morgan, a 37-year-old truck driver living in a caravan, was almost killed in a car crash which caused him to develop a heart condition. He then suffered an allergic reaction to the drug used to treat this condition, which triggered a fatal heart attack. He was declared clinically dead for 14 minutes and 38 seconds before being revived by paramedics. He subsequently lapsed into a coma for 12 days, during which his family were advised to turn off his life support. After being transferred to a different hospital, he woke up and made a full recovery."
- hshdhdhehd 1y ago
  He is living some combination of Final Destination and Lost.
  - serial_dev 1y ago
    Or someone at the hospital wanted him dead.
    - selimthegrim 1y ago
      I believe the movie you’re looking for is Coma
tzs 1y ago
That article could use some work. In the second paragraph after the one that quote is from it says: > His dramatic change in fortune attracted local media attention, and two weeks after his first scratchcard win in May 1999, Nine News asked him to re-enact it for the B-roll footage of their news report. While being filmed scratching off another card inside the shop, he turned around, held up the ticket and said, "I just won 250,000. I'm not joking. I just won 250,000." 1998 was when he suffered a car crash followed by serious medical problems.