“I Was Just Drawn to These Numbers” ... Man Buys 50 Lottery Tickets With the Same Numbers, All Win—What Was the Total Prize?

[Financial News] A man in the United States who bought 50 lottery tickets with the same numbers won on all of them in a single drawing and is set to receive $250,000 (about 350 million won).
According to UPI and other outlets on the 12th, a man identified only as A, who lives in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina, chose the numbers “0-5-0-0” ahead of the Pick 4 drawing on August 18. He reportedly visited several convenience stores around Summerville and bought 50 tickets with that same number combination.
A explained that he chose the numbers because, as he put it, “I was just drawn to them for no particular reason and thought I might get lucky.”
The winning numbers turned out to be “0-5-0-0,” and all 50 tickets A had bought won. Each ticket paid $5,000, bringing the total prize to $250,000.
However, buying multiple tickets with the same numbers does not increase the odds of winning.
Some U.S. number lotteries allow players to buy multiple tickets with the same numbers for a single drawing. If those numbers win, players receive a prize for each ticket they hold. If the numbers do not match, all the tickets they bought lose.
A said he would not enter again with those numbers, adding, “I don’t think I’m lucky enough for something like this to happen again.”
Online commenters who heard the story reacted with comments such as “Proof that time machines exist,” “Isn’t this evidence that time travelers really exist?” and “He seems like someone who came from the future knowing what was going to happen.”
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