"I can't remember the first time I played the lottery I was probably quite young. I'm an optimist. If you don't play, you can't win, and somebody has to win the big prize. Why not me? To me, winning would mean freedom leave my job, have no debts and do exactly as I pleased. I live in Norway, and every few weeks I'd buy a lottery ticket. I'd occasionally win 100 kroner (7.50), which just covered the cost of the ticket."
"In June, I was on holiday in Greece with my girlfriend. We'd had the most amazing day, and were watching the sunset with a glass of wine. Earlier in the day, we had discussed buying a holiday home there. I'd need to win the lottery first! I joked. Suddenly, my phone buzzed with a text message. It was from Norsk Tipping, the Norwegian lottery corporation, saying I had won big in the Eurojackpot. I had to read the message two or three times."
A Norwegian man regularly played the lottery from a young age and saw small occasional wins. He believed a large win would provide freedom, pay debts, and allow him to leave his job. While on holiday in Greece with his girlfriend he joked about needing to win to buy a holiday home. He received a text from Norsk Tipping claiming a big Eurojackpot win of 1.3m kroner and felt elated, imagining life changes. He contacted his mother in excitement. After comparing numbers he realized he had matched only two main numbers and one bonus, and news indicated a currency-conversion mistake.
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