Lightning-strike survivor beats odds, wins lottery
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You know how they say that you have better odds of winning the lottery than getting struck by lightning? What if you did both?
Peter McCathie, who was hit by lightning as a teen, beat the odds when he won the Atlantic Lottery in Canada on Monday. McCathie, and co-worker Diana Miller, won $1,000,000 after the duo bought a $3 ticket from at his store in Amherst, Nova Scotia. The two plan to share the winnings.
McCathie's daughter was also struck by lightning a few years ago. Why is this important? University of Moncton math professor Sophie Leger told CTV that the odds of two people being struck by lightning and winning the lottery were 1 in 2.6 trillion.
One mathematics professor estimates that the odds of this happening are about 1 in 2.6 trillion.
Posted by CTV News on Monday, July 20, 2015
“It’s almost not possible, but it did happen,” she said. “It shows that anything can happen in life.”
McCathie told CTV that he and Miller have been buying tickets together for years and didn’t expect to ever win.
"I honestly expected to get hit by lightning again first," he said.
Since McCathie also owns the store where he bought his winning ticket, he earned another $10,000 from the Atlantic Lottery Corporation, CTV reported.
Read more at CTV.
