Retired couple 'cracked code on winning lottery' - and say its bagged them £23m

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A retired couple who claim to have cracked the code for winning big on the lottery have bagged a whopping £23million. Jerry and Marge Selbee have won jackpot after jackpot over the last nine years on a US lottery game, the Daily Star reports.Their success started in 2003, when the couple discovered a little-known legal loophole on the Winfall game.

According to the New York Post, they were then able to work out when buying several tickets at once would pay off - and have been raking in the cash ever since.Their story has now been turned into a film, Jerry and Marge Go Large, which came out in the US in June.

Following its release, experts at The Cinemaholic have explained exactly how the couple were able to make their millions on the lotto game.They explained: “Each ticket of Winfall cost $1 and a player could pick six numbers between 1 and 49 with one ticket.

If the six numbers Michigan Lottery drew were the same six numbers a player picked, the individual would win a jackpot of at least $2million or higher."If the player guessed five, four, three, or two of the six numbers, lesser prizes were awarded.”Jerry, who will be played by Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston in the new film, used basic maths skills to figure out how to make sure he made a profit when the prizes were at their highest.