Joan R. Ginther
American lottery winner
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Joan R. Ginther was an American lottery winner. On four occasions between 1993 and 2010, she collected winnings in excess of US$2 million in state lotteries, to a grand total of US$20.4 million.
Early Life
Born in Bishop, Texas,[1] Ginther had an undergraduate degree in mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin[2] and a PhD in mathematics and education from Stanford University.[3][4][5]
Description
Joan Ginther was an American four-time lottery winner. She first won the lottery in 1993, when she won $5.4 million in Lotto Texas (equivalent to about $12M in 2025). Her next win came in 2006 when she won $2 million in the Holiday Millionaire scratch-off. Her third win happened in 2008, when she won $3 million from a Millions and Millions ticket. In 2010, she won $10 million, her largest prize, bringing her total winnings to $20.4 million.[6] According to mathematicians asked by the Associated Press, the odds of winning this many times were one in 18 times 10 to the power 24,[7] but this was apparently a miscalculation.[8] All of her winning tickets were purchased in Texas, and two of them were bought from the same convenience store in Bishop, Texas.[9] Prior to her death, she lived in Las Vegas, Nevada, and preferred to keep a low profile.[10]
Ginther died on April 12, 2024.[11]
