Thursday March 6, 2009. The AOL news read under the photo: Jorma Hogbacka celebrates his $12.24 million lottery win in Toronto in January. The semi-retired welder said he expected to win the lottery after a psychic said he would be rich one day. So did he win because the psychic saw it, or did he attract it because he expected it?
How much does our belief and expectation have to do with what comes to us? There is a good story at The Power of Belief and Expectation and it is a frequent topic of Abraham-Hicks. It has been my experience that expecting something and believing it will come to pass greatly accelerates its arrival. Here are more lottery wins to inspire you:
Jamal Sed celebrates outside a lottery office Dec. 22 in Barcelona after winning a chunk of Spain’s annual Christmas lottery, called “El Gordo” (The Fat One). The lottery doled out $3.23 billion in prizes.
Fourteen city workers and a retired colleague from Piqua, Ohio, shared in a $207 million prize from a 12-state lottery Dec. 18. Their plans for the winnings ranged from buying a new car to quitting work and traveling.
Jessica Agbunag, center, won $2.4 million from a slot machine Nov. 18 during her first trip to Las Vegas.
Bobby Guffey, left, of Indiana forgot his bifocals as he went to buy a lottery ticket and accidentally strayed from his usual numbers when he couldn’t make out all the digits. The goof turned out to be worth $3 million in an Aug. 6 drawing, The Journal Gazette reported.
Fred Topous Jr. won the $57 million Mega Millions jackpot from the June 13 drawing. He planned to take a $34 million payout.
Jonathan Vargas, 19, became the first South Carolina resident to win a Powerball jackpot with the $35 million May 17 drawing. He planned to buy his mother a house and quit his construction job.
Construction company owner Carl Hunter, who lost two homes in Hurricane Katrina, won a $97 million Powerball jackpot in Louisiana.
Minnesota couple Sue and Paul Rosenau hit a $180.1 million Powerball prize in May, the biggest ever in the state. They chose a lump sum of $88 million, resulting in about $59.6 million after taxes.
In March 2008, eight co-workers in the tax department of West Virginia’s Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office claimed a Powerball jackpot worth $276.3 million. The women will receive a lump sum payout of $139 million; individually, they’ll get nearly $12 million after taxes.
In February 2008, Tonya and Robert Harris bought a winning ticket to the $270 million Mega Millions jackpot at a convenience store in Portal, Ga.
Timothy Elliott won $1 million from a scratch ticket in November 2007.
David Coterel, center, and his two adult children from Ohio came forward in September 2007 as the winners of the $314.3 million Powerball jackpot.
I have friends and clients who have won. I’m not saying play the lottery or gamble if that’s not for you. But, if you don’t, Just make sure you have other avenues in place to allow unexpected money to come to you.
That way you can expect it 🙂