Lotto Winner

Cancer Survivor Wins the Lottery 3 Times in the Last 12 Months

‘Lucky’ doesn’t begin to describe David Serkin from Alberta, Canada. Not only did he beat cancer, he also won the lottery.

Serkin cashed-in on $500,000 million last August with a LOTTO MAX game by the Western Canada Lottery Corporation, giving the cancer survivor and retiree an opportunity to take his wife to Hawaii.

But he followed that up with a $1,000,000 winner in the LOTTO 6/49 game just 3 months later, and now, despite the odds of a winning ticket being 1 in 33 million, Serkin has won again.

“I bought this ticket while I was buying gas,” he explained. “I saw the Gold Ball draw was getting close [to the final ball selection] and thought, ‘What do I have to lose?’”

Playing 6/49 again, he won another $1 million leaving his wife and friends gobsmacked.

“I went for coffee with the boys after I checked my ticket,” he said. “They asked to see it and said, ‘Not again?!’”

His wife is still in disbelief, a statement from the WCLC read, but Serkin says they’ve enjoyed the ride together so far.

“I took my wife to Hawaii with the last win, and we had a great time,” he smiled. “Now, we’re going to Newfoundland!”

Canadian news reports that Serkin also won a quarter-million in a draw 10 years ago, before his cancer diagnosis.

Serkin said he has been playing since LOTTO 6/49 launched in 1982—and has enjoyed the process of buying and checking his tickets over the years.