By winning 12.2 million kroner
(more than 1.6 million euros or $2.1 million) last week on Norway's national
lottery, 19 year-old Tord Oksnes became part of a lucrative family tradition.
Before him, his 26 year-old
sister Hege Jeanette had pocketed 8.2 million kroner (1.1 million euros, $1.4
million) in 2010, only four years after their 58 year-old father Leif won 4.1
million kroner (554,000 euros, $718,000) on the same lottery.
The lucky numbers were drawn
every time Hege Jeanette was pregnant or had just given birth. Two of those
births took place within only hours of a family member winning.
When asked by AFP about the
family's secret to winning the jackpot, the lucky mother replied: "Getting
pregnant."
Her three other brothers who
have (yet) to win the lottery have begun paying special attention to the size
of her belly, she added.
"They're urging me to have
at least 10 children, she said with a smile. "Having children is always
nice, but it doesn't happen on command. Maybe..."
However, a spokesperson for
Norsk Tipping, the Norwegian national lottery, cautioned that the brothers'
plan for growing the family fortune by having more babies may not be foolproof.
"I've tried myself twice
and I've never won anything," said Roar Joedahl.
Calculating the probability of
one family winning the lottery three times is extremely difficult, since there
are so many factors to consider, he added.
The Oksnes family, who live
near Bergen in southwest Norway, say their winning numbers were chosen by a
machine, and that they never used the planned birth dates of the children.
Tord plans to keep his job as a
technician in the energy sector, just like his sister has stayed at the petrol
station where she works, although she is currently on maternity leave.
"I'm going to buy one or
two apartments to secure my future," the newly minted millionaire told
AFP.
Once he's pocketed the money,
Tord allowed himself to go on a small shopping spree to buy a new computer, glasses
and some clothes. "I'm also going to pay back my sister, who lent me the
money to get a drivers' license," he said.
His recipe for success? "I
don't know. The whole thing is inexplicable."
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