If you are feeling down on your luck with a string of disasters, take heart from the recent National Lottery winner Graham Tustain now £4 million richer dailyplay. He survived a crash on his motorbike in 1984 which left him in a coma for 13 weeks with a doubtful prognosis. Then in 2003 his tyre blew out leaving him hanging upside down in his car for four and a half hours. His life is set to get a well deserved boost although he plans to stay grounded.
Graham might feel he got away lightly if he compares his story to that of Frane Selak who won $1,000,000 in the Croatian Lottery lotto. Frank survived numerous potentially fatal accidents to live to enjoy his win. He escaped from a derailed train which plunged into an icy river. A door blew out on the plane he was travelling in forcing him out of the plane but he landed in a haystack lottery. Next he escaped from a bus which crashed and plunged into a river, then he escaped two different cars bursting into flames, being hit by a bus and driving off a cliff to escape a collision with an oncoming lorry! Lucky?
Fortunately for the vast majority of us, daily play checker it’s not compulsory to dice with death to be eligible to win although it is pleasing to see Graham and Frank having such a change in fortunes. Long may they stay safe and enjoy their winnings.