{"id":132974,"date":"2026-05-18T11:45:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/idaho-man-whos-won-the-lottery-18-times-says-his-greatest-success-has-nothing-to-do-with-a-scratch-ticket\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T11:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:45:16","slug":"idaho-man-whos-won-the-lottery-18-times-says-his-greatest-success-has-nothing-to-do-with-a-scratch-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/idaho-man-whos-won-the-lottery-18-times-says-his-greatest-success-has-nothing-to-do-with-a-scratch-ticket\/","title":{"rendered":"Idaho man who\u2019s won the lottery 18 times says his greatest success has nothing to do with a scratch ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div class=\"hydrate-root sc-1ihz57b-0\" data-component=\"Newsletter\" data-loading=\"lazy\" data-theme-name=\"independent\">\n<div data-theme-wrapper=\"independent\" style=\"display:contents\">\n<aside class=\"sc-y4bm30-0 jwWhkK newsletter-component sc-1ge0fwe-0\" data-newsletter-key=\"receiveEveningHeadlinesUSNews\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-2 kcLSBk\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-1 inRDZn\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-3\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-4 hfveGa\">\n<p><h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-6 fvoxRM cLEJmn\">The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-8 fvoxRM iTZFOX\">Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-7 fvoxRM iGYpOF\">Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 hKcUSR sc-culv3z-0 eifaJK sc-1ix0cah-0 PYnPb sc-y4bm30-10 fUEDPX\"><use href=\"#600f53465147d717\"\/><\/svg><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-2 kcLSBk sc-y4bm30-9 iQYNfz\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletters\/usEveningHeadlines1_1.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Evening Headlines\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/news\/world\/americas\/how-to-win-lottery-romanian-mathematician-hacked-system-stefan-mandel-a8527556.html\">An Idaho man who has won the state lottery 18 times<\/a> and claimed hundreds of thousands of dollars in prizes says his greatest success has nothing to do with playing the odds.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Bevan, of Boise, Idaho, has spent three decades<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/news\/world\/americas\/illinois-lottery-lucky-mobil-gas-station-b2967842.html\" title=\"Illinois man bought a lottery ticket during his work break. He came back with a $1 million prize\"> visiting the Idaho Lottery winner\u2019s room,<\/a> having first won a four-door Chevy Blazer during a \u201cBlazer Bucks\u201d promotion run by Idaho Lottery in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Since then he has cashed checks of up to $200,000, with several $20,000 wins as well as checks for $5,000 and $1,000. <\/p>\n<p>Each King Scratch Game \u2013 which is where Bevan has claimed some of his prizes \u2013 sell around 515,000 tickets each time and have a top prize of $1 million. He has also participated in other games including Cash Explosion and Winter Wonders.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-2 cbpRGD sc-awdjp1-3 image align-center\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cXcwgU\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"2\" class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 dCJyzP\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.the-independent.com\/2026\/05\/13\/3\/00\/Screenshot-2026-05-12-at-11-03-04-PM.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.the-independent.com\/2026\/05\/13\/3\/00\/Screenshot-2026-05-12-at-11-03-04-PM.png?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.the-independent.com\/2026\/05\/13\/3\/00\/Screenshot-2026-05-12-at-11-03-04-PM.png?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Robert Bevan, of Boise, Idaho, has spent three decades visiting the Idaho Lottery winner\u2019s room, having first won a four-door Chevy Blazer during a \u2018Blazer Bucks\u2019 promotion run by Idaho Lottery in 1997\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 YlsWU hgzWpY\">Robert Bevan, of Boise, Idaho, has spent three decades visiting the Idaho Lottery winner\u2019s room, having first won a four-door Chevy Blazer during a \u2018Blazer Bucks\u2019 promotion run by Idaho Lottery in 1997<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 gjqsiM\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->Idaho Lottery<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>But Bevan told the Idaho Lottery that he did not think much about the mathematical improbability of his good fortune, and instead saw the game as a hobby, which he shares with his wife.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy real luck is 40 years with the same amazing woman,&#8221; Robert Bevan told the Idaho Lottery, after collecting his most recent win of $50,000 on the King Scratch Game.<\/p>\n<p>This year the couple is celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary, and have made buying lottery tickets part of their everyday routine while out shopping for groceries or gas, he said.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Independent <\/em>has contacted Idaho Lottery for more information regarding his multiple wins.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-2 cbpRGD sc-awdjp1-3 image align-center\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cXcwgU\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"2\" class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 iqyunA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.the-independent.com\/2026\/05\/13\/3\/42\/Screenshot-2026-05-12-at-11-03-23-PM.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.the-independent.com\/2026\/05\/13\/3\/42\/Screenshot-2026-05-12-at-11-03-23-PM.png?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.the-independent.com\/2026\/05\/13\/3\/42\/Screenshot-2026-05-12-at-11-03-23-PM.png?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Since his first win in 1997, Bevan has cashed numerous checks including several $20,000 wins as well as checks for $5,000 and $1,000. In 2014 he won $200,000\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 YlsWU hgzWpY\">Since his first win in 1997, Bevan has cashed numerous checks including several $20,000 wins as well as checks for $5,000 and $1,000. In 2014 he won $200,000<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 gjqsiM\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->Idaho Lottery<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Such success is extremely rare and Bevan\u2019s luck is made even more amazing given his lack of method when choosing his scratch cards.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, <em>The Hustle<\/em> reported on Romanian-Australian economist, Stefan Mandel, who had <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/news\/world\/americas\/how-to-win-lottery-romanian-mathematician-hacked-system-stefan-mandel-a8527556.html\">won the lottery 14 times<\/a> \u2013 using a six-step mathematical formula.<\/p>\n<p>Mandel\u2019s first two wins were in his native Romania, where he was trying to earn enough money to get his family out of the then-communist country. His salary was then just $88 a month.<\/p>\n<p>He moved to Israel before settling down in Australia, where he won the lottery an additional 12 times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/news\/world\/americas\/lottery-winner-idaho-robert-bevan-wife-b2975445.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US An Idaho man who has won the state lottery 18 times and claimed hundreds of thousands of dollars in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":132975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow2JLhCw:productID":"","_gspb_post_css":"","maa_idioma":"","maa_pais":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2725],"tags":[14791,9095,5955,3129,25251,8189,3372,3727,6132,9458],"class_list":["post-132974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","tag-greatest","tag-idaho","tag-lottery","tag-man","tag-scratch","tag-success","tag-ticket","tag-times","tag-whos","tag-won"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - 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