Two Brothers Win The Same Lottery But With Wildly Different Results

I can only imagine the phone conversation between these brothers when they both won the lottery. I imagine it was something like: 'Bob! You'll never believe this, I won the lottery.' 'Holy smokes, James! Me too! Got a cool $7.00 loool.' 'Oh, I won about $300million. See you at Christmas.'

Far-fetched as it sounds, this situation actually presented itself for the Stocklas brothers. I doubt that they usually give out massive cheques for $7, but this is one of those stories that you would generally consider as a special circumstance.

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The pair hail from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and CNN reports that James (a judge) had popped into his local restaurant where he eats breakfast every day and realised that he hadn't checked his numbers. Once he realised he'd won, he bought a brekkie for everyone who was there and rang his family to tell them they were all going to Florida.

Hopefully, this includes Bob. He has a whole $7.00 to contribute towards flight costs after all.

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