Unlike other lottery winners, New York Powerball Lottery winner Robert Bailey got a lot of coverage in the media worldwide, mainly because of his method of choosing a winning number
Most people who purchase lottery tickets, will choose a number which they consider lucky, and select a different number everytime.
However Bailey was using the same number every week for more than 25 years
His winning number was 8-12-13-19-27-4
Bailey claimed that the number was given to him by a family member approximately 25 years ago.