India, April 1 -- A recent news item, like so many in the past, shocked readers as a 69-year-old woman from Michigan (the US) won more than a million dollars' Lotto 47 jackpot. The overjoyed winner immediately woke up her husband, and said, "I think I just won the lottery. We got my ticket, and looked it over, and that is when I knew I really had just won." She told the lottery officials that now they can retire, as they have financial security. While it seems a bit sad, despite the happiness, that it takes a lottery for a near-septuagenarian to retire, even in America, what is more intriguing is how she knew she won without checking the ticket.

The reason was simple. She had bet on the same set of numbers, 02, 16, 18, 19, 26, and 42, fo...