Some people buy lottery tickets for years and win absolutely nothing.

Maybe a free ticket.

Maybe a few dollars.

Maybe just the quiet reminder that probability does not care about their dreams.

And then there is Robert Bevan from Idaho, who has apparently decided that winning the lottery is not a once-in-a-lifetime event, but more of a casual recurring hobby.

Bevan has now won the Idaho Lottery 18 times over the last 30 years.

Yes, eighteen.

At this point, most people would start wondering whether the universe has accidentally left his account on favourable settings.

The Idaho Lottery summed it up pretty well in a social media post:

Does lightning strike 18 times? For Idaho Lottery player Robert Bevan... it just might.

Bevan’s winning streak goes all the way back to 1997, when he first walked into the Idaho Lottery offices after winning a top prize in the “Blazer Bucks” promotion. That prize awarded seven 1997 Chevrolet 4-Door Blazers, because apparently the 90s were a time when lottery prizes could casually involve a small fleet of SUVs.

Since then, Bevan has collected several $1,000 prizes, multiple $5,000 prizes, various $20,000 prizes, one $200,000 prize, and now a fresh $50,000 win.

His latest prize came from a $50 “$1,000,000 King” scratch-off ticket bought at a WINCO in Eagle, Idaho. The ticket landed him one of the game’s five second-tier prizes.

Now, most people would call that luck.

Bevan does not seem too interested in making it that dramatic.

For him, playing the lottery is not some master strategy. It is not a system. It is not a secret code. He is not sitting in a dark room analysing scratch-off odds with a corkboard and red string.

According to the Idaho Lottery, it is just something he and his wife have always done together.

Stopping for gas.

Picking up groceries.

Grabbing a ticket along the way.

That is it.

No big ritual. No magic formula. Just a shared habit that somehow keeps producing the kind of results that make everyone else question whether they are buying tickets from the wrong shop.

But the best part is that Bevan does not see the lottery as his greatest win.

He and his wife are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary this year, and when asked about luck, that is where his mind went.

My real luck is 40 years with the same amazing woman.

Which is either incredibly sweet or a devastating reminder that even after 18 lottery wins, the man still knows what actually matters.

The $50 “$1,000,000 King” scratch-off game launched in December 2025. It includes two top prizes of $1 million, one of which has already been claimed. Two of the five $50,000 second-tier prizes remain, along with four of the nine $10,000 third-tier prizes.

The overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 2.87.

But if your name is Robert Bevan, apparently the odds are more like: “Yeah, sure, why not again?”