The father of Mrs Oksnes won 4.2 million Norwegian Crowns (B22.5 million) the day before she gave birth to her first child in 2006.
Just three years later, Mrs. Oksnes, who serves hot dogs at a petrol station on Austevoll Island just off the coast of Norway, won 8.2 million Crowns (B44 million) herself. Again, it happened one day before her child was born – the second one in her family.
After another three years, Mrs Oksnes’s 18-year-old brother Tord won the very same national lottery, taking home 12.2 million Crowns (B65.6 million). This time, it was months after her third child was born.
“This is completely insane... we don't even play the lottery that often,” Mrs Oksnes stold Reuters after the family won their third lottery in six years. “My husband thinks we have enough money now," adding that she will save a majority of her portion of the winnings to buy property.