Financial Good Fortune Study
Can You Manifest a Lottery Win?
Some major lottery winners say they believed they would win long before it happened. Is manifestation becoming a financial tool worth taking seriously—or are these simply remarkable coincidences that appear meaningful afterwards?
Could manifesting help finance your retirement?
Retirement is normally financed through pensions, savings, investments and property. But some people insist that their greatest financial change began with something less conventional: a firm belief that good fortune was coming.
We are not claiming that belief can replace a pension plan—or that imagining a jackpot will make one appear. We simply think the experiences of genuine winners are interesting enough to investigate properly.
Cynthia Stafford
California winner Cynthia Stafford has said that she repeatedly visualised winning before securing a $112 million Mega Millions jackpot in 2007.
Her account is unusual because she associated her visualisation with the particular jackpot amount—not merely a general wish to become wealthy.
Read the documented interview →Les Scadding
Welsh winner Les Scadding said his family had heard his prediction for years before he and his wife won half of a £91 million EuroMillions jackpot in 2009.
“For the last 12 years I have always said I’m going to win the lottery. My family all laughed at me.”Read the contemporary report →
What are we trying to discover?
We want to compare winners, non-winners and people who actively practise manifestation. The questions examine prior belief, visualisation, prayer, emotional state, practical action and the intended purpose of the money.
Share your experience
No name or email address is requested. Please answer honestly and do not include names, addresses, ticket numbers or other identifying information in your story.
Frequently asked questions
Can manifestation make you win the lottery?
There is no reliable scientific evidence that thoughts can directly influence randomly drawn lottery numbers. However, some documented winners say they strongly expected or visualised their wins beforehand. This study asks whether such winners share any measurable attitudes, habits or behaviours.
Why include people who have not won?
Winners alone cannot tell us whether a belief is unusual. We need answers from non-winners and people who practise manifestation without receiving the expected result so that meaningful comparisons can be made.
Will individual stories be published?
Findings may include anonymous summaries or short extracts, but respondents are asked not to provide names, addresses, ticket numbers or other identifying information.