From the SF Chronicle:
It had to happen sooner or later for Angelo and Maria Gallina, who figure they have spent $124,000 over the years on lottery tickets.
"It had to happen sooner or later" is another statistical fallacy, commonly known as the "gambler's fallacy": the odds of winning increase the longer a losing streak goes. Nope. Each lottery is an independent event. If you've spent $124,000 on lottery tickets, the ticket bought with dollar #124,001 is no more likely to be a winner than #1 was.
Besides, even if it were true, if the odds of winning a lottery are 1 in 41 million and you've only bought $124,000 worth of tickets so far, "it had to happen sooner or later" is still probably going to come much later.