Man Cheats Death 7 Times - 4 Failed Marriages - Wins Lottery ($1.46 MILL)

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A MAN who cheated death seven times, had four failed marriages and then won Stg600,000 ($1.46 million) with his first lottery ticket has refused to leave Croatia to fly to Australia to film a commercial because he fears it could tempt fate.

Croatian Frane Selaks has been signed by Smith's Snackfood company in Australia to star in a commercial for Doritos, but the 75-year-old resisted the temptation to hop on another plane.

Instead, a film crew flew to Zagreb to record Selaks, known as Lucky to his friends, who has survived seven serious accidents which have claimed scores of lives.

"I never had any accidents while travelling on a boat or a ship so I thought about going there that way but it would have taken a month and my wife would not want me to be away for that long," he said.

"I didn't want to risk another accident while I was travelling by air.

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