'I thought I was the God of Fortune': Mark Lee once won $120k in lottery but has since lost more than that

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As one of the ambassadors for the National Council on Problem Gambling, Mark Lee is no stranger to the lottery. In fact, his latest movie What! The Heist, is centred around it. During the press conference for the movie on Tuesday (Jan 17), the 54-year-old Golden Horse Award nominee told AsiaOne that he once won the 4D first prize of...

In fact, his latest movie What! The Heist, is centred around it.

He had bought '0004' — the license plate number of his newly purchased ride — after driving his friend and his girlfriend to register their marriage. "I kept betting. It was very fast, I think within one or two years I gave back $120,000 [to Singapore Pools].Now that he's cleaned up his act, Mark is focusing on honing his craft as an actor — something he got to do in What! The Heist, where he plays an acclaimed actor Chao Yan Fatt, who narrowly misses the Golden Horse Award .

In the trailer for the movie, Mark does his own take on Ip Man — complete with the Wing Chun master's black tunic and wooden dummy.

 

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