Hurley won the lottery with the numbers that he heard from his former soldier friend who's now in a mental hospital. He heard it when he was working in the pacific. The numbers were cursed. Hurley's friend had a partner in this mission and Hurley flew to Australia to find him. He shot himself. The French woman was on a scientific expedition and they wanted to spot the transmission of the numbers which brought them to the island. She changed that transmission with her distress call. The numbers were written on the vessel stuck in the ground, too. Hurley's character has become very interesting.
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