Mercer, Pennsylvania - George Kaminski, who has spent more than half of his life behind bars, has one more reason to hate prison.

"There are no four-leaf clovers here," 53-year-old Kaminski told The Herald Of Sharon for Friday's editions.

Kaminski, serving time for crimes including burglary and shooting at a police officer, has collected a world record 72 927 four-leaf clovers since 1995. He found all of them on the grounds of various Pennsylvania prisons.

But now that he moved to a minimum-security facility with fewer clovers, he's worried about the competition.

Edward Martin Senior, of Soldotna, Alaska, claims to have collected more than 76 000 four-leaf clovers. The 73-year-old retiree has applied to Guinness to be recognised as the new record holder.
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