Man Hides $30 Million Lottery Win From Family, Appears in Costume to Receive His Prize Money
- A man in China has won a lottery jackpot of about $30 million
- The man appeared in a costume to hide his identity as he received his prize money
- He says he does not plan to inform his family including his wife and kid about his new fortune
A man who won a lottery jackpot of about 219 million yuan ($29.9 million) in China appeared in a cartoon costume to receive his winning at the lottery office in Nanning, in the southern region of Guangxi.
According to Bloomberg, the man who is known by the pseudonym Li said he is concealing his identity and does not plan to tell his family so that the knowledge of his win does not make them lazy or complacent. He said:
I have not told my wife or kid. I am concerned that they might feel superior to other people and will not work or study hard in future.
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Winning the lottery jackpot
Li said he has been buying lottery tickets for the past 10 years. According to reports, he bought 40 lottery tickets at 80 yuan ($11) each. Using the same seven numbers of 2, 15, 19, 26, 27, 29 and 2 for each ticket, Li emerged as the biggest winner when all seven numbers matched. The payout for the entire tickets added up to about 219 million yuan ($29.9 million)
Li who has been playing the lottery for around a decade says this is his biggest win even though he has won a few dozen yuan in the past.
I only won a few dozen yuan in the past. I regard buying the lottery as a hobby, and my family does not care. Plus, I do not spend much money on it, and the lottery provides a ray of hope for me.
While he keeps his fortune from his wife and kid, Li says he has not yet decided what to do with the money. He has however donated 5 million yuan to charity as a first step even though the Chinese government by law will also tax him about 43 million yuan (approx. $5.9 million)
Nigerian lottery company refuses to pay man N72.7million winning
Recall that a few weeks ago, Legit.ng reported how a man raised an alarm about the refusal of a Nigerian lottery company, Green Lotto, to pay him his N72.7million win.
The man identified as Sunday Nwachukwu sued the lottery company before the Lagos State High Court where the matter is currently being heard. He added that to appease him, the company had at different times offered him N10million, N13million and N20million instead of the N72.7 million that he supposedly won. At each time, he had turned down the offers, insisting on collecting his exact winnings.
Reacting to Nwachukwu's claim, Green Lotto claims the customer does not deserve the money as he is alleged to have engaged in irregularities.
Source: Legit.ng
