“Homeless Woman Wins $5 Million California Lottery and Shares Her Story of Overcoming Adversity”

The story of an American woman, who was homeless until six years ago, ‘reversed her life’ by holding a lottery prize of over 6 billion won is a hot topic.

Foreign media such as CNN and Fox Business reported on the 10th (local time) that Lucia Pose, a woman living in California, recently won an instant lottery ticket she bought as a pastime. It is known that the winnings amount to as much as 5 million dollars (about 6.6 billion won).

In an interview with the California Lottery Commission, Fosses confessed his difficult past, saying, “I was homeless until six years ago.” He said, “This year, I got my bachelor’s degree, got married, and won the $5 million lottery.”

It is reported that Poseth bought the lottery ticket while stopping at a gas station to change the oil in his car on the 3rd.

“It’s just luck,” he said. “Until six years ago, when I was homeless, I never thought I could be a lottery winner.”

“(At the time of purchasing the lottery ticket) I just closed my eyes and picked one (lottery paper),” he said. I remembered.

Poseth said, “First of all, I will use the prize money to prepare my own house,” and “after that, I will try to use the rest of the prize money for investment.”

In this regard, Carolyn Becker, spokeswoman for the California Lottery Board, said, “The California lottery’s goal is to secure additional funding for public education,” and emphasized that “it is made possible by lottery purchasers.”

Becker added, “This success story makes our lottery a positive impact both for the winners and for the schools (who receive donations from lottery sales).”

Meanwhile, the California Lottery, run by the state of California, uses 95 cents of every dollar sold to support public education, lottery prizes, and retail store operations.

According to data for the fiscal year last year (2021-2022), the California Lottery made $8.8 billion (about 11.6582 trillion won) in revenue, of which $2 billion (2.6496 trillion won) was supported for public education.