▲A man buys a drink and wins a lifetime prize. (Picture/reproduced from Twitter/Florida Lottery）
Reporter Li Zhenhui/Comprehensive Report
A lucky man in Alabama, USA, stopped to buy a drink on the roadside in Florida. The lottery ticket he bought was lucky enough to win a lifetime jackpot. He can receive US$150,000 (approximately NT$4.84 million) per year. However, he finally chose to receive it in one lump sum. After tax deduction, I happily received a bonus of US$2.44 million (approximately NT$78.79 million).
Gary Thomas, a 49-year-old man living in Dothan, Alabama, bought a drink at a local store in Campbellton, Florida, and spent US$5 (approximately Taiwan dollars). 161 yuan) bought a scratch-off ticket, but I didn’t expect to get the highest prize by lucky scratch.
When Thomas accepted the award, he happily said that he still had no sense of reality about winning the grand prize. “I’m still getting used to this situation. I really can’t believe it at all. I still can’t believe this is real.”
Although winning the jackpot can receive a fixed bonus of US$150,000 every year, Thomas chose to receive the bonus all at once. After tax, he still received a bonus of US$2.44 million, and the store he went to also received US$4,000 because of the jackpot. Yuan (approximately NT$120,000) bonus.
Great News! Gary Thomas of Dothan, AL, turned $5 into more than $2 million playing the $150,000 A YEAR FOR LIFE Scratch-Off game! This game features more than $132 million in cash prizes! Way to go, Gary! Ready to try your luck? Read more https://t.co/841TY9PstM. pic.twitter.com/UY8LrnaqVn
— Florida Lottery (@floridalottery) October 16, 2023
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2023-10-17 04:40:00
