“Half of the double luck goes to my brother”
(Chicago = Yonhap News) Timothy Emerick from North Carolina, USA, was lucky enough to win $100,000 on two lottery tickets with the same numbers. [노스캐롤라이나주 복권국 웹사이트 캡처. 재판매 및 DB 금지]
(Chicago = Yonhap News) Correspondent Hyun Kim = A middle-aged American man was lucky enough to win $100,000 (about 130 million won) from two lottery tickets with the same numbers he purchased by mistake from a lottery sales clerk.
According to UPI and local media on the 22nd (local time), Timothy Emerick, who lives in Garner, a suburban city of Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina, unexpectedly bought two items at BJ’s, a warehouse-type supermarket where he works, last week. I bought a lottery ticket and became the winner of ‘double luck.’
Emerick said, “The salesperson mistakenly printed two lottery tickets with the same numbers,” and after hesitating for a moment, he decided to buy both tickets.
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However, as a result of the drawing on the 13th, the number chosen by Emerick became the winning number for $100,000. Emerick, who had two lottery tickets with the same number, received twice the winnings.
However, Emerick said, “I will give all of the winnings from the lottery to my brother.”
“I used to say, ‘If I win the lottery someday, I will definitely share it with my brother,’” he said. “My brother fully deserves the prize.”
Emerick added, “My brother was always there when I needed him,” adding, “If he had won the lottery, he would have done the same as me.”
He said, “I recently moved to North Carolina because I wanted to live close to my brother after living out of state.”
Local broadcaster WRAL reported that Emerick received the winnings in a lump sum from the North Carolina State Lottery on the 21st, and that the actual prize money received from the $100,000 winning lottery ticket after deducting federal and state taxes was $71,251 (approximately $9,300). 10,000 won).
Emerick added that he will use his share of the lottery winnings to repay his loan and pay his utility bills.
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