Are you like me, fascinated with the actions of lottery winners? Like the plumber who won a hundred-and-some million bucks but couldn't wait to get back to his clogged sinks, the ones who file for bankruptcy a year after cashing their BA check, the ones who lost their ticket and had to go through ten tons of compost at the county dump...and now this, from the news:
A Chinese man who recently won $30 million says he’s keeping his giant jackpot secret from his wife and child because he doesn’t want them to get lazy.
It happened October 24, and the big winner is only identifying himself as Mr. Li, but he's also Mr Li With 219 Million Yuan that he didn't have on October 23.
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| That's Mr Li on the right (yellow suit) |
Mr Li, a resident of Nanning, Guangxi, showed up at the lottery office dressed in a yellow outfit, so as to hide his identity from everyone, including his entire family.
“I didn’t tell my wife and child for fear that they would be too complacent and would not work or work hard in the future,” Li told the Nanning News.
Li had to go to a hotel near the lottery offices and spend the weekend holed in a room before cashing in the ticket last Monday. “I did not leave the hotel because I was afraid to go out and lose the lottery ticket,” he explained, although he did not explain how he told his family he was hoteling it for the weekend...
China uses lottery income to pay for welfare and cultural programs. Lottery players choose six red-numbered balls and one blue one. Li won by playing the same numbers he's played for years: 2, 15, 19, 26, 27, 29 and 2.
“I only won a few dozen yuan in the past,” he explained. “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.”
That's the key. No one can really expect or count on lottery money, but for two dollars, we get to dream of being like Mr Li.
But not like his family.
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