The man had played for 10 years without winning anything. Photo: Composition LR/Guangxi Welfare Lottery Center
It is quite common to hear stories of lottery winners who went to the bankruptcy soon to collect the prize. Many have become millionaires from one day to the next, but, due to bad decisions, they have entered into crisis familiares which sometimes end in tragedies.
a man of China, aware of the dangers of exorbitant sums of money, he decided to hide the prize from more than 30 million dollars to his wife and son to continue working.
I had been playing the lottery for a decade
He Sr. Li, how the man identified himself, used the cartoon character costume yellow to keep his identity a secret when he went to collect the millionaire prize at the Guangxi Welfare lottery center.
“I did not say anything to my wife and son for fear that they would be too complacent and not work in the future,” the man confessed to a local media after being asked about his curious way of hiding his face.
The man received his prize after winning the lottery in disguise. Photo: Guangxi Welfare Lottery Center
The man, who keeps his identity a secret and who expressed his concern for the future of his family, assured that I had been playing the lottery for a decade and that he had only earned a few dollars.
However, he realized that he had the winning ticket and fearfully left to take the train to the state capital to collect the prize. “I didn’t leave the hotel, because I was afraid of going out and losing the lottery ticket.”
After collecting the prize equivalent to more than 30 million dollars, the winner said he donated about $1 million to charity and it’s still unclear what he will do with the rest of the money.
The winning ticket Photo: China Welfare Lottery
“For me, buying lottery is a hobby and my family doesn’t care. Also, I don’t spend a lot of money on it and the lottery gives me a ray of hope,” said the lucky man. Sr. Li.