A father from Guangxi, China, donned a yellow mascot costume to collect his $30.6 million lottery jackpot because he wanted to keep the prize a secret from his family. Photo courtesy of the Guangxi Welfare Lottery
Nov. 3 (UPI) -- A lottery winner in China donned a mascot costume to claim his $30.6 million lottery jackpot in order to keep his wife and children from finding out about the prize. The Guangxi Welfare Lottery said the man, identified only by the pseudonym Li, said he has been playing the lottery for about 10 years and normally uses the numbers 02-15-19-26-27-29-02. Advertisement
The man recently spent $11 to buy 40 tickets bearing his lucky numbers for the same drawing, and each ticket ended up winning $765,000, for a total of about $30.6 million.
Li showed up to collect his prize wearing a bright yellow cartoon mascot costume. He said he wanted to keep his jackpot a secret from his family.
"I have not told my wife or children. I am concerned that they might feel superior to other people and will not work or study hard in future," Li told lottery officials.
Li donated some of his winnings to a lottery fund that supports vulnerable communities in China. He said he does not yet have plans for the rest of the money.
dan_45 on November 3rd, 2022 at 23:43 UTC »
Why buy 40$ worth of tickets with the same numbers? Anyone else catch that? Each ticket was worth 765,000$.
idontusethisJustlurk on November 3rd, 2022 at 23:09 UTC »
""I have not told my wife or children. I am concerned that they might feel superior to other people and will not work or study hard in future," Li told lottery officials."
Fogg_4dayz on November 3rd, 2022 at 22:02 UTC »
Good for them.