Lady luck: a woman for the day 30 once won the lottery
A woman from Virginia 30 won the lottery once a day. She explains this by feeling the numbers, writes USA Today.
Screenshot from Twitter / @ VirginiaLottery
Deborah Brown first bought 20 tickets Pick 4, and chose the same four numbers - 1-0-3-1, according to the Virginia Lottery.
“I saw these numbers a couple of times during the day,” she explained.
She liked the numbers so much that she bought 10 tickets at Shell Station in Chesterfield, Virginia.
The top prize for every ticket in 1 Dollar was 5000 dollars, so when 11 February fell to Brown, she won 150 000 dollars.
Taking her winnings, the woman said she was on the verge of a “heart attack”. Brown still does not know where to apply his winnings. Now considering home repair.
Americans love to buy lottery tickets. On average, an American spends about $ 200 a year to buy lottery tickets, although residents of some states give far more. According to a LendEDU study, on average, a Massachusetts resident spends $ 735 on lottery tickets every year, while in Delaware or New York, expenses are close to $ 400 per year or $ 33 per month.
According to polls, Americans would react differently to winning a multi-million jackpot:
- 74,8% of respondents would take the entire amount at once, 25,2% would divide the amount into several annual payments;
- 43,4% of respondents would immediately claim a win, 56,6% would wait for some time before receiving a win;
- 80,1% of respondents would consult about options for investing money with a lawyer / accountant / financial advisor, 19,9% would decide the fate of the win;
- 90,7% would prefer to remain anonymous if won, 9,3% would publicly announce a win;
- 48,1% of respondents would have quit their jobs if they won; 51,9% would continue to work;
- 63,6% would hire a financial advisor to manage the money, 36,2% would manage the finances on their own.
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