DEFERRED COMPENSATION
4 September 2009
Five month old lotto ticket changes this
punter's life
The South African media are reporting the extraordinary
story of a five-month-old lottery ticket that has
changed the life of a local technician and his family in
a major way.
It seems that the man, who wishes to
remain anonymous, drove around for five months with a
lottery ticket worth Rands 20 million (about GBP1.6
million or US$2.5 million) lying in the pocket of his
car's door panel.
A spokeswoman for the lottery
operator, Gidani, said the man had more than 50 tickets
in his car at the time.
"I went to pick up my
children from school and I happened to be early. That's
when I decided to check my tickets," the winner told
Gidani.
Gidani spokeswoman Thembi Tulwana takes
up the tale: "Tucked into a pocket in the driver door
panel for the past five months was a R20 million winning
lotto jackpot ticket with the six correct numbers for a
draw that took place on 28 March 2009."
She said
the man took the tickets to a retailer to check the
numbers as he had time to kill. Several of his fifty old
tickets had winnings of between R30 and R100, but the
last ticket to be checked came up with the big-win
reading "Not authorised to pay."
The man
subsequently took the ticket to the Gidani headquarters,
where it was confirmed that he was now worth R20
million.
Tulwana says the stunned punter had
prioritised settling his debts, after which he planned
to renovate his home and ensure his children's future.
His R20 million bonanza cost him just R40 on a
'quick pick' randomly chosen numbers ticket.
Online Casino News Courtesy of
Infopowa
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