You still remember that in October last year, the prize pool of the Mega Millions in the United States once reached a huge prize of $1.5 billion! At that time, everyone was buying lottery tickets, and I hoped that this lucky person would be myself! This is a money that can't be spent in life!
result, this huge jackpot of $1.5 billion was won by a lottery player in South Carolina! This is the second highest prize pool in American history and the highest single-player prize amount! The editor is really envious of this winner... jealous... that hates you!
But... But... American media recently reported that the shocking prize of has not been received yet! , and there is one month left, the $1.5 billion prize will be invalid! ! !
In the place where the jackpot was generated, in Simpsonville, a small town in South Carolina, everyone looked through that issue of the lottery again, and confirmed it once again, not that they won the jackpot! And who is the winner of this mysterious grand prize has become the first gossip topic after dinner in this originally peaceful town!
Small Town Supermarket opened a huge jackpot
On the evening of October 23, 2018, the US Super Millions Lottery (Mega Millions) awarded a first jackpot of US$1.537 billion (approximately RMB 10.672 billion) in South Carolina, South Carolina, setting a historical record of the winning amount of the Super Millions Lottery.
Simpsonville is a rapidly growing town located south of Greenville. The town has about 22,000 residents.
lottery was bought at KC supermarket in Simpsonville, about 11 pm from October 20 to 23 last year. KC Supermarket is not in the city center, but is next to a two-way driveway. Next to the parking sign, there are some construction sites next to it.
Supermarket employee Jee Patel said when he went to work at 6 a.m. the second day of the lottery, he saw that state officials had arrived at the parking lot outside the supermarket.
The officials immediately took away the video from the store after they arrived. Supermarket employee Patel said, "We don't know who the winner is, and we haven't seen him at all. I don't know when we sold it, nor who sold this lottery ticket."
Every person who enters the store thinks that the lottery ticket should be sold to locals working nearby or living here.
Christian Porchak lives one kilometer from KC supermarket. He bought the lottery on the day of the grand prize. When he heard the prize was sold, he felt his breathing pause. He checked his lottery number over and over again, but his fantasies were quickly extinguished.
He said: "I know I have checked every I bought one lottery ticket, but I always feel that I am the winner."
mysterious winner has not appeared in the middle of the town. There are many different opinions in the town
After the Mega Millions sold the grand prize, almost all people living in the small town of South Carolina were discussing who won the grand prize, and everyone had their own guesses.
Perhaps the winner could not bear it after seeing the winning amount, and suddenly died of a heart attack? Maybe he was a fugitive to avoid police background checks? Perhaps this lottery accidentally flew out of the car and drifted into the garbage dump? Or is this winner planning to enjoy a peaceful life before quietly taking away the 80 million prize?
Everyone talked about why this person has not come to claim the prize yet, and there were even some conspiracy theories. Supermarket employee Chris Watson, who sells hot dogs and burgers next to the grill at KC supermarket, thinks Mega Millions never plan to give anyone a grand prize, it's just an excuse for them to get people to buy more lottery tickets.
A barber named Lloyd Hall heard a rumor that the winner worked in a large power plant several kilometers away. He kept waiting because he didn't want his colleagues to know about his winnings. Another rumor is that the winners are a group of people working in the office who bought this lottery together. Now we are consulting their lawyers on how to allocate this bonus.
Barber Hall said: "I began to feel that we may never know who the winner is." The winner who won the prize will affect many parties
vs. U.S. states
If this lottery is not taken away, the $1.5 billion grand prize will be reassigned to 44 states except the U.S. Virgin Islands and District of Columbia (District of Columbia).
Supermarket employee Chris Watson said: "I don't understand that since no one receives the prize, why not return the money and draw the prize again?"
will be a huge loss for South Carolina (South Carolina). Because they have a budget of $61 million in taxes from the winners. But since no one received the award, the budget had to be cancelled.
This budget accounts for about 0.5% of South Carolina's annual government fiscal expenditure.
Everyone in the South Carolina State will also be affected. A person who made the regulations made a recommendation in the state budget to return $50 in taxes to each tax resident. But the premise is that the state can get taxes from the winner.
Supermarket owner
Store owner has also become another person with huge losses. If the lottery is still unclaimed, he will not receive a reward of $500,000.
But employee Patel said that over the past few weeks, the store has already obtained a big advantage because it sold the winning lottery ticket. Everyone came here to buy lottery tickets to enjoy the joy of the winners, so the store business was booming. This is why there is always a sign hanging at the door of the store, which says "This store sold a lottery of 1.5 billion yuan."
grand prize is not the first time that no one has claimed
before, but the previous prize amount is simply a slight witch compared to this time. Gordon Medenica, director of
Mega Millions, said that the largest and unclaimed super million prize was sold in New York in 2002. The bonus amount is US$68 million. Wendy Ahlm (now regulator PowerBall) of New Mexico Lottery said that in 2002, the winning amount of the two lottery tickets totaled $103.5 million, and one of the lottery tickets sold in Indiana (Indiana) has not been claimed yet.
Each state has different regulations on how long it takes to redeem the prize. Director Medenica said winners generally don’t come to redeem the prize immediately, and they usually consult attorneys and financial consultants first.
He heard some remarks that winners will wait until 2019 to come back to redeem the prize, because by then the tax policy will be more beneficial to them. In South Carolina and a few other states, winners can receive the prize anonymously without being disturbed by the public. Medenica, director of
, said: "We can't understand at all now, why do people wait for so long but don't come to receive the prize." Before
, there were also people who won the jackpot for a long time before coming to claim the prize.
official said: "The largest first prize in U.S. history is $1.586 billion. On January 13, 2016, three winners from California , Tennessee (Tennessee ) and Florida (Florida) respectively divided the big prize equally. The winners in California didn't come to receive the prize until 6 months later.
"The larger the prize amount, the longer the winner will come to receive the prize," said Russ Lope of California Lottery. "This is a huge fortune, and their lives will change dramatically. ”
has only more than a month left before the redemption deadline. This is the second largest jackpot in American history. Winners can go to the South Carolina Redemption Center in Columbia before 5 p.m. on April 19 to redeem his jackpot with his lottery ticket.
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