According to the US CBS ( Columbia Broadcasting Corporation) news report, Thomas Cook from Wisconsin won the US$22 million (approximately RMB 140 million) lottery, and he did not hesitate to win the lottery. He shared this huge bonus with his good friend Joe Feeney.
(Source: American CBS news)
Thomas and Joe are good friends who have known each other for more than ten years. As early as 30 years ago, when they started buying lottery tickets, the two people made a verbal agreement: if one of them was lucky enough to win the jackpot, they would split the other half of the prize equally.
This promise has not been fulfilled for nearly 30 years. Until one day, Thomas bought a Powerball lottery ticket in Menomi, Wisconsin, and was finally told by the lottery company that he had won a jackpot of up to $22 million.
The first thing Thomas did after winning the prize was not to accept the prize. Instead, he picked up the phone to inform Joe of the good news and said that it was time to fulfill the agreement. Joe’s first reaction at the time was: "Are you teasing me?"
(Source: CBS News)
It is reported that the odds of Powerball lottery are very high. The overall odds of the prize is one in 290 million. Both of them didn't believe that the big prize would come to their heads, but fortunately, they were the luckiest one this time.
lottery company Cindy Polzin (Cindy Polzin) said in an interview: "It is also the first time we have seen this kind of unselfish sharing of bonuses among good friends.I am so happy for their lucky winning and deep friendship!
Thomas and Joe chose to receive the bonus in cash. The two received 16.7 million U.S. dollars (about 110 million yuan) in cash at a time, and each of them received 5.7 million U.S. dollars (about 36.78 million yuan) after paying taxes. ).
After winning the prize, Thomas retired two weeks early, and Joe has now retired from the fire department. At present, the two said that apart from enjoying retirement, there is no other special place to spend money.
Thomas said: "We have not yet figured out how to use this bonus to plan our retirement life.
According to CBS reports, Thomas and Joe once took their wives on a road trip in a small convertible, and now with this bonus, they can choose to "upgrade" their retirement trip, for example, they can Buy a luxury RV to take your family to travel.
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Author: BonBon320
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