Billion-dollar lottery winner shows up almost a year later
The man had no idea for almost a year that he was in for a big win.
A resident of the American state of New Jersey won $1.1 billion (110 billion rubles) in the lottery.
The draw took place back in March, and the man came to collect the money only in December, writes People .
He chose to keep his identity a secret and wanted to take all his winnings at once.
In this case, taxes “eat up” a significant portion of the amount.
After recalculation, the winner received $537.5 million (53.7 billion rubles).
If he had agreed to receive the entire winnings in installments over many years, he would have received more than a billion dollars.
But the man was quite satisfied with his multimillionaire status.
The store where the lucky ticket was purchased also received a pleasant bonus.
$30 thousand (3 million rubles) were transferred to the outlet’s account.
It is noted that the $1.1 billion win was the fifth largest in history.
And it could probably end up on the list of winnings that have remained unclaimed for a long time.
