Chinese American in New York bought lottery tickets with five colleagues for 25 years and finally won a million-dollar jackpot
Mr. Ta (first from right) and his colleagues won a million yuan lotto prize. (Courtesy of World Journal/Lotto Bureau, USA)
Original title: With five colleagues to buy lottery 25 years of New York Chinese finally win one million prize
China News network, April 11, according to the United States "World Journal" reported, New York 74-year-old Chinese man Tower (ZahTsungDa) has been working with five colleagues to buy lottery tickets for 25 years, 9 they finally received a $1 million winning check.
Mr. Tower and his colleagues are in New York Upstate Yanke City a production of a variety of engineering plastic fluid treatment products of the Micromold company (Micromold) as a mechanic, they in March 23 to become the Powerball award "five yards 1 million yuan bonus" ($1MillionMatch5) winner, Mr. Ta was joined by HumbertoCampeche, JulioSandoval, AngelitoCruz, HermiloGarcia and RafaelCastillo.
Mr Ta said he went to the United States in 1966 to start buying lottery, has not been successful, "this time after six people split is not a big amount of money." After paying taxes, each person will receive between 108,095 yuan and 110,300 yuan, which they plan to use to pay bills, save for their families or pay for their children's school fees, treat 30 other colleagues to dinner and celebrate together. While they also want to have a little fun, Castillo said he wants to take his grandchildren on a Disney cruise so they will always love him. Castillo said they would still go to work because the bills wouldn't stop just because they hit the jackpot.
The NewYork City Lottery on the 9th in the Empire Casino in Yonkers, NewYork (EmpirecityCasino) awarded 2 million yuan to seven lucky winners, in addition to Mr. Ta and his five colleagues, ChristineHinspete, 44, won the $1 million prize when she bought her ticket at a fast food restaurant in NewRochelle, N.Y. (Wong Ai Heung)