One man won $ 768 million in the lottery but resigned nearly half

April 25, 2019

The young American has managed to retain one of the largest prizes awarded in the United States but decided to reap only $ 477 million.

Manuel Franco lives in Wisconsin and at the age of 24 wins the highest prize in the Powerball lottery in the United States. Your winning ticket meant a check for you $ 768.4 million but has confirmed that it will only charge that $ 477 million in one payment.

The young American winner of this fortune said that he "was feeling lucky" the same day he had bought his ticket, which made him fear of wanting to steal it, according to media reports. New York Daily News.

He bought two lottery tickets by mistake instead of one and won a millionaire prize.

"I had paranoia to believe that the whole world was chasing me. I thought someone was following me every day. It's hard to live your life when you have the ticket everyone wants, "said Franco.

When he was going to withdraw his prize, the young man refused to talk about his private life and we do not know what he worked or did in life. The only thing he recognized was that he quit his job two days after proclaiming himself the winner.

In turn, he claimed that he would only charge $ 477 million in one installmentbecause to collect the total price, he would do it fractionally for 29 years and he preferred to earn money at the same time. In addition, he badured that he was willing to make charitable donations, while stating that he would never give money to anyone who would ask for it.

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The two biggest prizes awarded by the American lottery date back to January 2016, when the Powerball distributed USD 1.586 million among three winners from California, Florida and Tennessee. In October 2018, a person from South Carolina got USD 1,537 million from the Mega Millions Award.

A few days ago, a man won a prize that he had won 14 years ago and shared with two scammers. The prize was divided between the three so-called winners but Amir Mbadihzadeh sued the local authorities and claimed more than 4 million USD.