Won $ 1,500 million and does not seem to get the prize

Monday, February 25, 2019 08:35

One bettor won $ 1,500 in the lottery, but he still did not seem to collect.

The odds of winning were only one out of 302,575,350.

And yet, on October 23, a person from the city of Simpsonville, South Carolina, managed to get the 6 numbers of the Mega Millions game that gave the largest single prize in the history of the United States: about $ 1,500 million.

The winning ticket was sold in a small supermarket in the city, whose owner said that what happened was good for the community.

City mayor Janice Curtis also announced the news on the grounds that the award would put Simpsonville "on the map".

A few months later, however, the lucky ticket buyer has not yet seemed to claim his prize and the people – who had been celebrating the event – are uncertain about how the days go by and where the risk lies. growing to never be charged.

Buy it or lose it

In accordance with the rules of the draw, the winner has a period of 180 days to retrieve it. This means that the deadline to make it effective expands until next April.

However, we do not know why he let so many months go by without charging.

"It's unusual, knowing that it's about $ 1.5 billion," Holli Armstrong, a spokeswoman for the state-run lottery in South Carolina, told local press.

Sometimes lottery winners delay their collection while deciding on the best strategy to follow.

Earlier this year, a Hampshire woman who had won about $ 560 million at the Powerball game, another very popular lottery draw, asked a judge to remain anonymous.

She wanted to continue to lead a normal life without being recognized as a millionaire with all the consequences that entails. However, his state's law required that his identity be publicly disclosed in order to receive the prize.

In the case of South Carolina, the circumstances are different because it is possible to make an accusation and to remain anonymous. But this is not what happened.

The reasons, then, may be of others.

The winner may seek legal and financial advice. Or that he does not know what to do with such a price because such a price can affect his life in many ways.

The stories of people who have not been able to properly handle a price of this type are not unusual. What seemed like a blessing turned into a tragedy.

The case of Billie Bob Harrel Jr., who won a $ 31 million prize in 1997 and ended up committing suicide. Shortly before, he told his financial adviser that "winning the lottery was the worst thing that happened to him".

Another man in the United States who won the award twice ended up living in a trailer.

However, it is also possible that the winner simply lost the ticket.

If the prize is not claimed, the funds will be distributed among the lotteries of the 44 participating States who will receive resources proportionate to their contributions and will be able to decide on the use to be made of them.

For the moment, the winner still has two months to claim his winning ticket and give – hopefully – happiness to the city of Simpsonville.

Source: https://es-us.finanzas.yahoo.com/noticias/gan%C3%B3-u-s1-500-millones-225900971.html

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