One day a man from new Jersey decided to check out a bunch of old lottery tickets lying around after the summary of television news reported that wanted the lottery winner at 24.1 million dollars. What was his surprise when he found in his old shirt ticket with numbers that matched the ones that he saw on the screen.
On may 23, two days before the ticket validity has expired, Jimmy Smith of East Orange received her prize, which amounted to more than $ 24 million. Smith is a guard who retired. He told about the one that since the 1960s, he regularly buys lottery tickets in new York and new Jersey, and checks them when he has time.
The lucky ticket he bought at the store grocery and tobacco in the Tribeca neighborhood in Manhattan. As it became known, he decided to stretch the full payment for 26 years.
Note, the payment of the winning parts, more has more favorable terms – the person will receive 70% of the entire amount after taxes. If the winner will require at once all the money won, according to the law, he will receive only 30%.
Recall, women of Colorado for over 30 years has chosen the same lottery numbers — September 17, 2017 win in the lottery Powerball 133, $ 2 million.
