China's Record-Breaking Lottery Jackpot: 28 Year Old Wins $96 Million (image/pixabay)In a stroke of luck that defies the odds, a 28-year-old man from Guizhou province in southwestern China has clinched a staggering 680-million-yuan or $96 million lottery jacket, marking the largest win in the country’s history of lotteries.
The astonishing windfall, announced by the government-backed organiser China Welfare Lottery, has sent shockwaves of excitement rippling across the nation.
The lucky winner, whose identity remains undisclosed, embarked on his journey to fortune by purchasing 133 tickets at a modest price of two yuan (28 US cents) each. Placing his bets on a consistent group of seven numbers, the man’s strategic approach paid off handsomely when each of his tickets yielded a prize of 5.16 million yuan (US $725,000), as reported by the local television station.
Reportedly, the winner overwhelmed with excitement upon learning of his life-changing victory, confessed that he could not sleep that night. He expressed, “At first, I did not believe it, so I verified it several times. I was too thrilled to sleep,” he shared.
The winner picked up his prize on February 7, but he is obliged to relinquish one-fifth of his lottery earnings in accordance with the Individual Income Tax Law.
With a small business in Anshun city, the newly minted millionaire revealed his strategy for selecting winning numbers, revealing a combination of careful analysis of past winning tickets and adding his own lucky number. Expressing his intentions to share the happy news with his family during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday, the winner radiates gratitude and optimism for the future.
This record-breaking jackpot eclipses China’s previous milestone set at 570 million yuan, achieved by a resident of Beijing back in 2012. Last year in December, a man from the eastern Jiangxi province spent over 100,000 yuan on lottery tickets and won a prize of 200 million yuan. Another man from the Guangxi Zhuang region won 218 million yuan in 2022 but did not reveal this information to his family, fearing they would stop working hard.