Lottery Surprise: Man Wins 100x More Than Expected
A man who thought he won $10,000 in the lottery discovers he actually won $1 million. His one-time payout after taxes and fees came out to $650,000 in his pocket.
Bus driver lottery winner was shocked to the core when he discovered that he was 100 times luckier than he originally thought.
A Massachusetts school bus driver, Edward Boudreau, got really lucky on a scratch-off lottery ticket. According to the rules, he had scratched off ten words, enough to win $10,000. However, he miscounted and actually had eleven words, which meant that he had really won one million dollars.
He turned in his “$2,000,000 50X Cashword” ticket on Friday, he thought he was about to claim a $10,000 prize. According to the rules of the game, matching 10 corresponding words gets you 10 grand, which is nothing to sneeze at.
But that’s when lottery officials helpfully informed him just how much luckier he was. Turns out he matched 11 words, yielding him the $1 million prize, communications director Christian Teja confirmed to TIME.
He opted for a one-time payout, a total of $650,000 after withholdings raining down on him.
Ideally, he’ll have something to spare from his influx of funds for the essential customer service agent who tipped him off about that last word.
Let this fortunate man’s instant journey to wealth teach us all that if you want to win big in life, never settle for less than you’re worth. And look at situations closely, unless you’re one of those people who look at an extra $990,000 and say, “I could take or leave it.”
Imagine winning $10,000 on a scratch off ‘Cashlottery ticket’. How awesome would that be? Winning $10k on a scratch off. Then imagine showing up to cash in that ticket and finding out that you actually won 100x more than you thought you did. Is that not the best moment of your entire life?
