A Chinese man who bought a lottery ticket using the numbers on his family's birthday for seven years won the first prize and received 24 million yuan and about 4.5 billion won in our money.
According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP) on the 1st (local time), China's welfare lottery double color ball (Ssangseochu) announced on the 10th that a man living in Hefei, Anhui Province, China, was the first winner.
As usual, A purchased a lottery ticket worth 10 yuan (about 1,800 won) with the number he selected himself and won the first prize. "At first, I made a random automatic choice when buying a lottery ticket, but one day I heard about a lottery winner who combined the birthdays of family members, so I chose the number of my family's birthday from 2017," he said.
"I have never spent more than 20 yuan (about 3,700 won) at a time while buying a lottery ticket for more than 10 years," he said. "I always tried to act reasonably and never imagined that I would win first place."
Mr. A reportedly donated 100,000 yuan (about 18.8 million won) of the prize money to the Charity Association. He also said he plans to buy a better house for his family with the rest of the money.
Netizens who heard the story responded, "7 years of persistence shone," "I'm so kind to donate the prize money," and "I want to win, too."
Reporter Park Sun-young of Digital News Team
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