A woman who won the lottery in Nigeria gave the money to a street beggar barely an hour later.
Rosemary Obiakor, 46, of Lagos, won more than three million naira in the National Sports Lottery, reports the Daily Metro.
When asked what she planned to do with the money after she was presented with her cheque in a ceremony on local TV, Mrs Obiakor said she'd give it to a "lucky beggar".
"I have heard a lot of stories about how people win the lottery, and they get broke in the short run and come across a lot of misfortune. I am scared, and so I'll give it to a lucky beggar on the street," she told TV reporters.
She collected her cheque, cashed the money and gave the money to a female beggar who was sitting by the street side with her two-year old baby.
When Mrs Obiakor and a team of lottery executives handed the beggar a bag full of banknotes, she screamed with delight, and hugged them all.
She thanked her benefactor profusely and promised to start a food retail business immediately.
Before she went away with her money, the new 'millionaire' gave handfuls of money to other beggars on the street.
Source: ananova.com
80-year-old ex-gov’t employee wins P27.6 Megalotto jackpot
It was a retirement fund he didn’t have to work decades for.
By a stroke of sheer luck, an 80-year-old former government employee won last March 7, 2011 the 6/45 Megalotto jackpot of P27,587,136.60.
The male bettor from Cebu came to the PCSO office at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City on Wednesday afternoon to claim his prize.
The winner, a regular bettor since 1996, correctly guessed the winning combination of 22-04-03-06-32-30.
He placed a P40 bet – P20 for a lucky pick combination and the other P20 using important dates.
