以为中了60万、其实是1500万：俄州肯特一对伴侣刮中50美元彩票头奖 选一次性领取750万
据俄亥俄州彩票局10月15日发布的新闻稿与《Akron灯塔报》报道，俄亥俄州肯特市一对长期伴侣在拉文纳市栗子街530号的Circle K便利店买下一张50美元的“50周年”刮刮乐，刮中该游戏头奖：每年60万美元、连领25年，合计1500万美元。
两人是多年的彩票玩家。女方挑中这张票，回家后由她刮开；起初两人不敢相信，用俄亥俄彩票手机应用扫票后，屏幕显示“600000美元”，“那时他们才开始相信自己真的中了，”彩票局新闻稿说。次日，两人请假前往彩票局区域办公室核实奖金。
两人选择一次性领取750万美元现金方案；扣除26.75%的法定州与联邦预扣税后，实际到手5493750美元。两人表示打算把这笔钱用于投资并供养子女。彩票局称，截至10月14日，该游戏原设的三个头奖还剩两个；另有三个100万美元二等奖（每年4万美元、连领25年）待领；该游戏整体中奖概率为1比3.97。
Kent Couple Thought They Won $600,000 on a $50 Scratch-Off; It Was Actually $15 Million
A long-time couple from Kent, Ohio, won the top prize on the Ohio Lottery's $50 '50th Anniversary' scratch-off, a prize of $600,000 a year for 25 years, or $15 million, the Ohio Lottery said in a news release on October 15, reported by the Akron Beacon Journal. The woman picked out the ticket at the Circle K at 530 Chestnut St. in Ravenna and played it at home.
Not believing what they were seeing, the couple scanned the ticket using the Ohio Lottery app. 'It said $600,000 and that's when they started to believe that they had actually won,' the release said. The next day, they called off work and took the ticket to the lottery's regional office to confirm the win.
They chose the cash option of $7.5 million; after mandatory 26.75 percent state and federal withholding, they will receive $5,493,750. They plan to invest the money and provide for their children. As of October 14, two of the game's three top prizes remained, along with three second-tier $1 million prizes paid as $40,000 a year for 25 years; overall odds of winning are 1 in 3.97.
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