An Israeli couple nearly lost out on a lottery prize of over $20 million after shoving the winning ticket under a pile of old papers … and forgetting about it. The staggering prize went unclaimed for nearly four months, and lottery authorities were already rubbing their hands in glee over the prospect that the money would return to their coffers. Alas, it was not to be – the woman’s nagging (nah!) that her husband should sort through their old papers, led to him to discovering the ticket, checking the numbers at a late-night convenience store and finally confirming a prize made up of many, many, many zeros!
So, a redneck buys a lottery ticket and wins the lottery. He rushes to the store to claim the winnings and when it’s confirmed he says: “I want my $20 million!”. The store clerk says: “No, sir, it doesn’t really work that way. We give you a million today and the rest of the money is spread out for the next 19 years – $20 million in total.” The redneck is furious and yells: “No, no! I want my money, all of it, right now! I won it and I want it!” The patient clerk explains again that the policy of the lottery group is to pay out over a 20 year period. The redneck is really rednecked by now, grabs the poor man by his lapels, shoves him up against the wall and seethes: “Look man, I – WANT – MY – MONEY! If you don’t give me my $20 million, I want my dollar back NOW!”
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