本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛大乐彩赢家现身 二十岁女孩只花十美元抱回五千九百万(图文）
黄建育/综合□八日外电报导
彩金累积达三亿两千五百万美元的美国七州「大乐彩」（Big Game）彩券三位头奖得主之一今天现身。乔治亚州售货小姐伊莉卡．葛林在领取将近五千九百万美元（约台币廿亿六千五百万元）的支票时笑嘻嘻透露，这是她生平第一次买彩券，且是本周二晚间开奖前两个小时才买的。
芳龄廿的葛林小姐并表示，她只花□美元买□张电脑选号彩券就中了大奖，「因为，当时我身上只有这麽多钱。」购买地点是在该州北部小镇达古拉一家离住处不远的便利商店。这张幸运彩券号码是7-10-25-26-27及特别号23。葛林说，中大奖真的不可思议，「我一直怀疑有没有看错。」
葛林表示，准备找人管理这大笔意外财。她说：「我要拿这些钱投资，并智慧地花用。我不会工作，我要投资，让钱替我工作。」
葛林小姐今天领奖时搭乘一辆加长型轿车，在男友及母亲陪同下抵达主办单位办公室。她表示，准备先买部车及一栋房子，其他的目前还没想到。除了葛林外，其他两张分别在伊利诺州及新泽西州卖出的头奖彩券的买主，迄今尚未出面领奖。
「大乐彩」由美国新泽西、伊利诺、密西根、乔治亚、马里兰、麻州、及维吉尼亚等七州联合发行。由於纽约及俄亥俄两州也将在下个月加入，届时彩金金额将更高，而彩券名称也将改为「亿万彩」。
另外，华盛顿州也预定今年九月投入发行阵营。
First-time player is Big Game winner
Woman, 20, just 'shook and shook'
April 17, 2002 Posted: 3:22 PM EDT (1922 GMT)
Erika Greene, 20, was one of three winners in the Big Game.
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A young Georgia woman who is one of three winners of an estimated $331 million, multistate Big Game jackpot, feels "wonderful," and said Wednesday it was the first time she had played the lottery.
Georgia, Illinois and New Jersey vendors each sold a winning ticket for the Big Game, officials said Wednesday.
Erika Greene, 20, of Dacula, Georgia, was surrounded by reporters as she arrived at the Atlanta, Georgia, offices of the Georgia Lottery to have her ticket validated. She was accompanied by her boyfriend and family members.
"I just shook and shook" after learning Tuesday night that she had the winning numbers, Greene said. "Actually, I was kind of stunned. I didn't have anything to say."
"I called my boyfriend first and then called Dad," she said. "Both didn't believe me. My mom called everyone else."
She said she slept only about 30 minutes overnight. "I couldn't sleep, I couldn't dream, I couldn't do anything. I have no idea what I'm going to do," she said. Greene said she works for a pay phone and cellular phone company.
"I've studied up on statistics and I am going to have someone handle the money for me," Greene said. "I'll make my money work for me instead of blowing it all."
Greene said she planned to buy a car immediately. On Wednesday afternoon Greene was seen riding in a limousine with friends and family members near the store where she bought the winning ticket .
She bought 10 lottery tickets Tuesday -- the first time she had ever bought any -- at the Rans Texaco Station in Dacula, about 30 miles northeast of Atlanta.
The winning ticket was purchased using the "quick-pick, cash option," meaning the store's computer picked the numbers and the winner receives a reduced amount of money in a lump sum.
Greene stands to receive $58.9 million before taxes, lottery officials said.
Another winning ticket was sold in Union County, New Jersey, near Newark, said New Jersey state lottery official Linda Melone. The third winning ticket was sold in the Chicago, Illinois, suburb of Bridgeview, said Illinois State Lottery spokesman Max Montgomery.
The drawing took place at 11 p.m. Tuesday in Atlanta. The winning numbers are 7, 10, 25, 26 and 27, with 23 drawn as the "big money" ball. The odds of winning any Big Game jackpot are 76 million to one. Winners have 180 days to claim their share of the prize, Georgia Lottery president Rebecca Paul said.
Greene returned to the Texaco station Wednesday morning with her mother, station owner Amir Jooma said.
"When she walked in, she was very calm and she bought a pack of cigarettes, and she paid for it, and the clerk said somebody won the lottery, and she said, 'Yes, that was me,'" Jooma said. "They were in a pretty good mood."
"It's really exciting for us guys to sell the winning ticket," the owner said. His station will receive $25,000 as a result.
Jooma said the station sold close to $5,000 worth of tickets Tuesday, with one man buying $200 worth. It's the first time the station has sold a winning ticket.
The winning ticket sold in Bridgeview, Illinois, was purchased Tuesday at a Speedway gas station. No one has claimed that ticket, a spokeswoman for the Illinois State Lottery said. It also was a "quick-pick, cash option" ticket.
The Big Game is played in seven states: Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey and Virginia. New York and Ohio are set to join in May, when the lottery will be rechristened Mega Millions. Washington state will join in September.
After no one won the the Big Game jackpot on Friday -- the 18th drawing in a row that didn't produce a winner -- the prize money was rolled over to Tuesday's drawing, sparking increased sales that pushed the estimated jackpot to $331 million. The only larger U.S. lottery jackpot was a $363 million bonanza in May 2000, also in the Big Game.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
黄建育/综合□八日外电报导
彩金累积达三亿两千五百万美元的美国七州「大乐彩」（Big Game）彩券三位头奖得主之一今天现身。乔治亚州售货小姐伊莉卡．葛林在领取将近五千九百万美元（约台币廿亿六千五百万元）的支票时笑嘻嘻透露，这是她生平第一次买彩券，且是本周二晚间开奖前两个小时才买的。
芳龄廿的葛林小姐并表示，她只花□美元买□张电脑选号彩券就中了大奖，「因为，当时我身上只有这麽多钱。」购买地点是在该州北部小镇达古拉一家离住处不远的便利商店。这张幸运彩券号码是7-10-25-26-27及特别号23。葛林说，中大奖真的不可思议，「我一直怀疑有没有看错。」
葛林表示，准备找人管理这大笔意外财。她说：「我要拿这些钱投资，并智慧地花用。我不会工作，我要投资，让钱替我工作。」
葛林小姐今天领奖时搭乘一辆加长型轿车，在男友及母亲陪同下抵达主办单位办公室。她表示，准备先买部车及一栋房子，其他的目前还没想到。除了葛林外，其他两张分别在伊利诺州及新泽西州卖出的头奖彩券的买主，迄今尚未出面领奖。
「大乐彩」由美国新泽西、伊利诺、密西根、乔治亚、马里兰、麻州、及维吉尼亚等七州联合发行。由於纽约及俄亥俄两州也将在下个月加入，届时彩金金额将更高，而彩券名称也将改为「亿万彩」。
另外，华盛顿州也预定今年九月投入发行阵营。
First-time player is Big Game winner
Woman, 20, just 'shook and shook'
April 17, 2002 Posted: 3:22 PM EDT (1922 GMT)
Erika Greene, 20, was one of three winners in the Big Game.
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A young Georgia woman who is one of three winners of an estimated $331 million, multistate Big Game jackpot, feels "wonderful," and said Wednesday it was the first time she had played the lottery.
Georgia, Illinois and New Jersey vendors each sold a winning ticket for the Big Game, officials said Wednesday.
Erika Greene, 20, of Dacula, Georgia, was surrounded by reporters as she arrived at the Atlanta, Georgia, offices of the Georgia Lottery to have her ticket validated. She was accompanied by her boyfriend and family members.
"I just shook and shook" after learning Tuesday night that she had the winning numbers, Greene said. "Actually, I was kind of stunned. I didn't have anything to say."
"I called my boyfriend first and then called Dad," she said. "Both didn't believe me. My mom called everyone else."
She said she slept only about 30 minutes overnight. "I couldn't sleep, I couldn't dream, I couldn't do anything. I have no idea what I'm going to do," she said. Greene said she works for a pay phone and cellular phone company.
"I've studied up on statistics and I am going to have someone handle the money for me," Greene said. "I'll make my money work for me instead of blowing it all."
Greene said she planned to buy a car immediately. On Wednesday afternoon Greene was seen riding in a limousine with friends and family members near the store where she bought the winning ticket .
She bought 10 lottery tickets Tuesday -- the first time she had ever bought any -- at the Rans Texaco Station in Dacula, about 30 miles northeast of Atlanta.
The winning ticket was purchased using the "quick-pick, cash option," meaning the store's computer picked the numbers and the winner receives a reduced amount of money in a lump sum.
Greene stands to receive $58.9 million before taxes, lottery officials said.
Another winning ticket was sold in Union County, New Jersey, near Newark, said New Jersey state lottery official Linda Melone. The third winning ticket was sold in the Chicago, Illinois, suburb of Bridgeview, said Illinois State Lottery spokesman Max Montgomery.
The drawing took place at 11 p.m. Tuesday in Atlanta. The winning numbers are 7, 10, 25, 26 and 27, with 23 drawn as the "big money" ball. The odds of winning any Big Game jackpot are 76 million to one. Winners have 180 days to claim their share of the prize, Georgia Lottery president Rebecca Paul said.
Greene returned to the Texaco station Wednesday morning with her mother, station owner Amir Jooma said.
"When she walked in, she was very calm and she bought a pack of cigarettes, and she paid for it, and the clerk said somebody won the lottery, and she said, 'Yes, that was me,'" Jooma said. "They were in a pretty good mood."
"It's really exciting for us guys to sell the winning ticket," the owner said. His station will receive $25,000 as a result.
Jooma said the station sold close to $5,000 worth of tickets Tuesday, with one man buying $200 worth. It's the first time the station has sold a winning ticket.
The winning ticket sold in Bridgeview, Illinois, was purchased Tuesday at a Speedway gas station. No one has claimed that ticket, a spokeswoman for the Illinois State Lottery said. It also was a "quick-pick, cash option" ticket.
The Big Game is played in seven states: Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey and Virginia. New York and Ohio are set to join in May, when the lottery will be rechristened Mega Millions. Washington state will join in September.
After no one won the the Big Game jackpot on Friday -- the 18th drawing in a row that didn't produce a winner -- the prize money was rolled over to Tuesday's drawing, sparking increased sales that pushed the estimated jackpot to $331 million. The only larger U.S. lottery jackpot was a $363 million bonanza in May 2000, also in the Big Game.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
