He stops at a gas station and buys a lottery: he wins 1.17 billion euros, “honestly, we are speechless”

He stops at a gas station and buys a lottery: he wins 1.17 billion euros, “honestly, we are speechless”

He fifth largest prize in the history of the Mega Millions Lottery It was distributed at the end of the year in the United States (USA). This draw could be compared to the EuroMillions draw that is played in Spain, and what is striking is not only the enormous amount of money that the winner took home, but also the human history and improvement that involves the purchase of the tenth prize winner.

You have to move to cottonwoodwhich is a small town 210 kilometers from Sacramento (California), as explained by the lottery administration of this State. On December 27, in the middle of Christmas, a vehicle stopped to get gas at a service station. There, he decided to take a tenth which later became millionairewith 1.2 billion dollarswhich is equivalent to 1,170 million euros. And a moment, an instant, and a stroke of luck can change your life.

Vendors with a commemorative sign. | California Lotteries

This news has been widely commented on both in the United States and outside its borders, both due to the amount of the prize and the very particular story behind it. One of the media that has covered it is the San Francisco Chronicle or the T33 Sacramento network, which managed to interview Ishar Gill, the owner of the gas station, who explained how he found out that he had sold a prize-winning tenth.

“The California Lottery called me on a Friday and gave me the news. I told my father and he told me to check it two or three times. “It’s an exciting time here because it’s the biggest jackpot ever won.”

A gas station that had collapsed due to a fire

The gas station Sunshine Food and Gas (Circle K) It had recently suffered a strong fire, which caused its complete collapse. Little by little, they have been rebuilding it and the owner, Ishar Gill, understood this stroke of luck as a push of fortune. So, once they knew they sold the fifth largest prize in Mega Millions history, They rushed to publish it on their social networks.

Yes indeed, the winner does not know that he has been oneor, if you are aware, your identity is unknown. However, the owner of the service station has written in Facebook your message of congratulations. “Honestly, we are speechless.” “Sunshine Food and Gas just sold a $1.2 million Mega Million ticket. To the winner, we couldn’t be more excited for you.”

Facebook post from the gas station that sold the winning ticket.

In this text, there were also words of gratitude for those who have supported the place “to our incredible community, thank you for supporting us and being part of our daily life, whether for gas, snacks or just for a ‘hello’, you mean a lot.” for us.”

The impossible numbers that the winner got right

The winner of this millionaire prize was able to match all the numbers in the drawing, which were 3, 7, 37, 9, 55 and the Mega Ball with 6. The last one to find this combination was a man from Texas and he won 880 million dollars.

Mega Millions works on the system of Boat. That is, if no one gets it right, it accumulates and adds up, until it reaches 1.2 billion dollars in this case.

The new millionaire will be able to collect the prize in two ways. The first of them is through annual payments over 30 years until having the full amount or a single cash payment of 549.7 million dollars (527 million euros), normally by bank transfer.