With only 8 days left until the deadline to claim his winnings, the American man realized that the lottery ticket he bought a year ago might have won the jackpot and frantically searched through his closet.
Walking and talking were both difficult for Bao; he only learned to read at age 10, wondered what he could do to support himself at 13, and by 19 he was financially independent and knew he was living a vibrant life in his own way.
Jonathan decided to buy a lottery ticket to ward off bad luck after an unfortunate day at work with poor sales, and his life changed when he won $1 million (over 26 billion VND).
The perplexing question, "Should I receive a million dollars or maintain a life of $1.000 a week?" posed by the 20-year-old girl has left many people scratching their heads.
Overjoyed at winning the lottery, Mr. Vuong took a picture of his winning ticket and posted it online. Unbeknownst to him, this allowed someone else to "steal" the prize money from him.
The winner of the 1 million yuan (over 3,6 billion VND) prize called the heavy rain she encountered a "rain of fortune"; because she had to take shelter from the rain, she went into a lottery ticket shop and bought a pack of tickets.
The owner of the torn lottery ticket that won the grand prize has just received the full 2 billion VND prize money from the Hue Lottery Company after winning the lawsuit.
A young Chinese man scratched a lottery ticket at his ancestors' graves during the Qingming Festival and won the biggest prize of his life, attributing his good fortune to "blessings."
The People's Court of Huong Thuy town (Hue City) ruled that the Hue State-owned Lottery Company Limited must pay 2 billion VND, the winnings from the special lottery prize, to Ms. NTN (residing in Quang Nam province).
The People's Court of Huong Thuy town (Hue City) ruled that Hue Lottery Joint Stock Company must pay 2 billion VND, the prize money from the special lottery ticket, to customer Ms. NTN.
Two homeless people in Toulouse, France, stole a credit card to buy a lottery ticket and won 13 billion Vietnamese dong, but the lottery company doesn't know who to pay the prize to.
The two thieves bought a scratch-off lottery ticket using a stolen bank card and won $523.000, but they haven't yet claimed their prize from the lottery company.
During a meeting with the plaintiff, Ms. NTN (residing in Thang Binh district, Quang Nam province), the People's Court of Huong Thuy town clarified the reason why the lottery ticket was torn, along with several other issues.
Nguyen Thuy Trang Thanh (residing in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City) was fined 2,5 million VND for taking money from lottery ticket sales for her mother, then spending it and staging a robbery to cover up her actions.
A South Korean man won 17,6 billion won in a scratch-off lottery ticket and excitedly urged his colleague to buy another one, only to unexpectedly win the same prize.
The People's Court of Huong Thuy Town, Thua Thien - Hue Province, has just received a lawsuit from Ms. Nguyen Thi Ng., residing in Binh Nguyen Commune, Thang Binh District, Quang Nam Province, demanding payment of her lottery winnings.
While tidying up her handbag, an Irish girl stumbled upon a lottery ticket she'd left behind two weeks earlier, unexpectedly winning 100.000 euros (2,7 billion VND).
On February 2nd, the police in Phu Tho ward, Thu Dau Mot city, Binh Duong province, were investigating and searching for the person who snatched over 210 lottery tickets from a disabled person.
A winning lottery ticket for the Power 6/55 Jackpot 1 prize, worth over 50,5 billion VND, has just been found by the Vietnam Computerized Lottery Company (Vietlott).
A man traveling by motorbike from Ho Chi Minh City brought 470 lottery tickets from previous draws to Bien Hoa City (Dong Nai province) and then swapped them with tickets belonging to a disabled woman.
A woman with disabilities affecting both her arms and legs reported to the Tan Tien Ward Police (Bien Hoa City) that a middle-aged man had swapped over 800 of her lottery tickets.
The Ministry of Finance believes that websites that purchase traditional domestic lottery products on behalf of customers, as well as those that distribute foreign lottery tickets, pose a potential risk of disguised gambling.