CN Lottery winner keeps $30 million prize secret from his wife and child because he doesn’t want to make them lazy

A man in southern China is keeping his 219 million yuan ($29.9 million) lottery jackpot a secret from his wife and child, saying he was worried that the winnings might make them lazy.

The man identified only as Mr. Li went alone to the lottery office in Nanning, in the southern region of Guangxi, to claim his prize, the Nanning Evening News reported. He wore a bright yellow costume that covered his head in photos showing him accepting the prize.

“I didn’t tell my wife and child for fear that they would be too complacent and would not work or work hard in the future,” the man told the newspaper last week.

He donated 5 million yuan to charity and said he hadn’t decided what to do with the rest. He collects some 171.6 million yuan after taxes.

The man bought the winning ticket in a shop in Litang, a town of some 120,000 people just east of the regional capital of Nanning, the Nanning Evening News said. The day after he realized he won, he drove to the bigger city to present the ticket at the lottery headquarters.

“I only slept in a hotel because I was afraid to go out and lose the lottery ticket,” he said.

China’s central government runs lotteries to raise money for welfare and sports. Players in Guangxi pick six numbers on red balls and one on a blue ball. The man said his winning numbers were ones he’d been playing for years: 2, 15, 19, 26, 27, 29 and 2.

https://fortune.com/2022/11/01/chin...llion-prize-secret-wife-child-make-them-lazy/ (Archive)

 

[Matt Damon]

If he's keeping it a secret, he's not doing a very good fucking job.

 

[Fomo Hoire]

So uhm, does she know now because he's in the picture?

Or is it so true that all Asians look the same that she can't ID him?

Or is this story only available outside the Great firewall so she can't see the story? Hell if the story isn't available in China, is it really real, or is it a psyop for the rest of us?

Speaking of life outside the firewall, what is that 219M really worth? It's already reduced to 171M by taxes, and I don't think China just lets you convert Chinese money into global money and leave the country with it, so it's what? $3.50 after paying the expatriation costs?

E: even if she can't ID him, surely she would recognize the numbers he's been playing for years and years?

 

[Socrates]

So uhm, does she know now because he's in the picture?

For whatever stupid fucking reason the author of the article used a picture of a different person winning the lotto instead of the relevant one.



He's the one wearing the creepy yellow costume.

 

[Matt Damon]

So uhm, does she know now because he's in the picture?

Or is it so true that all Asians look the same that she can't ID him?

He's ostensibly the one in the costume, but still, I don't know how I could reasonably keep a big secret from the people I live with when even people on the other side of the planet who speak a different language know about it.

How do you hide a multi-million dollar tax bill from your spouse?

 

[Zero Day Defense]

How do you hide a multi-million dollar tax bill from your spouse?

...money laundering?

 

[Fomo Hoire]

He's the one wearing the creepy yellow costume.

He's ostensibly the one in the costume,

I assumed pig boy was the lottery mascot!

What's the point of the pictures if the winners all dress up in costume? I understand that typically, giant novelty checks are fake and are followed up by a real check, but let's say they're the same thing for now.

Presumably, the pictures prove that there was a winner and that the prize was collected. But we never see a winner. For all I know, all the winners are the same CCP official in a different costume so the CCP can keep collecting entry fees without ever paying out. And I don't mean they just rig it so their friends win, I mean they can just put on a fake ceremony and they don't even give themselves the money.

E: Wonder if the costumes are owned by the lottery or the winners. It'd be boring if the winners rotated the same few costumes, but if the costumes are privately owned then having a random fursuit in your closet isn't really good for secrecy.

 

[The Last Stand]

I see where he's coming from with trying to hide his identity upon winning the lottery. It should be an option to anonymously collect your winnings without photography.

 

[Disheveled-Human]

Chink tricks at work.

 

[Something Awful]

There are two costumes, pig head and yellow head...?



edit: oh, the pig is a different lottery winner from 2019

 

[KiwiFuzz]

This guy sounds like an asshole.

I get not wanting your kid to be a pile of shit, but the wife?

"Hey, hon, even though I am worth 20 million dollars, you still need to be a hotel maid or a store clerk or whatever bullshit job because I don't want you to be lazy."

And for the kid, you can set up a trust.

 

[Blobby's Murder Knife]

I see where he's coming from with trying to hide his identity upon winning the lottery. It should be an option to anonymously collect your winnings without photography.

I sort of get both reasons. On the one hand, you don't want fags to know who you are. On the other, the lotto has scammed and has the potential to by just saying *unverifiable person X won* while pocketing the cash for themselves.