Are you into gambling? Imagine going on vacation and going back home as a millionaire! This really happened to a very lucky Texas man when he suddenly bought a lottery ticket. This is a story about unexpected actions and luck. This man will receive a huge amount of money for 25 years, how amazing would this be? Well, let’s talk about this story from the beginning and also about gambling.
A destination he will never forget
David Le is the new millionaire man in Texas. He would have never thought of going on a holiday to Florida to relax and spend a joyful time and coming back home with a fortune! Let’s explain what happened to David to suddenly become a millionaire.
One day he went to buy some groceries at a Walmart supermarket and he saw some scratch-offs and he decided to buy one, why not? There are many times of scratch-off games, but he went for the one calle ‘A YEAR FOR LIFE SPECTACULAR’ whose highest prize is $1 million for 25 years. Yes, you have read right, each year for 25 years the winner will receive a shocking amount of $1 million.
His lucky day and the aftermath
Gambling changed David’s life. That day, when he was scratching off the ticket, he could not believe what happened. Imagine how lucky he was because the gambling ticket is a random mechanism in which you need the correct numbers and symbols to win the prize. You could win many different prizes because you can multiply the amount obtained by 5, 10 and up to 500, so you may guess what happened to David, right? Basically, he got all the right numbers and symbols and he will receive those $1 million for 25 years, so no more worries for David.
Once he went back home in a different way than most people who go on holiday, not only did he buy souvenirs to decorate his place, as many people do, but he came back as a millionaire. What a wonderful memory to share with his family!
Florida and its scratch-off tickets
This is a very popular gambling in Florida as if we join all the prizes, Florida has given the amount of $65.5 billion divided in different prizes making more than 2,000 new millionaires. However, this is also beneficial for the estate economy because winners have to pay taxes and part of what is collected goes to the funding of public education in Florida. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) keeps 24% if you win more than $5,000. It is estimated that more than $19.8 billion was deposited in a trust fund to improve Florida’s education.
Careful with gambling!
Gambling can be a fun and harmless action to do, but the reality is way different. Gambling is thought to make you come back and buy more chances to win a prize. Sometimes this is done through winning small amounts of money that allow you to buy another ticket, and, there you go, you have fallen into the trap.
You are in a constant change of emotions, at the beginning you are excited about the possibility of winning something, but as time goes by (and tickets too) you will feel desperate and angry because you ‘’feel’’ the prize is near. This feeling makes you buy another one just in case that is the winning ticket and you will become addicted to gambling.
David was a lucky person and we all would like to put ourselves in David’s shoes. Gambling is not a necessarily dangerous activity if you are able to control your emotions and your money, if not the best thing to do is not gambling because nobody guarantees you any prize. So, play with judgement and enjoy life!