By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-10-01 01:13:57 | Updated at 2024-10-01 04:13:24
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A man in China who bought lottery tickets for seven years using the numbers of his family’s birthdays has finally hit the jackpot, winning a 24 million yuan (US$3.4 million) prize.
The story of the cash bonanza unfolded on September 10 when the Chinese welfare lottery Shuang se qiu, or Double Color Ball, announced its first-prize winner as a man who uses the pseudonym Huang, from Hefei, Anhui province in central China.
His win came after he bought a 10-yuan (US$1.4) ticket with his usual self-selected numbers.
The Double Colour Ball lottery, which was launched in 2003, is one of China’s most popular sweepstakes.
As of mid-July, it boasted annual cumulative sales of 30 billion yuan (US$4.3 billion) in 2024 alone.
