A person claiming that the first prize winning lottery ticket was put in a washing machine before the deadline for claiming a lottery ticket with a prize money of 29 billion won in California, USA.
According to the AP news agency on the 14th (local time), a woman claiming to have won the 1st prize in the'Super Roto Plus' lottery with a prize money of 26 million dollars (22.9 billion won) at a gas station convenience store in Norwalk near Los Angeles (LA) Appeared.
The deadline for claiming the lottery winnings was 13 days, and the woman went to a convenience store the day before and requested payment of the winnings.
However, this woman made an incredible argument.
It was said that the first prize lottery ticket stored in the pants was accidentally put into the washing machine and returned.
The woman said she had bought the lottery ticket last November at a convenience store.
Accordingly, the convenience store confirmed that the woman had purchased the lottery ticket through surveillance video and handed a copy of the video to the lottery authorities.
The lottery authorities said, "We will investigate the women's claim to win first place."
It has not been confirmed whether this woman lied that she won first place, or whether she did not know the actual winning lottery ticket and damaged it.
However, the authorities explained that if you lose your first prize, you must submit proofs such as photographs of the front and back of the lottery to receive the winnings.
The first prize winner can receive the prize money annually or at a time, excluding taxes.
The temporary receipt is $19.7 million (2.25 billion won).
The lottery authorities said that the bill for the winnings stamped on the 13th was also valid, but said that the lucky character has not yet appeared.
If it is finally confirmed that there is no first place winner, the lump sum receipt of $19.7 million will be transferred to the California public school grant.
(Photo = Twitter capture of the California Lottery, Yonhap News)