He let woman jump queue, then won S$22.18 million
lottery
AFP
10 Dec 2010
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - An act of gallantry paid huge dividends for a
"humble gentleman" who won S$22.18 million in a Philippine lottery
after letting a woman jump a queue and buy what would have been his
losing ticket.
The 63-year-old winner's elation when collecting his 741 million
pesos (S$22.18 million) this week was tinged with empathy for the
excited lady who pushed in front of him, the lottery said
Friday.
"The woman cut in. He was being very gentlemanly so he just
stepped back and allowed her," Philippine Charity Sweepstakes
Office chair Margie Juico told AFP.
"When he won, he kept thinking: how sad for that woman. She could
have won the big prize if she had just been patient."
Nobody had won the lottery since May 15, ratcheting up the prize
money because it accumulates every time someone fails to pick the
lucky numbers.
The potential for a huge win prompted millions of people in this
impoverished country to form huge lines outside lottery
outlets.
Juico said the winner in the November 29 draw was "unassuming
and humble", and had told her that he had not even bothered to see
if he held the winning ticket for a week.
A Filipino living in the United States, he had bought the ticket
while on a holiday to his homeland. He will return to the United
States, where he works and has three children.
The lottery agency has a policy of keeping the names of the
winners secret, partly to protect them from kidnappers, Juico
said.
Source:
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20101210-252129.html
