19 Year Old Wins $35.3 Million Power Ball Jackpot
A nineteen year old construction worker Jonathan Vargas picked the best six numbers of his life and claimed the massive $35.3 million Power ball jackpot that was declared on last Saturday. The worker said that he had three brothers aged 21, 14, 12 respectively and a sister who would be 15 this year. His mother turned 43 this year. All these were the winning ticket numbers. When asked at the press conference about the last number, he said, “I was just lucky, when I chose that number.”
According to the state lottery director of South Carolina, Ernie Passailaigue, there had been many power ball tickets that had been sold in the state that had won money; the construction worker was the only one who lived in the state. The worker studied at the Airport High School in Lexington County. According to the state lottery officials, the winner would take his winning sum in one lump sum payment of $17.3 million, instead of annual payments spread over a period of 29 years.
The winner revealed that he would be leaving his job and buying a house. He had no other big plans, but would be getting in touch with a lawyer and a financial consultant. He added, “I chose the winning numbers while at work, while having a bottle of juice. The expiry date on the bottle was the same date as my birthday and I then decided that my family would bring me luck.”
He went on to say, “I then called up my mother, who gave me the numbers that I wrote on a napkin. I was holding the napkin when I watched the draw.” Though this was the first time he was playing the lottery, his parents stated they had won a sum of $10,000 in a scratch-off game.
