Virginia jackpot kwi 27 izigidi
UMandela wayesazi, ukuba indlela yokuphumelela ilotho usebenzisa umgaqo othi "thenga zonke iindibaniselwano" inzima ngakumbi kungekuphela nje ngokwembono yezemali., yimalini ngokwembono yolungiselelo?. Owona msebenzi unzima wawuseza kufika.
Amatikiti anokuprintwa ngokusemthethweni ekhaya, kodwa zazisafuneka zidluliselwe kumthengisi osemthethweni, ugunyaziswe ukuthengisa amatikiti elotho e-USA, hlawula (nge $1 ngetikiti) kunye nenkqubo. Ngokuqinisekileyo awukwazi ukukhwela iteksi ukuya kwisikhululo segesi 1,4 amatikiti ezigidi kunye cache trailer.
UMandel waguqukela kwinkampani yophicotho iLowe Lippmann, ebayalela ukuba baguqulele $ 9 izigidi kwimali yomtyali-mali kwiBhanki yaseCrestar eBoston, apho le mali yahlulwe yaba iitshekhi $ 10k, ekufuneka isayinwe ngumgcini-mali. Emva koko wenza izivumelwano ngaphambili nabathengisi abaseVirginia., ukuze bathenge izixa ezikhulu zamatikiti kuye. Ekuphela kwento eyayingekho kweli cebo yayingumntu othembekileyo emhlabeni, ngubani onokuqhuba lo mnqophiso wonke.
UMandel wenze le ndima kugxa wakhe obalaseleyo ogama linguEnizali Alex..
Enizali Alex, iparatrooper edla umhlala-phantsi, sele ezitshisile kwishishini leoli, wayengoyena mgqatswa ungaqhelekanga kwindima yenkosi eVirginia kubo bonke, ngubani owayenokuchola uMandela? (Umfanekiso nguThe Hustle; umfanekiso ovela 'Bayenze Njani Lonto'?', 1992)
UAlex, ongazange akhulule i-Rolex yakhe yegolide kwaye wadlala i-camouflage ye-safari, wayenolwimi olumnandi, ukuba unokubonisa nabani na “isibhakabhaka kwiidayimani”. Ukusuka kwiparatrooper waphinda waqeqeshwa njengomthengisi weRolls-Royce., emva koko wangena ekuhloleni ioli. Wayehlala kwidolophu yaseTewtopolis, Illinois, apho wayedla ngokufunyanwa ehamba enxibe isikipa esinamagama: "Oh Thixo wam, mandingqine, ukuba ukuphumelela ilotho akuyi kundonakalisa.”
UMandel no-Alex bebengabahlobo ixesha elide. Xa uMandela efowuna, U-Alex ubuyile enkundleni, apho kwaxoxwa khona ityala lakhe lokutshona: waye $400k ematyaleni kwaye waba 16 Amakhadi okuthenga ngetyala. Wayekulungele ukwenza nantoni na - nawuphi na umsebenzi.
Umsebenzi owawungaphambili wawusisihogo: wayenyanzelekile ukuba aququzelele ukuqaliswa, intlawulo kunye nokusebenza 1,4 amatikiti elotho ezigidi kumakhulu eendawo kulo lonke elaseVirginia.
Kufikelelwe iJackpot $15,5 million ngoLwesithathu, kwaye umzobo olandelayo wawucwangciselwe uMgqibelo. Ngaloo ndlela, Amaqabane kaMandel ayesazi yonke into ngayo 72 ngentsimbi.
“Eyona nto ingakholelekiyo emhlabeni”
UMandela wayesazi, Intoni, ukuba awusondele 100% indibaniselwano, isicwangciso sakhe sonke sijika sibe yimali yokuqikelela idola yezigidi ezininzi.
Wayesazi ngeenzame zangaphambili ezigwenxa zokuphumelela ilotho yaseMelika ngokuthenga amatikiti ngobuninzi: V 1990 ngonyaka, umntu odla umhlala-phantsi ovela eSacramento wathenga 30 amawaka amatikiti ngemali, wagcwalisa yonke ingxowa ye-diaper - kwaye washiya nto. Kamva, omnye umdwelisi wenkqubo phantsi kwesidlaliso esithi "Phantom" wathenga 80 000 Iindibaniselwano zelotho yaseJacksonville, eFlorida, kwaye waphumelela amabhaso amancinci kuphela.
Nokuba uMandel ebenalo itikiti eliphumeleleyo, kwakusekho ithuba, ukuba kuya kubakho abaphumeleleyo abaninzi, kwaye kule meko i-jackpot iya kubiwa kakhulu.
IN 11:20 ntseni 15 Utsalo lukaFebruwari luqalile; inkqubo yaboniswa kumabonakude. U-Alex kunye neqela babukele oku, ehleli kufutshane kwindawo yokugcina impahla kwaye engaphefumli kakuhle.
Basuka bakhala: uloyiso!
Amaphephandaba kwihlabathi jikelele abhale ngokuphumelela kukaMandel. (ukhetho lwamaphephandaba aseMelika naseOstreliya, 1992 unyaka)
“Xa itikiti le $27 izigidi, wonke umntu wayebonakala ebhabha ngamaphiko", – Wathi uAlex emva kwexesha, - "yeyona nto imangalisayo emhlabeni". Itikiti eliphumeleleyo lathengwa eFarm Fresh eChesapeake kwaye lakhutshwa ngokuhlwa. Yiloo nto ingqibelelo ka-Alex eyayifanelekile.
Mandel, ukuba sekhaya eOstreliya, ndiyithumele kweyam 2524 abatyali-mali sms: “Enye yeelothari esizikhethileyo yasinika ijekhipoti kwinqanaba esilidingayo. Siyingenile saphumelela".
Jackpot ngaphakathi $27 036 142 (kunye namabhaso amancinci axabisa i-900k yeedola) kwafuneka kuhlawulwe ngaphezulu 20 izabelo zonyaka ze $1,03 izigidi. Kodwa oomakhulu belotho yaseVirginia babenezinye izicwangciso..
betha okanye uphose
UMandel waqala ukukhangela iilotho, apho jackpot ubuncinane amaxesha amathathu ixabiso lokuthenga zonke indibaniselwano kunokwenzeka.
Ngoko washicilela yonke isethi yamatikiti ezilotho ezintandathu zaseMelika, kuquka, eMassachusetts (jackpot $37 million kwi 9 izigidi zazo zonke iindibaniselwano), eArizona ($11 million kwi 5,1 izigidi) kunye neVirginia.
Ilotho yaseVirginia yayineengenelo ezininzi. Ebemtsha kraca, abadlali bavunyelwe ukuthenga amatikiti ngezixa unlimited kwaye uprinte ekhaya. Kodwa okona kubalulekileyo, ukuba amanani akuyo akhethwe kuluhlu lwezinto zonke ukusuka 1 ukuya 44 (kwamanye amazwe le seti ifikelelwe 54). Ngaloo ndlela, kwiseti ye 6 kwakukho amanani "kuphela". 7 059 052 indibaniselwano enokwenzeka, kunye nakwezinye iilotho - njengomthetho, Kaninzi 25 izigidi.
Phezulu: Enye yezihloko zeNew York Times ze 1992 unyaka. Emazantsi: Itikiti lelotho yaseVirginia 1992 unyaka (ukusuka kugcino lwe-NYT)
UMandel wasebenzisana nenkampani enkulu yeinshorensi, apho iqumrhu leqokobhe eliyintsomi lePacific Financial Resources ladalwa ngalo. Uqhubekile wafumana itrasti ebizwa ngokuba yiInternational Lottery Fund (MLF) kwaye uqinisekile 2 560 abantu bathenga inkqubo ye-inshorensi yobomi yeminyaka eli-10, apho intlawulo ye-inshorensi yonyaka yayiyi-$4k. Emva koko uMandela wasebenzisa imali ngokusemthethweni, ukuthenga wonke umntu ilotho ilotho.
Kwindawo yokugcina impahla eMelbourne wayifaka 30 iikhompyutha kunye 12 abashicileli belaser, kwaye baqeshwe ngokusisigxina 16 abasebenzi. Kwakufuneka baprinte izigidi zamatikiti, ebezizaliswe kwangaphambili ngazo zonke iindibaniselwano ezinokwenzeka. Yonke le nkqubo yathatha iinyanga ezintathu. Emva koko wathumela umntu ophetheyo e-US itoni yephepha, ukuchitha i-$ 60k kuyo.
Afike nini amatikiti eVirginia?, UMandela wayenokulinda kuphela, de ijackpot ifikelele kweso sixa, okuya kuba yinzuzo ukurhoxisa kuthathelwe ingqalelo irhafu, iindleko kunye neminikelo kubatyali-mali.
Amabhaso elotho karhulumente adla ngokuqala kwizigidi kwaye anda emva komzobo ngamnye., apho kwakungenakwenzeka ukuchonga ophumeleleyo (xa ubona ezi jackpot ziphambene $758 izigidi, ithatha ukuba, ukuba akukho mntu uphumelele ilotho ixesha elide.) UMandel kwafuneka aqikelele umzuzu wokujula, kuba kungangcono ukukhuphela ngaphandle ukhetho, apho kuya kubakho abaphumeleleyo abaninzi. Kule meko, babeya kuliba ibhaso baze bonakalise umda walo.
12 EyoMdumba 1992 Ijekhiphothi yelotho yaseVirginia ifikelelwe $15,5 izigidi. UMandel wanika "amajoni akhe ahamba ngeenyawo" umyalelo wokuba enze.
Kwaye akukho mntu - nkqu noMandel ngokwakhe - owayenokukubona kwangaphambili, yintoni impambano eya kuqhuma ngenxa yoko.
