I-jackpot yaseVirginia ivuliwe 27 izigidi
UMandela wayazi, ukuthi indlela yokuwina ilotho usebenzisa umgomo othi "thenga zonke izinhlanganisela" inzima kakhulu hhayi kuphela ngokombono wezezimali., yimalini ngokombono wezokuthutha?. Ingxenye enzima kakhulu yomsebenzi yayiseza.
Amathikithi angaphrintwa ngokusemthethweni ekhaya, kodwa zazisadinga ukudluliselwa kumthengisi osemthethweni, ogunyaziwe ukuthengisa amathikithi elotho e-USA, khokha (nge $1 ngethikithi) kanye nenqubo. Yebo awukwazi ukugibela itekisi ukuya egalaji likaphethiloli 1,4 amathikithi ayizigidi kanye nenqola yenqolobane.
UMandel uphendukele enkampanini yabacwaningi mabhuku iLowe Lippmann, ebayala ukuthi bahumushe $ 9 izigidi zezimali zabatshalizimali kwi-Crestar Bank eBoston, lapho le mali yahlukaniswa yaba amasheke angu-$10k, okufanele isayinwe ophethe imali. Wabe esenza izivumelwano phambili nabathengisi abazinze eVirginia., ukuze bathenge inqwaba yamathikithi kuye. Okuwukuphela kwento eyayishoda ohlelweni kwakuwumuntu onokwethenjelwa emhlabeni, ngubani ongakwazi ukwenza lesi sivumelwano sonke.
U-Mandel unikeze le ndima kumlingani ohlonishwayo ogama lakhe lingu-Enizali Alex..
Enizali Alex, i-paratrooper esele umhlalaphansi, usevele wazishisa ebhizinisini likawoyela, wayengumuntu ongaziwa kakhulu esikhundleni sokuba yinduna eVirginia kunabo bonke, ubani owayengakhetha uMandela? (Umfanekiso we-Hustle; isithombe esivela ku-'Bakwenza Kanjani Lokho'?', 1992)
U-Alex, ongakaze akhumule i-Rolex yakhe yegolide futhi wadlala i-camouflage ye-safari, wayenolimi olumnandi, ukuthi angabonisa noma ubani “isibhakabhaka ngamadayimane”. Ku-paratrooper waphinde waqeqeshwa njengomthengisi weRolls-Royce., wabe esengena ekuhloleni uwoyela. Wayehlala edolobheni laseTewtopolis, Illinois, lapho ayevame ukutholakala khona ehamba egqoke isikibha esinamagama: "Hewu Nkosi yami, ake ngifakazele, ukuthi ukuwina ilotho ngeke kungonakalise.”
UMandela no-Alex sebengabangane isikhathi eside. Lapho uMandela efona, U-Alex usanda kubuya enkantolo, lapho icala lakhe lokuqolwa liqulwa khona: wayenesikweletu esingu-$400k futhi enayo 16 amakhadi esikweletu aphezulu. Wayekulungele ukwenza noma yini - noma yimuphi umsebenzi.
Umsebenzi owawungaphambili wawuyisihogo: wayephoqelekile ukuthi axhumanise ukwethulwa, ukukhokha nokucubungula 1,4 amathikithi elotho ayizigidi emakhulwini ezindawo kulo lonke elaseVirginia.
IJackpot ifinyelelwe $15,5 million ngoLwesithathu, kanti umtomulo olandelayo wawuhlelelwe uMgqibelo. Ngakho, Amaqabane kaMandel ayazi yonke into ngayo yonke into 72 ngehora.
“Into engakholeki kakhulu emhlabeni”
UMandela wayazi, Ini, uma kungenjalo eduze 100% inhlanganisela, lonke isu lakhe liphenduka umdlalo wokuqagela wezigidi zamadola.
Wayazi ngemizamo yangaphambili embi yokuwina ilotho yaseMelika ngokuthenga amathikithi ngobuningi: V 1990 ngonyaka, owathatha umhlalaphansi eSacramento wathenga 30 amathikithi ayinkulungwane ngemali, wagcwalisa isikhwama se-diaper - futhi washiya lutho. Kamuva, omunye umhleli ngaphansi kwesiteketiso "Phantom" wathenga 80 000 Inhlanganisela yelotho yaseJacksonville, EFlorida, futhi wawina imiklomelo emincane kuphela.
Noma ngabe uMandel ubenalo ithikithi eliwinile, kwakusengenzeka, ukuthi kuzoba nabawinile abambalwa, futhi kulokhu i-jackpot izontshontshwa kakhulu.
IN 11:20 ekuseni 15 Ukudwetshwa kukaFebhuwari kuqalile; inqubo yaboniswa kumabonakude. U-Alex kanye neqembu bakubukele lokhu, ehlezi eduze kwendlu yokugcina izimpahla futhi engaphefumuli.
Base bekhala: ukunqoba!
Amaphephandaba emhlabeni jikelele abhale ngokuwina kukaMandel. (ukukhethwa kwamaphephandaba aseMelika nase-Australia, 1992 unyaka)
“Lapho ithikithi lika $27 izigidi, wonke umuntu wayebonakala endiza ngamaphiko", – Kusho u-Alex kamuva, - "Kwakuyinto engakholakali kakhulu emhlabeni". Ithikithi eliwinile lathengwa eFarm Fresh eChesapeake lakhishwa kusihlwa. Yilokho okwakubalulekile ubuqotho buka-Alex.
Mandel, ukuba sekhaya e-Australia, ngiyithumele kweyami 2524 abatshalizimali sms: “Enye yamalotho esiwaqokile yanikeza i-jackpot ngokwezinga esilidingayo. Siyingenile sawina".
Jackpot phakathi $27 036 142 (kanye nemiklomelo emincane ebiza u-$900k) okunye kwakumele kukhokhelwe 20 izigaba zonyaka ze $1,03 izigidi. Kepha izikhulu zelotho zaseVirginia zinezinye izinhlelo..
shaya noma ugeje
UMandela waqala ukufuna amalotho, lapho i-jackpot yayiphindwe okungenani kathathu inani lentengo yazo zonke izinhlanganisela ezingenzeka.
Ngakho waphrinta lonke isethi yamathikithi amalotho ayisithupha aseMelika, kuhlanganise, Massachusetts (i-jackpot $37 million at 9 izigidi zazo zonke izinhlanganisela), E-Arizona ($11 million at 5,1 izigidi) kanye neVirginia.
Ilotho yaseVirginia yayinezinzuzo ezimbalwa. Wayemusha, abadlali bavunyelwe ukuthenga amathikithi ngamanani angenamkhawulo futhi bawaphrinte ekhaya. Kodwa okubaluleke kakhulu, ukuthi izinombolo ezikuyo zikhethwe ebangeni layo yonke into 1 ku 44 (kwezinye izifunda leli sethi lifinyelelwe 54). Ngakho, okweqoqo le 6 kwakukhona izinombolo "kuphela". 7 059 052 inhlanganisela engenzeka, nakwamanye amalotho - njengomthetho, Okuningi 25 izigidi.
Phezulu: Esinye sezihloko ze-New York Times ze 1992 unyaka. Ekugcineni: Ithikithi lelotho yaseVirginia 1992 unyaka (kusuka ezinqolobaneni ze-NYT)
UMandel uhlanganyele nenkampani enkulu yomshwalense, okwadalwa ngayo inhlangano yegobolondo engelona iqiniso iPacific Financial Resources. Uqhubekile wathola isikhwama esibizwa nge-International Lottery Fund (I-MLF) futhi ukholisekile 2 560 abantu bathenga uhlelo lomshwalense wempilo oluphelele lweminyaka eyi-10, lapho umshwalense waminyaka yonke wawungu-$4k. UMandela wabe esesebenzisa imali ngokusemthethweni ukuze, ukuthenga wonke umuntu ilotho ilotho.
Endaweni yokugcina izimpahla eMelbourne wafaka 30 amakhompyutha kanye 12 amaphrinta laser, futhi waqasha ngokugcwele 16 abasebenzi. Kwadingeka banyathelise izigidi zamathikithi, ezazigcwaliswe ngaphambili ngazo zonke izinhlanganisela ezingenzeka. Lonke lolu hlelo lwathatha izinyanga ezintathu. Wabe esethumelela lowo owayephethe e-US ithani lephepha, sebenzisa u-$60k kukho.
Afike nini amathikithi eVirginia?, U-Mandel wayengalinda kuphela, kuze kube i-jackpot ifinyelela kulelo nani, okungaba yinzuzo ukuhoxisa ngokucabangela izintela, izindleko kanye neminikelo kubatshalizimali.
Imiklomelo yelotho yesifunda ivamise ukuqala ezigidini futhi ikhuphuke ngemva komdwebo ngamunye., lapho bekungenzeki khona ukuhlonza owinile (lapho ubona lezi jackpot crazy $758 izigidi, kusho ujuthi, ukuthi akekho osewine ilotho isikhathi eside.) UMandel bekumele abikezele isikhathi azophosa ngaso, ngoba kungaba ngcono ukuyikhipha inketho, lapho bekuyoba baningi abawinile. Kulokhu, babezontshontsha umklomelo futhi bachithe umkhawulo wawo.
12 February 1992 I-jackpot yelotho yaseVirginia ifinyelelwe $15,5 izigidi. UMandel unikeze "amasosha akhe ahamba ngezinyawo" umyalelo wokuba enze okuthile.
Futhi akekho noyedwa - ngisho noMandel uqobo - owayengakubona kusengaphambili, lokho kuhlanya okuzoqhuma ngenxa yalokho.
