Thirst leads to impulse buy and $10 million lottery jackpot

March 27 (UPI) - A man who stopped drinking at a gas station in California said that an impulsive decision led him to earn a $ 10 million lottery bonus.

Ronald Lopez to the California Lottery officials, but he is in when he stopped at the 76 gas station of Bono was intended only to heal the thirst of the throat, caught his attention is $ 10 million Dazzler Scratchers ticket I said.

He returned to the gas station to "make sure everything is genuine" and handed the ticket to the clerk for the scan.

Lopez said he safely kept the ticket until he was ready to take it to the Sacramento lottery headquarters.

If you truly think that money can not buy happiness, why so many people buy a lottery? Recently, I observed that team members purchased tickets with lotteries. And it reached 100 million dollars. Lotteries regularly have a bonus of $ 20 million. The likelihood of choosing the correct number is exactly the same, but somehow, someone who is not willing to purchase a potential $ 20 million ticket adds $ 80 million to the counter. If our basic needs are met, the impact of money on our happiness will gradually decline. A 5% raise will not give you a wonderful happy dial if you are the one million dollar CEO. But for $ 45,000 people, the addition of $ 50,000 per year almost certainly has a big impact. Their housing choices change, the ability to support children improves and they can provide better medical services.

Many people will invest in homes, cars, vacations, and education if you want to win the lottery. When he won the British lottery jackpot in 2002, Michael Carol made a bigger plan for his $ 15 million prize. Carol decided to spend his money to throw a bombing derby party for his new car. For us who can not afford useless sports of this sort, the demolition derby is a game that allows drivers to hit each other's cars. At the end of the derby, only one car remained, and we could not break the parts. In addition to destroying the car, Carol wasted his money and drugs several times even in prison. Money has continued to exist, and Carol lived a lot. Unfortunately, when you use the whole lottery bonus to crush the car, there is no permanent cash flow in the long run.