Lottery winner turns up in mask to claim his N58b prize to avoid recognition by friends and family
- A man identified as A. Campwell won a lottery prize of N58b
- He had showed up to claim his winnings wearing a mask that disguised him as a character from the movie Scream
- The winner picked up his prize after waiting for 54 days.
A Jamaican lottery service recently took to their Twitter platform to share a post in which they had gifted a winner his lottery prize.
Surprisingly, in the photos and video, the winner identified as A. Campbell was spotted wearing a disguise mask from a popular movie, Scream.
According to Distractify, the man had decided to show up in such way so as to remain anonymous to some of his family members and relatives who he did not want to share the money with.
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It was also revealed that the man had waited for a total of 54 days before coming forward to claim his prize which had been originally won in November 2018.
In the photos and videos which surfaced online, the man was spotted striking poses with members of the lottery service identified as Super Lotto.
See the tweets below:
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The winner further revealed that he was looking to get a nice house of his own. He also added that he has a good handling of financial resources and as such he was going to put the money into good use.
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The decision by the man was probably informed by the cases of criminal activities that have been recorded in the country. Lottery winners wear disguises because of the fear of being hounded by close ones.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously gathered the report of a man who had won N8 billion after finding lottery tickets in his pocket, two days to the expiry date. It was revealed that the man had purchased the ticket and dumped them in his pocket before running into his luck.
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