Right numbers, incorrect date: a South African guy who thought he won the lottery finds out the difficult way he did not.
A man that is young Hillcrest, KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa who laid claim to a National Lottery prize of R33 780 698 ($3,470,796) recently was not only the victim of a nasty crime, but in addition the target of not reading the correct date in the ticket; something lots of us could probably connect with, we are sure.
Robbed by Cops?
The non-winner 26-year-old Sipho Ngcobo ended up being allegedly relieved of their solution by thieves clothed as police who became jealous of his boasting and saw a method to earn some money that is easyso they thought) by taking it upon themselves to see the home of the winner with firearms. As a result, he and his family members opened up an instance of theft and the police that is real investigating the incident.
But, it is now been confirmed by South African authorities that Ngcobo had the wrong date; in fact, he don’t also purchase his admission until Oct. 14, and their ticket was actually for the October 16 draw; the winning admission under consideration had been for October 13. Therefore even though his figures were appropriate, their date had been wrong, and timing, as they say, is everything.
No-Name Winner Vindicated
This would come as very good news to the particular (unnamed) winner; regional newspapers stated Mr. Anonymous had already cl (more…)