Life-changing Mega Millions winnings worth $533 million after buying several tickets at a Lucoil gas station in Riverdale, New Jersey.

New Jersey Lottery held a press conference at its headquarters and announced that the huge $533 million prize was claimed. The winner is a food production manager from Michigan who apparently started the lottery recently. During a press conference in Trenton, New Jersey, he told reporters that he regularly passed megamillion signs but never bought a ticket. This changed after he had a conversation with a colleague about his retirement plan. Last month, 47-year-old Richard Wall finally decided to try his luck and bought the first lottery ticket of his life. Unfortunately, he didn't win.

The following week, however, he decided to try again and saw the Mega Millions ticket while at the gas station. Wall admits he only had $22 in his pocket when he went to a gas station near his home in Riverdale. This guy spent the last minute on a $2 ticket and gas. Surprisingly, he was lucky this time and won the lottery on March 30. The prize money was $533 million, which is one of the largest jackpots in U.S. history, and certainly one of the largest jackpots in the world.

$500 million, isn't it?

Jackpot winners in the United States rarely take home the full amount of their winnings. Wahl received a $533 million mega-million prize, but he didn't get the money. He chose a cash option to take part of the jackpot as a lump sum. As a result, his cash cow reached $324.6 million, more than $100 million short of the announced jackpot amount. Still, it is a monster-sized victory that can change a person's life forever. Many people decide to start their own businesses, donate to charities, or help their families and friends.동행복권파워볼

But there is a second option, which chooses to pay pensions. Most lottery tickets offer winners a much smaller monthly payment for a long time. Sometimes, winners receive these payments for 10 or 20 years, but in cases like Richard Wahl's big win, a significant amount of money is paid every month or year for a lifetime. Recently, a Canadian girl received a $1 million prize, but decided to choose to pay her pension after discussing the matter with her parents and financial advisors. The teenager bought the ticket with a bottle of champagne to celebrate her 18th birthday. The lucky ticket was her first lottery ticket and now she has to pay Canadian $1,000 a week for the rest of her life.