24 位密蘇裡州新百萬富翁得益於彩票

在 2024 年的前 24 週內，有 24 名不同的人透過密蘇裡州彩券贏得了 100 萬美元或更多獎金。

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – There are 24 new millionaires this year, thanks to the Missouri Lottery.

密蘇裡州堪薩斯市——得益於密蘇裡州彩票，今年新增了 24 名百萬富翁。

In the first 24 weeks of 2024, 24 different people have won one million dollars or more playing the Missouri Lottery.

在 2024 年的前 24 週內，有 24 名不同的人透過密蘇裡州彩券贏得了 100 萬美元或更多獎金。

“This is outstanding,” said executive director of the Missouri Lottery Lester Elder.

「這非常出色，」密蘇裡州彩票執行董事萊斯特·埃爾德說。

“We always enjoy making winners as we work to send funds to Missouri education, but it is just incredible to realize we have averaged a new millionaire every week so far this year.”

“當我們努力為密蘇裡州的教育事業提供資金時，我們總是喜歡創造贏家，但令人難以置信的是，今年到目前為止，我們平均每週都有一位新的百萬富翁。”

The newest and 24th millionaire of the year turned $50 into $5 million after playing a “$5,000,000 Fortune” scratch-off card he purchased from Sunny’s Liquor and Tobacco in Kansas City.

這位今年最新的第24位百萬富翁在玩了一張從堪薩斯城Sunny's Liquor and Tobacco購買的“500萬美元財富”刮刮卡後，將50美元變成了500萬美元。

“I hadn’t won on this particular game yet, so I bought two tickets,” the winner said.

「我還沒有在這場比賽中獲勝，所以我買了兩張彩票，」獲勝者說。

“I scratched a coin stack symbol and thought I’d just won $1 million. I kept scratching and (saw) another coin stack symbol, so then I knew it was $5 million because I know the game.”

「我刮了一個硬幣堆符號，以為我剛剛贏了 100 萬美元。我不斷地刮擦，（看到）了另一個硬幣堆符號，然後我就知道這是 500 萬美元，因為我了解這個遊戲。

Since its inception in 1986, the Missouri Lottery has paid out more than $20 billion in prizes to lottery players. This has generated $8 billion for the state and public education.

自 1986 年成立以來，密蘇裡州彩票公司已向彩票玩家支付了超過 200 億美元的獎金。這為州和公共教育帶來了 80 億美元的收入。

In the 2023 fiscal year alone, Missouri Lottery players won $1.2 billion, lottery retailers received more than $104.8 million in commission and bonuses, and $425 million worth of proceeds went to education programs throughout the state.

僅在 2023 財年，密蘇裡州彩票玩家就贏得了 12 億美元，彩票零售商獲得了超過 1.048 億美元的佣金和獎金，價值 4.25 億美元的收益用於全州的教育項目。