24 位密苏里州新百万富翁得益于彩票

在 2024 年的前 24 周内，有 24 名不同的人通过密苏里州彩票赢得了 100 万美元或更多奖金。

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

密苏里州堪萨斯城——得益于密苏里州彩票，今年新增了 24 名百万富翁。

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 周内，有 24 名不同的人通过密苏里州彩票赢得了 100 万美元或更多奖金。

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

“这非常出色，”密苏里州彩票执行董事莱斯特·埃尔德说。

“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.”

“当我们努力为密苏里州的教育事业提供资金时，我们总是喜欢创造赢家，但令人难以置信的是，今年到目前为止，我们平均每周都有一位新的百万富翁。”

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.

这位今年最新的第24位百万富翁在玩了一张从堪萨斯城Sunny's Liquor and Tobacco购买的“500万美元财富”刮刮卡后，将50美元变成了500万美元。

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

“我还没有在这场比赛中获胜，所以我买了两张彩票，”获胜者说道。

“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.”

“我刮了一个硬币堆符号，以为我刚刚赢得了 100 万美元。我不停地刮，（看到）了另一个硬币堆符号，然后我就知道这是 500 万美元，因为我了解这个游戏。”

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 年成立以来，密苏里州彩票公司已向彩票玩家支付了超过 200 亿美元的奖金。这为州和公共教育带来了 80 亿美元的收入。

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.

仅在 2023 财年，密苏里州彩票玩家就赢得了 12 亿美元，彩票零售商获得了超过 1.048 亿美元的佣金和奖金，价值 4.25 亿美元的收益用于全州的教育项目。