Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakawakia tētahi toa rota o North Carolina e te rangatira toa nana i hoko te tīkiti ki a ia i muri i te whakaae ki te wehe i te $ 1 miriona tāra. Ko te whaea o te tokorima a Eva Reyes, 53, e whakapae ana i te whakaari ki te rangatira o USA Liquors a Laxmi Bhardwaj mo te haurua o nga whiwhinga na te mea i whakawhiwhia e ia ki a ia te moni ki te whakauru i tetahi kaari kaari Emerald 10 i te Hanuere. Ahakoa e kii ana a Reyes i oati ia ki te tuku $ 50,000, kei roto i nga tuhinga a te kooti tetahi tuhipoka i tuhia e ia e kii ana ka riro ia ratou $ 350,000 i muri i nga taake. Engari e kii ana tana roia i hanga e te rangatira o te toa Milpitas te reta. Te mamae: Ko te whaea o nga tamariki tokorima a Eva Reyes e kii ana i oati ia ki te hoatu ki te rangatira o tana toa $ 50,000 mo te nama i a ia ki te hoko i tetahi kaari kaari, engari ko te rangatira e kii ana i oati ia ki te hoatu i te haurua o te $ 1 miriona jackpot. He kupu whakaari? E kī ana te rōia a Reyes i hanga e te toa Milpitas tēnei reta e whakaari ana i te $ 350,000 i muri i te tāke. 'Ka mea te reira $50,000 puta noa i te waenganui, na i muri i te reira puta, e kore ahau e mohio, te reira puta pea i tamata te tangata ki te kōpeke i roto i "toru rau mano" i roto i te whakaaro,' ka mea a Reyes 'kaitohutohu Nelson McElmurry ki NBC. 'Kei te ngana ia ki te whakangaromanga i tana wahi iti o te moemoea o Amerika,' e ai ki a McElmurry. I riro i a Reyes, o San Jose, $1,000 mai i tētahi kāri kāri ōrite i te marama o Tihema, ā, e kī ana i hoatu e ia ki te toa $100 hei tohu pai. Ngā kerēme: I roto i ngā tuhinga a te kōti, e kī ana a Laxmi Bharwaj, rangatira o USA Liquors, i whakaritea e Reyes te kirimana i roto i te toa. Koinei te wā i riro ai i a Reyes te $ 1 miriona i toa ai - ko tōna wikitōria kāri kāri tuarua i roto i ngā marama e rua. E kī ana a Bhardwaj i hoatu e ia $500 ki a rātau. Inaianei e mea ana a Reyes e hiahia ana ia ki te moni katoa māna hei kawe i tōna whānau ki te hararei ki Hawaii. I korero ia ki a NBC: 'I mua i te hiahia ahau ki te hoatu i te $ 50,000, engari i muri mai ka mea atu ahau kia wareware. He aha ahau i hoatu ai? I riro mai i ahau te moni.' Ka tutaki te tokorua nei ki te marae i te 13 o Maehe.
Ko Laxmi Bhardwaj, rangatira o USA Liquors, e kii ana i whakaaria e Eva Reyes te hawhe. E mea ana ia i utua e ia tana kāri whakairo Emerald 10, i riro i a ia te $ 1 miriona. E mea ana a Reyes i whakaari ia i te $50,000 engari kei roto i ngā tuhinga a te kōti tētahi tuhipānui i 'whakapono ai ia i te haurua' E kii ana te roia a Reyes kua waihangahia e Bhardwaj tētahi wāhanga o te tuhipoka. Ka whiwhi rāua i te $ 350,000 i muri i te tāke mēnā ka wikitōria a Bhardwaj i te take.