Chịkọta isiokwu ahụ:  Onye nwe ụlọ ahịa nke rere ya tiketi lọtrị na North Carolina na-agba onye meriri ya akwụkwọ n'ụlọikpe mgbe o kwenyesịrị na ya ga-ekewa otu nde dollar ahụ. A na-ebo Eva Reyes dị afọ iri ise na atọ ebubo na o kwere onye nwe ụlọọrụ USA Liquors bụ Laxmi Bhardwaj nkwa na ọ ga-enye ya ọkara ego ọ ga-enweta n'ihi na o nyere ya ego ahụ iji tinye ya na kaadị Emerald 10 n'ọnwa Jenụwarị. Ọ bụ ezie na Reyes na-ekwu na ya kwere nkwa inye $ 50,000, akwụkwọ ụlọ ikpe gụnyere ihe edeturu na aka ya nke a na-ekwu na ọ kwadoro na ha ga-enweta $ 350,000 mgbe ụtụ isi gasịrị. Ma ọkàiwu ya na-ekwu na onye nwe ụlọ ahịa Milpitas chepụtara akwụkwọ ozi ahụ. N'iwe: Nne ụmụ ise Eva Reyes na-ekwu na ya kwere nkwa inye onye nwe ụlọ ahịa ya $ 50,000 maka ịgbaziri ego ya ịzụta kaadị ọkọ, mana onye nwe ụlọ ahịa ahụ kwuru na ya kwere nkwa inye ọkara nke jackpot $ 1 nde. Ì kwere m nkwa? Onye ọka iwu Reyes na-ekwu na ụlọ ahịa Milpitas mepụtara akwụkwọ a na-ekwe nkwa $ 350,000 mgbe ụtụ isi gasịrị. 'Ọ na-ekwu $50,000 n'etiti, mgbe ahụ mgbe ọ pụtara, amaghị m, ọ dị ka mmadụ nwere ike ịnwa ịpịpụta "puku narị atọ" n'azụ,' onye ọka iwu Reyes bụ Nelson McElmurry gwara NBC. 'Ọ na-anwa imebi obere akụkụ ya nke nrọ America,' ka McElmurry kwuru. Reyes, nke San Jose, meriri $1,000 site na kaadị yiri nke ahụ na Disemba, ma kwuo na o nyere ụlọ ahịa ahụ $100 dị ka ngosipụta nke ezi uche. Nkwupụta: N'akwụkwọ ụlọikpe, Laxmi Bharwaj, onye nwe USA Liquors, kwuru na Reyes mere nkwekọrịta ahụ n'ụlọ ahịa ahụ. Nke a bụ oge Reyes natara nde $ 1 ahụ o meriri - mmeri nke abụọ ya na kaadị scratch n'ime ọnwa abụọ. Bhardwaj na-ekwu na o nyere ha $500. Ugbu a Reyes na-ekwu na ya chọrọ ego nile ahụ maka onwe ya iji kpọrọ ezinụlọ ya gaa ezumike na Hawaii. Ọ gwara NBC sị: 'Na mbụ, achọrọ m inye ya $50,000, mana emesịa m sị ya chefuo ya. Gịnị mere m ga-eji nye ya? Enwetara m ego ahụ.' Ha abụọ ga-ezukọ n'ụlọikpe n'abalị iri na atọ nke ọnwa Maachị.
Laxmi Bhardwaj, onye nwe USA Liquors, na-ekwu na Eva Reyes kwere nkwa ọkara. O kwuru na ọ kwụrụ ya ụgwọ maka kaadị Emerald 10 ya, o ritere otu nde dọla. Reyes kwuru na ya kwere nkwa $50,000 mana akwụkwọ ụlọikpe gụnyere akwụkwọ ebe o 'kwere nkwa ọkara' Onye ọka iwu Reyes kwuru na Bhardwaj mepụtara akụkụ nke akwụkwọ ozi ahụ. Ha abụọ ga-enweta $ 350,000 mgbe ha kwuchara ụtụ isi ma ọ bụrụ na Bhardwaj merie ikpe ahụ.