On March 11, the owner of a rib sausage and chili restaurant in Tay Ninh said that an employee of the restaurant had just won many lottery tickets in the afternoon lucky draw of March 10 of Ben Tre Lottery Company.
According to information from the shop owner, this male employee is from Hau Giang (now Can Tho city) and has only returned to work at the shop for about 10 days. Previously, when a lottery ticket seller passed by the shop, he bought a total of 19 lottery tickets.
Among these, there are 11 tickets with the number series 351891 and 8 tickets with the number series 251891. After buying, he divided 4 lottery tickets among his colleagues in the shop, including 2 tickets with the number series 351891 and 2 tickets with the number series 251891. He kept the remaining tickets.
In the afternoon of the same day, when the lottery results were announced, this person discovered that many lottery tickets he kept had won prizes. 9 lottery tickets with the number series 351891 won the special prize, each prize worth 2 billion VND, equivalent to 18 billion VND. In addition, 6 lottery tickets with the number series 251891 won the consolation prize, each prize worth 50 million VND, totaling 300 million VND.
Thus, the total bonus amount that the male employee received is 18.3 billion VND (excluding taxes according to regulations).
According to the shop owner, after winning the prize, this person shared a portion of the money with those around him. The woman selling lottery tickets sold to him was given 100 million VND, and the employees working at the shop were given 10 million VND each. Some of his relatives and acquaintances were also given from tens of millions of VND to about 100 million VND.
The incident quickly attracted the attention of many people in the locality. The shop owner said that the action of sharing the bonus money of the male employee with the lottery ticket seller and colleagues surprised many people and made them feel warm.
