VOA慢速英語：美國彩票開出15億美元頭獎

Game of Chance to Pay One Winner $1.5 Billion

美國彩票開出15億美元頭獎

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A small piece of white paper sold at a convenience store in South Carolina is now worth more than $1.5 billion.

南卡羅來納州一家便利店售出的一小張白紙現(xiàn)在價值超過15億美元。

Lottery officials in the southern state say a ticket that matched all six numbers of Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing was sold at the KC Mart shop in Simpsonville. The town has a population of about 18,000 people.

這個南部州的彩票官員表示，這張買中周二“超級百萬”開獎結(jié)果全部6位數(shù)字的彩票是在辛普森維爾市的一家KC Mart商店售出的。這個小鎮(zhèn)有1.8萬人口。

The world may never know who the winner is, however. South Carolina is one of eight American states that does not make lottery winners publicly identify themselves.

然而，人們可能永遠不會知道誰是中獎者。南卡羅來納州是美國8個不用公開中獎者身份的州之一。

The South Carolina Education Lottery tweeted, "Our message to the $1.5 BILLION #MegaMillions jackpot winner: Sign the back of the ticket, place the ticket in a safe location, speak with a trusted advisor and call the lottery...Take a deep breath and enjoy the moment!"

南卡羅來納州教育彩票中心在推特上寫道，“我們提醒一下‘超級百萬’15億頭獎的中獎人：在彩票背面簽上名字，把它放到一個安全的地方。找一位值得信任的法律顧問，然后撥打彩票中心電話。深吸一口氣，享受這一刻吧!”

The ticket is worth about $877.8 million if the winner chooses to accept a one-time payment. That is what most lottery winners do. The other choice is to collect the full amount in yearly payments over the next 29 years.

如果中獎者選擇一次性領(lǐng)取，這張彩票價值大約8.778億美元。這也是大多數(shù)彩票中獎者的選擇。另一種選擇是以按年領(lǐng)取，在未來29年內(nèi)領(lǐng)取完全額獎金。

Earlier estimates had said this week's Mega Millions game would be the largest lottery jackpot ever. However, the actual number ended up being just under a record set in 2016.

此前預計本周的超級百萬將會是有史以來最大的彩票頭獎。然而，實際數(shù)字最終剛好低于2016年創(chuàng)下的歷史記錄。

Still, the jackpot was huge. In fact, it is 20 percent of South Carolina's yearly budget. And it is enough money for the winner to give more than $300 to each of South Carolina's 5 million people.

然而，這次頭獎仍然是一筆巨款。實際上，它是南卡羅來納州年度預算的20%。對于中獎者而言，這筆錢足夠給南卡羅來納州的500萬人口每人發(fā)300美元紅包。

And that's What's Trending Today...

以上就是本期今日熱點的全部內(nèi)容。

I'm Ashley Thompson.

阿什利·湯普森報道。