英國一男子失而復得價值8600萬美元的彩票

A British man hit one of the largest lotto jackpots in the country's history -- but left the golden ticket unchecked for weeks in a pile of papers in his van, according to local reports.

據當地媒體報道，一名英國男子中了該國曆史上最大的彩票大獎，但他並開獎時並沒有查看這張金獎券，而是把它放在了貨車的一堆文件中好幾個星期。

Andrew Clark, 51, only checked the ticket because his partner and her niece badgered him after they heard about a local unclaimed prize, he told Sky News.

51歲的安德魯·克拉克向《天空新聞臺》透露，他之所以查看這張彩票，是因爲他老婆和老婆的侄女在聽說當地有一份無人認領的獎金後，一直吵着要他查看彩票。

"Trisha kept telling me to check the tickets, and her niece Louise was also in on it once she'd heard about the unclaimed prize in the news," he said.

他說：“特麗莎一直跟我說要查看這些彩票，她的侄女路易絲在新聞中一得知這份無人認領的獎金後，立馬也參與進來說服我。”

Clark, of the English town of Boston, told the news station that he relented and checked all of his lotto tickets on a recent evening.

來自英國波士頓鎮的克拉克向該新聞電臺透露，在最近的某個晚上，他妥協並檢查了自己所有的樂透彩票。

"I finally gave in, got the bundle out of the van and started to work my way through them, methodically from the oldest to the most recent, starting with Lotto, before moving onto my EuroMillions tickets."

“我終於屈服了，把那包彩票從貨車裏拿出來開始陸續查看，從樂透開始，有條不紊地從最舊的到最新的查看，然後是我的歐洲百萬彩票。”

One of those EuroMillions tickets was the big winner, giving Clark an $86 million payout.

其中一張歐洲百萬彩票是大贏家，讓克拉克獲得了8600萬美元的獎金。

"It almost feels like some magical Christmas story, the man who nearly lost $86 million!" Clark said after finding the ticket.

克拉克在找到這張彩票後表示：“這簡直就像是某個神奇的聖誕故事，一個差點失去8600萬美元的人！”