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?wù)摺Ｄ峡_來納州是美國8個不用公開中獎?wù)呱矸莸闹葜弧?/p>

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?wù)哌x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?wù)叩倪x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(yù)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(yù)算的20%。對于中獎?wù)叨?，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。