A story was shared of a person who bought a lottery ticket for fun after watching a video online of someone scratching an instant ticket and won both first and second prize in the pension lottery at the same time. The total amount the winner will receive exceeds 2.1 billion won.
On the 24th, Dong Hang Lottery, the lottery consignment operator, introduced on its official website the story of a person identified as A who won first and second prize simultaneously in the "329th Pension Lottery 720+."
A, who usually buys lottery tickets once or twice a year, said, "Recently, I saw a video online of someone scratching Speedto and thought it looked fun, so I decided to buy lottery tickets."
A said, "At the lottery retailer, I bought five Speedto 1000 tickets, and the pension lottery next to them caught my eye, so I bought a set as well," adding, "When I got home, I scratched the Speedto tickets first, but not a single one won, so I thought, 'As expected, it's hard to win,' and my excitement faded."
A remembered a few days later that the pension lottery had been purchased together and, without much expectation, checked the results and learned of the simultaneous first- and second-prize win.
A said, "For a moment, I was so surprised and happy that I thought, 'No way!,'" adding, "Even my fortune reading has always said I am not the type to come into a large sum all at once, so I had no expectations for a big win, but this time it feels like I used up all the luck in my life at once."
In particular, A said a different kind of dream came the day before confirming the win. A said, "The day before I checked the results, I dreamed of a war," and noted plans to "save the prize money and use it to secure dwellings in the future."
In Pension Lottery 720+, if you match both the group number and the six-digit number, you win first prize. The first-prize payout is 7 million won per month for 20 years, and second prize is 1 million won per month for 10 years. The prize money A will receive for winning first and second prize simultaneously exceeds 2.1 billion won in total.