What would you do with 50 grand in these pandemic times, especially since the Christmas Season is only a few weeks away?
That's the pleasant question that a resident of the Corozal District had to face when he discovered that he had a winning ticket from the lotto game Scratch and Win. We chance to meet him and a representative of the lotto company today:
Alex Gamero - Representative, Scratch & Win BZ
"Jose bought a 10-dollar ticket. On the 10-dollar ticket, you have a chance to win prizes all the way up to 250 thousand dollars and matched numbers to win 50 thousand dollars. So, in his particular ticket, he matched the number 8, and under the matching number, the prize said 50,000, so that's what he won."
"We launched a new set of games in February called bonus multipliers, and basically, you have 2 ways of winning, either matching numbers, and you win the prize under the number you matched, or by winning the bonus prizes on the tickets. Those new games, we have 1-dollar tickets, where you can win up to 10 thousand; 2-dollar tickets, where you can win up to $25,000; $5 dollar tickets, where you can win up to a hundred thousand, and then the 10 dollar ticket - which is where Jose won - where you can win up to 250 thousand."
Jose - Won $50,000
"I just scratched it, and I saw that I came up with $50,000, so I feel good. When I saw that 50 thousand, I said well, my life change."
Reporter
"Explain to us how it helps you and your family. It will help me. I want it - for the beginning, I want to put it in the bank. Then, I'll make a business."
