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I’ve been buying lottery tickets, using my eBucks, for about two years now.

As you can tell by the fact that I am still gainfully employed, I have not struck the big time, but every now and again I win just enough to keep me hanging on.

Perhaps the secret is to be dumped, and then have your partner move out, which seemed to work for the chap that just landed the R60 million PowerBall jackpot.

Here’s EWN:

The 30-year-old man, who works in the finance sector, went to claim his winnings at the National Lottery Operator offices on Tuesday after winning the jackpot on Friday.

“I still cannot believe that I have won this much, the most I’ve won from the Lottery is R500, he said.

“My live-in girlfriend had just broken up with me, and I was not in the best of moods. By the time I checked the results on Friday night, I was by myself as she had already moved out. When I realised that I had won, I thought I was dreaming. I immediately went to take a cold shower and then came back to check again. It was real – lady luck was on my side, but clearly not so much for her!”

You have to respect the little dig there.

Still, not quite as dramatic as the woman who said she couldn’t wait to rub her R114 million PowerBall winnings in her ex’s face.

With lottery winner stories, my main question is always whether or not they’re going to quit their jobs. This guy says he prefers to wait for the axe to fall:

“I am not going to resign. At the rate things are going I am anticipating a retrenchment in the organisation that I work for and in the industry as a whole. So I will wait for the retrenchment package and my upcoming bonus. It’s money that I have worked hard for so I am definitely waiting for it.”

I feel like that’s a retrenchment call you can actually look forward to.

The winner said he plans on using some of the money to helping out the less fortunate, as well as helping animals in need.

There is some very scant consolation for the ex, too:

“Oh and I will also buy my ex-girlfriend a fridge, probably a washing machine too, just to say no hard feelings,” he said.

Nothing like a new fridge and washing machine to remind you of what could have been every day for the rest of your life.

The man also said he’s ready to settle down and start a family, as soon as he finds a “good woman”.

The burn is deep.

[source:ewn]