“Third place would have been nice”: Lottery winner laments his luck

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Anoop, a driver from Kerala, India, has been inundated with requests for financial assistance until he regrets winning the lottery jackpot.

The man won 250 million rupees ($3.06 million) in the state lottery in mid-September.

But a week later, he posted a video asking them to stop harassing him and his family.

“I wish I hadn’t won,” he says. “Third prize would have been even better.”

Anoop said in the video You consider moving to escape the increased attention of the public.

The man made national headlines when he won the state’s biggest prize in the lottery.

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Anoop says that his family is moving house to avoid people’s attention.

He bought the ticket on 17th September. The day before, he had planned to go to work in Malaysia thanks to his son’s savings.

When news of the award broke, his family received media attention.

“I was so happy when I won,” he says in a recently released video. “There were people and cameras in the house and we were happy.”

But the situation “It quickly got out of hand“Collaboration.

“I can’t leave the house, I can’t go anywhere, my son is sick, I can’t take him to the doctor.”

Anoop, who receives $1,840,900 after tax from the government, says people come home every morning.

“I can only tell everyone that I haven’t received the money yet. No matter how many times I say it, no one understands my problem.”

Anoop says he and his family They stay with relatives to escape the spotlight.

The state government has indicated that it will organize a one-day financial management training program for Anoop to help him use money wisely.

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