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Mystery Lottery Winner Donates $1.8 Million Ticket
« on: Jul 26^th, 2004, 2:33pm »

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Mystery Lottery Winner Donates $1.8 Million Ticket

Mon Jul 26, 8:43 AM ET

TOKYO (Reuters) - Officials in western Japan were marveling on Sunday at the generosity of a mystery philanthropist who donated a $1.8 million lottery ticket to help victims of recent torrential rainstorms.

In an extremely rare display of charity, a winning lottery ticket good for a 200 million yen ($1.82 million) grand prize was mailed to the governor of Fukui prefecture on Friday with a note saying it was intended as a donation for rain victims.

"I am sending a lottery ticket that is blessed with luck hoping that it will be of some help to the people who had the misfortune of suffering damages," the letter said.

Hiroko Imatomi, a Fukui prefecture official who first spotted the mail, said the note convinced her the sender was sincere.

"It was a wonderful letter ... It was definitely not intended as a hoax or a joke," she said.

"It must be from a rare type of person who has a big heart and hopes it will help people who suffered a lot," Imatomi said.

The sender used a false name and local authorities have no way to find out who sent the winning ticket, which has been confirmed as being authentic, she said.

Torrential downpours pounded Fukui prefecture on July 17-18, killing three people, injuring 17 and destroying or damaging more than 200 homes.

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Re: Mystery Lottery Winner Donates $1.8 Million Ti
« Reply #1 on: Jul 26^th, 2004, 2:47pm »

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wow. that is very generous.

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Re: Mystery Lottery Winner Donates $1.8 Million Ti
« Reply #2 on: Jul 26^th, 2004, 2:48pm »

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Those are the type of people that warms my heart and makes me think that the world is still a wonderful place... Now Im not saying we arent nice people... its just that that display of kindness is so out of reach, even for me! LOL!

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Re: Mystery Lottery Winner Donates $1.8 Million Ti
« Reply #3 on: Jul 26^th, 2004, 2:50pm »

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Nod, I can't say I would donate a 1.8 million dollar lottery ticket, but in the same token I really admire someone who would.

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Re: Mystery Lottery Winner Donates $1.8 Million Ti
« Reply #4 on: Jul 26^th, 2004, 2:53pm »

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Maybe that guy is ultra rich or is ultra good... If I am either maybe I could have done it... But alas, I aint rich nor am I fully pure(and I dont want to be).

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« Reply #5 on: Jul 26^th, 2004, 2:57pm »

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Hmm...perhaps...but in my life's experience it's those that already don't have much that are willing to give the most. I would lay odds that whoever did this is poor as a churchmouse.

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« Reply #6 on: Jul 26^th, 2004, 3:03pm »

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I guess we will never know. Yeah those people exists, the ones that can bring tears in your eyes and make you feel bad for your own vanity...

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Re: Mystery Lottery Winner Donates $1.8 Million Ti
« Reply #7 on: Jul 27^th, 2004, 10:05am »

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I am always proud of the Japanese. I saw this news once that they have a "Lost and Found" place, where people who found something that belongs to someone bring that something to that place. And when you lost something, you can try and go to that place, and ask if they have found what you were missing. There was even a wallet full of money that was placed at the office, and no one is claiming them yet.

I would love to live in Japan someday.

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« Reply #8 on: Jul 27^th, 2004, 10:46am »

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They are courteous and polite(cant say for all of them)... But they are too vain for my liking(especially the new generation)... too much into fashion than anything else.

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