Chinese man scratches lottery tickets at ancestors’ tomb and wins, attributes to blessings
Kowtowing man takes total of 60 lottery scratch cards to grave-sweeping ceremony, scoops total prize of US$1,400, thanks ancestors
A man in China who scratched his lottery tickets while kowtowing to ancestors at their tombs has scooped the biggest win of his life and attributed his luck to the “blessings” of his forebears
The 25-year-old, from southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, said he spent 600 yuan (US$80) on 60 lottery scratch cards, and took them to his ancestors’ tomb during the just passed grave-sweeping festival.
Thinking his ancestors would bless him, he scratched all 60 cards at their tomb. To his surprise, he soon scratched out a 4,000-yuan (US$550) reward on one card.
The man said he immediately gave four more kowtows to his ancestors, continued scratching the same card, and won a total of 10,000 yuan (US$1,400).
He said that he had almost never won lotteries or prizes, and this was his biggest win ever.
He posted photos of the lottery tickets on social media and said: “Thank you ancestors”.