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For the win in a suit supergeroyaNedavno news was reported Chinese, attracted the attention of not only the fact that I won the lottery, millions of yuan, but also fancy costumes, in which he came for the win. The man who allegedly was about 40 years old, was so concerned that his identity will be revealed that he had come dressed as the popular Disney character Baymax!
Speaking to reporters, the man said he won 170 million yuan (about US $ 27 million), although very rarely buys lottery tickets. As for the strange costume, the dress because it made his wife, afraid that suddenly can declare wishing to receive part of the winnings old friends and long-lost relatives.
However, no suit lucky not help to evade the mandatory 20-percent tax on lottery winnings, which means that it will have to pay the state about 34 million yuan.
As it turned out, this man is not the first lottery winner, who came for the prize carefully disguised. Many Chinese winners are very concerned about their anonymity, to protect against thieves and relatives. For this, they dress up in superhero costumes. In fact, this tradition for about 25 years.
In October 2014 a man came from Shanxi Province for their prize in the amount of 520 million yuan ($ 85 million) in a suit of yellow bear. In this suit, and he responded to journalists' questions during a press conference.
Unlike the man in a suit Baymax, the guy said that he usually spent annually 20 000-30 000 yuan on lottery tickets. His perseverance finally paid off when he won the third largest jackpot in the history of China.
In August last year, a man dressed as Mickey Mouse took home as much as 398 million yuan, while in 2011 the jackpot in 565 million yuan claimed the man in a suit panda. In some photos in the Chinese social networks are depicted other winners Masked Avenger, Spider-Man and other characters!
via www.odditycentral.com/news/chinese-lottery-winners-collect-prizes-dressed-as-cartoon-characters-to-protect-their-identity.html
Speaking to reporters, the man said he won 170 million yuan (about US $ 27 million), although very rarely buys lottery tickets. As for the strange costume, the dress because it made his wife, afraid that suddenly can declare wishing to receive part of the winnings old friends and long-lost relatives.
However, no suit lucky not help to evade the mandatory 20-percent tax on lottery winnings, which means that it will have to pay the state about 34 million yuan.
As it turned out, this man is not the first lottery winner, who came for the prize carefully disguised. Many Chinese winners are very concerned about their anonymity, to protect against thieves and relatives. For this, they dress up in superhero costumes. In fact, this tradition for about 25 years.
In October 2014 a man came from Shanxi Province for their prize in the amount of 520 million yuan ($ 85 million) in a suit of yellow bear. In this suit, and he responded to journalists' questions during a press conference.
Unlike the man in a suit Baymax, the guy said that he usually spent annually 20 000-30 000 yuan on lottery tickets. His perseverance finally paid off when he won the third largest jackpot in the history of China.
In August last year, a man dressed as Mickey Mouse took home as much as 398 million yuan, while in 2011 the jackpot in 565 million yuan claimed the man in a suit panda. In some photos in the Chinese social networks are depicted other winners Masked Avenger, Spider-Man and other characters!
via www.odditycentral.com/news/chinese-lottery-winners-collect-prizes-dressed-as-cartoon-characters-to-protect-their-identity.html
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