ShareA shopkeeper who arrived as an immigrant in the US decades ago has become a millionaire after his store sold a winning lottery ticket worth $2.04 billion, according to media reports.
Joseph Chahayed emigrated to Los Angeles from Syria in the 1980s with his wife and two children with about $14,000, CBS reported. Chahayed plans to spend the maximum-possible bonus amount of $1 million on his family, according to CBS.
“I never collect welfare, I never collect Medicare, I never collect any money from the government. All what I do, I work hard, seven days a week. I raised my kids, graduated from the college and bought a house and I bought a business all because I work hard and become an honest man,” Chahayed was quoted as saying by the American news agency.
The numbers for the largest-ever Powerball worth $2.04 billion were drawn on Tuesday morning. The winning numbers were 10-33-41-47-56 and the Powerball was 10.
