A lottery winner in the southern regions of China turned up to collect his winnings in a monkey costume to hide his good luck from his wife and child.
The man, identified as Mr Li, chose to collect his R550 million jackpot prize in a costume to avoid his face being shown on national television.
The winner from the city of Guangxi said he donated R13 million to charity and will collect around R430 million after taxes, Bloomberg reported.
The man told local reporters that he did not want to reveal his unexpected winnings to his family.
“I didn’t tell my wife and child for fear that they would be too complacent and would not work, or not work hard, in the future,” the man told Nanning Evening News.
Mr Li revealed that he bought the winning ticket at a small shop in the city of Litang, where he played the exact same numbers he had been using for several years.
He realised the day after he bought the ticket that his luck was finally in.
“I did not leave the hotel because I was afraid to go out and lose the lottery ticket,” he said.
Mr Li has his work cut out for him if he plans on keeping his massive fortune a secret from his family for years to come.
Compiled by Dylan Bettencourt
Pictured above: Lottery winner Mr Li
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