From returned juice to jackpot joy: A new jersey man's fortune
This story is so incredible that it’s hard to believe it actually happened. Living in New Jersey, Tayeb Souami bought orange juice, but at his wife’s urging, he decided to return it due to the product’s exorbitant price. On his way back from the store, he decided to play the lottery...
This story dates back to 2018, when the not-so-wealthy American and his family had to be very frugal to the point where they couldn't even afford to buy overpriced orange juice.
After he brought home a bottle of the overpriced drink, his wife sent him back to the store to return the product they found too expensive.
Because of this, an unexpected change occurred in Tayeb Souami’s family. He returned to the store to get back the approximately $7 CAD invested in the juice and, following his wife’s instructions, to find a cheaper drink.
Passing by a popular Powerball lottery point in the USA, he decided to try his luck and bought two tickets. According to ladbible.com, Tayeb did not expect to win and quickly forgot about his purchase.
He remembered the tickets a few days later while washing his car and decided to check if any good fortune had come his way.
The first ticket was a loser, but while scanning the second, a request appeared to contact the clerk at the Powerball lottery point.
Upon seeing his ticket, the startled cashier repeatedly exclaimed, “Oh my God,” before finally stammering that Tayeb had won a very large sum. It turned out that he had scooped the grand prize by buying a random lottery ticket, and approximately $425 million CAD was credited to his account.
Since then, Tayeb has humorously repeated in interviews that he has grown very fond of orange juice, and thanks to the win, he can feel at ease about his family’s future and his children’s education.
