A Los Angeles couple who hit the US$266 million (NT$8.4 billion) jackpot in a multi-state lottery said that the bumper payday would not change them.
Jacki and Gilbert Cisneros became California’s newest millionaires on Tuesday when they struck paydirt in the Mega Millions Lottery after the prize total had rolled over to an eye-popping US$266 million.
The win instantly obliterated the couple’s financial worries — Gilbert Cisneros had recently lost his job — and left them contemplating a life of almost unlimited luxury.
But the couple insisted they are not planning a spending spree, with NBC television journalist Jacki Cisneros even revealing that she had no plans to give up her job.
“I don’t think it’s going to change us,” Jacki Cisneros told NBC4. “You know, we’ll buy a house, but doesn’t everyone dream of buying a house? I don’t want to get too carried away, you know?” she said, adding that she hopes to keep working at her current job.
“I’ve worked since I was 14,” she said. “So the idea of not working is just, it’s a foreign concept for me.
“Even growing up, my grandparents instilled a really strong work ethic with my family, so the idea of not working just seems weird to me.”
The odds of matching the winning numbers were one in 175,711,536, according to the Mega Millions Web site.(AFP)
洛杉磯一對贏得多州聯合樂透頭彩的夫妻表示，他們的生活並不會因這筆兩億六千六百萬美元（新台幣八十四億元）的彩金而改變。
吉爾伯特•希斯內洛斯和太太賈姬上週二贏得「超級百萬樂透彩」高達兩億六千六百萬美元的彩金，成為加州最新出爐的大富豪。
吉爾伯特•希斯內洛斯日前才失業，這筆彩金讓夫妻倆不但不必再擔心錢的問題，還能享受揮霍不盡的奢華生活。
不過，希斯內洛斯夫婦強調他們不會大肆揮霍。在美國國家廣播公司（NBC）擔任記者的賈姬•希斯內洛斯甚至透露，不打算放棄工作。
賈姬•希斯內洛斯向NBC4表示：「我不認為這會改變我們什麼。我們會買棟房子，不過誰不想買房子呢？我不會興奮過頭。」她還說，希望繼續堅守現在的崗位。
她說：「我十四歲就開始工作，因此從沒想過不上班的情況。」
「即使成年了，祖父母也不斷灌輸我們敬業的觀念，所以不工作對我來說很奇怪。」
據「超級百萬樂透彩」網站表示，贏得頭獎的機率是一億七千五百七十一萬一千五百三十六分之一。（法新社╱翻譯：林倩如）
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