什么是幸运？两次战胜癌症，还中了百万彩票

美国男子两次战胜癌症，还中了数百万彩票

If you ask Stu MacDonald, he's the luckiest guy in the world.

如果你问斯图·麦克唐纳，他一定说自己是世界上最幸运的人。

Not only did he beat cancer twice, but he also chose a winning lottery ticket and bagged himself a multi-million dollar payout.

他不仅两次战胜癌症，还买了一张中奖彩票，为自己赢得了数百万美元的奖金。

"I am a very lucky guy," CNN reported him as saying. "I survived cancer twice and here I am. This is amazing."

CNN援引他的话说:“我是一个非常幸运的人。我从癌症中活了两次，现在我还在这里。太不可思议了。”

MacDonald buys a lottery ticket every week. And every week, his wife Claudia tells him the same thing, "get the winning ticket".

麦克唐纳每周买一张彩票。每周，他的妻子克劳迪娅都会跟他说同样的话，“去买彩票吧”。

When he bought his ticket on September 7, however, she forgot - although it seems MacDonald heeded the advice in any case.

然而，就在9月7日该买票时，她却忘说了——尽管麦克唐纳最终还是买了。

The Oregon man won a prize worth US$4.6 million. After being given the choice of receiving the money over time or getting a one-time payment, he chose the latter, taking home a lump-sum payment of $US2.3 million.

这位俄勒冈州男子赢得了价值460万美元的奖金。在被允许选择分期收钱或一次性付款后，他选择了后者，将230万美元的一次性付款带回家。

Ashley's Cafe, where he purchased the ticket, also got lucky, receiving a bonus of $46,000.

这张彩票他是在阿什利咖啡馆买的，也很幸运，得到了咖啡馆4.6万美元的奖金。

MacDonald's win after taxes, worked out at about US$1.54 million.

麦克唐纳的税后奖金约为154万美元。