But just hours after receiving the notification, when the lottery's winning number was revealed, fortune smiled upon the family and he was the winner of the top prize of 70 lakh.
Digital Desk: A Kerala man won a whopping 70 lakh as lottery prize money in an amazing instance of luck by chance hours after receiving a warning from the bank regarding his house for defaulting on loan payments.
Pookunju, a fish seller by profession, started his day off as normal on October 12 by purchasing a ticket for the Akshaya lottery, whose top prize was worth 70 lakh rupees. He learned that the bank had given notice of attachment when he went home in the afternoon because she had made a delay in loan repayment of about Rs 9 lakh.
The fish vendor said these things in a TV interview with a nearby channel: "After receiving the bank's notice, we were in a state of despair. We were at a loss for what to do. We want to sell our house. We have a boy and a girl who are both in school ".
Pookunju added that his father had purchased lottery tickets in order to rack up a debt of almost 5 lakh.
But just hours after receiving the notification, when the lottery's winning number was revealed, fortune smiled upon the family and he was the winner of the top prize of 70 lakh. "When I told him that we had won, he did not believe me. At first, she said that it was impossible. Then he continued to double-check the outcome and the ticket number. He simply could not accept that we had won "She then added.
Pookunju missed winning a Rs 5,000 lottery prize this week by just two numbers, according to the wife of the fish vendor, but she advised him to purchase another ticket the following day.
She added with a big smile, "He hadn't believed me then. Their son, who is in school, told the television station that he never believed in buying lottery tickets but occasionally did so to support those who sold them.
"I never won anything. I've never believed in it. My father has since disproved it. I now purchase lotto tickets if I have any cash on me. Possibly I'd inherit some of my father's good fortune, "Added he.
When Pookunju's wife was questioned about their intentions for the lottery winnings, she replied that they would first pay off all of their debts and then make sure their kids had a decent education so they could succeed in life.
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