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Man wins £800,000 on lottery ticket after stranger cut in front of him in the queue

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Updated 09:57 28 Jan 2023 GMTPublished 09:55 28 Jan 2023 GMT

Man wins £800,000 on lottery ticket after stranger cut in front of him in the queue

Talk about patience being a virtue

Emma Guinness

Emma Guinness

It's often said that, in life, patience is a virtue, and the next time you find yourself wishing time away, you might want to bear this story in mind.

This is because a man won an eye-watering £800,000 on a lottery ticket after an impatient stranger - who also played - skipped him in the queue.

Munoz Espinoza, 43, from Florida, explained that he decided to try his luck at a lottery machine after a long, stressful day at work.

This Florida man is proof that patience really is a virtue.
Twitter / floridalottery

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Because he'd had such a hard day, he chose not to confront the stranger who cut in front of him in the queue for the machine at Publix Super Market in Delray Beach.

"It was the end of a long day, and I was tired," Munoz admitted.

The lucky 43-year-old won the whopping prize - $1 million - while playing the '500X The Cash' game, where there is a maximum jackpot of $25 million.

While he didn't scoop the biggest prize, it was certainly a handsome payday for the tired worker who ultimately chose to receive the money as one cash lump sum, which equated to $828,000 - around £800,000.

"I can't believe I won a million dollars!" Munoz said.

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As reported by the New York Post, after making the potentially life-changing win, Munoz went to the Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee to confirm that he'd actually won (we can only presume he was in an understandable state of shock) and get his money.

He said he is planning to use the money to buy his family a new house.

If this man hadn't been skipped in the queue, he would have never won the lottery.
Alamy / Storms Media Group

But while a lottery win is a dream come true for most of us, as we revealed just last month, it can be a living nightmare for some people.

This is what Jane Park claims happened to her after she won £1 million when she was just 17 - which was the legal age to buy a ticket in the UK at the time.

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Now 26, she explained that the money ultimately made her 'miserable'.

"Basically I went from being this young 17-year-old just going to work every day to this like massive household name," she said.

For Jane, this meant being harassed by the press as well as 'horrific messages' about her newfound millionaire status online.

She said these messages worsened when she said she wanted to sue the lottery for allowing someone her age to win so much money.

It turns out that winning the lottery isn't always as amazing as it sounds.
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Jane explained: "When the story came out that I was going to sue I literally had the worst amount of abuse online.

"People were saying like 'Die', I had acid attack threats, it was literally hectic.

"People were hating on me and I was just this young girl who just wanted to be heard. I remember feeling like my life was s**t.

"I thought it was going to be amazing, I was going to be this big massive celebrity, constantly being on red carpets and stuff.

"I was literally sitting in a three-bedroom house alone, crying myself to sleep."

Featured Image Credit: Florida Lottery / Art & Vision / Alamy

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