It is a cycle of life, you work hard during your productive years then you retire and receive a pension. But at that stage, wouldn´t it simply be nice to receive a little extra on the side? Well Chris Brown can do this. He won Chris won $1000 a week for the next 20 years playing the Weekly Grand Extra game. National lottery
Chris had the option of choosing $1000 a week for twenty years or a $600,000 lump sum payment. You might think that since Chris is now in his 70´s he should have chosen the lump sum payment, but he didn’t; Chris took the weekly payment option instead.
Maybe our society is simply playing with our minds and giving us all of these messages that our life expectancy is not that positive but whatever message of a short life is, Chris has the confidence that it simply won´t happen to him, after all it is all in the genes.
Chris Brown’s bonus from the Weekly Grand Extra game will continue until he’s 92 years old. But he’s got longevity in his genes. Both his grandmother mother and great aunt lived to be 102 years-old, so he expects to live way past the time that the income stream ends. Lottery numbers
But 92 is a number that for many it is almost impossible to imagine. Just picture a 92-year old car or plane, aren´t they seen usually in museums? That is exactly what happens, for our minds, it is a bit difficult to picture. Chris decision about his money is a very bold one, taking into account that most people wouldn´t even imagine themselves living such a long life.
At age 72, Chris was retired and living on a pension and old age security. He was doing fine financially, but with the extra $1000 a week for the next 20 years, he says he’ll be doing even better, it will really take the strain away and allow him to buy some things he otherwise wouldn’t have been able to afford to buy.
What types of things could Chris Brown afford to buy now? Well, a Mazda Miata for start. That was his first purchase after winning the lottery. Chris said that he used to have a Miata and enjoyed cruising with the top down. So he got another one.
The odds of winning the $1000 a week for life in the Weekly Grand Extra game from New Hampshire lottery are approximately 1-in-1.8-million.
Now the question is, wouldn´t it have been more fun to cash the whole amount in a lump sum? After all you can actually buy everything you want at once. What you don´t spend you can always save it for later. What do you think? Would you have made the same decision as Chris?
