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This homeless man just won $500,000
Christmas has well and truly come early for Michael Engfors from Colorado in the US. The 61-year-old homeless man won $500,000 after buying a $10 lottery ticket last Friday.
Engfors is a former builder who became homeless during the recession more than six years ago. He lost his business and struggled with numerous problems, including alcoholism, but never gave up hope his luck would turn around.
"Out of all the people in Aspen who could win a half a million dollars, it couldn't happen to a better type of person," Jeremy Kowalis of the Aspen Homeless Shelter told USA Today.
With his winnings, Engfors is looking to reconnect with his only child, a daughter, who he hasn’t seen in 20 years. His first big buy will be a flight to visit her.
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