Most individual have heard promises claiming that ‘if I strike Toto I sure do this and that for you ah’, that’s something that we have all heard before, right?
Will you even really split your 4D winnings with a friend after you made a verbal ‘promise’ to a friend?
This man in our story did just that, but wait, this promise was what he had told his friend 30 years ago! Yes, you read right, 30 years ago.
It all started in the year 1992 USA when two friends Tom Cook and Joe Feeney had made a pact with each other, that should either of them win a Powerball jackpot (similiar to our famous Toto), they will split the winnings equally with each other.
Nearly 30 years later, Joe had received a call from Tom and was he surprised when he shared the news with him that he had struck the jackpot of $22 million!
Many will think that your buddy here will be throwing a party and the call was to invite you, but no, he called to tell him that he was going to share the prize money with him.
Not $10,000, not a $100,000, I guess no one will be crazy enough to give you a million buck right? Wrong.
He was going to split the $22 million winnings 50/ 50.
‘Are you jerking my bobber?” Feeney’s jaws dropping.
“A handshake’s a handshake, man.”
was Tom’s reply.
Because they are collecting a cash payout, it turns to $16.7 million, so each will receive approximately $5.7 million after state taxes.