Who the hell reveals their identity after winning that much money?
A lottery winner hit the jackpot last week in Jamaica, and the person showed up to claim the winnings wearing a ‘”Scream” mask in an attempt to protect his identity.
The man won $1.17 million (158 million in Jamaican dollars).
He was identified only as A. Campbell, winning the lottery nearly two months ago.
Campbell said he was sick and didn’t claim the prize until now.
He said, “I looked at my ticket and ran into my bathroom and said, ‘I won! I won!’ From the day I found out that I won, I’ve been sick.”
“My head hurt me for three days because I was thinking so much. [Wondering] if what I’ve been longing for really come true. I had a belly ache for two weeks, sometimes I feel so much pain I forgot that I had won,” he added.
Campbell said his life was hard, but he noted that it will change after winning.
He said, “I want to get a house, I want to get a nice house. I haven’t found it yet, but I’ll be looking for one soon.”
The man purchased the winning ticket at a location in Kingston, the country’s capital.
Previous lottery winners in Jamaica have worn animal masks or emoji masks
Simone Clarke-Cooper, a lottery organizer, said that prior winners have used disguises for protection.
“Unfortunately, Jamaica is not like other markets,” she said.
“In other markets, they don’t necessarily do it, but here I think they opt to do it to keep themselves safe,” she said, adding that officials “are not going to tell them not to do that because their safety is of paramount importance to us as well.”
She noted: “People have been coming with their own disguises.”
Wes Craven’s “Scream” is one of the most successful horror film franchises in history after the first movie was released in 1996. The “Scream” mask is also known as the “Ghostface” mask.