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Honest heart resists urge to keep friend's lottery win
(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-12-23 08:52

A woman in Chongqing municipality bought a lottery ticket for her friend and was honest enough to give her all the money when it hit the jackpot last Monday.

The woman, surnamed He, in her early 20s, said that she bought the ticket for her roommate who was on a business trip in Shanghai.

The ticket won the top prize of 7 million yuan ($1.02 million) and He asked the lottery management center to transfer the money into her friend's bank account.

"My friend could not believe it when I phoned her. I think honesty is more important than the money, so I want you to give the money to my friend, not me," the girl said to lottery staff.

(Chongqing Evening News)