A Virginia man credits mother nature and an abandoned day of landscaping with his $10 million lottery¹ jackpot win.

弗吉尼亚州一名男子中了1000万美元的彩票头奖，他将其归功于大自然和没能美化庭园的一天。

Charles Martin of Amelia Courthouse told the Virginia Lottery he got home from work on a recent evening and began to mow² the lawn but had his efforts stopped short when it began to rain.

阿米利亚法院的查尔斯·马丁向《弗吉尼亚彩票》透露，前几天晚上下班回家他开始割草，但不久之后天开始下雨，他不得不停止了劳动。

Martin put his lawn mower³ away and headed to his favorite convenience store, where he bought a few scratch-off lottery tickets.

马丁把割草机收了起来，去了他最喜欢的便利店，在那里随手买了一些刮刮乐彩票。

One of those tickets was called Extreme Millions.

其中一种彩票称为Extreme Millions。

幸运! 一名男子因下雨而中了1000万美元的彩票!

"I scratched it and I about had a heart attack!" Martin said.

马丁说道：“我刮开彩票，看见数字后，心脏病差点发作了！”

His ticket was $10 million winner. The staggering odds⁴ of winning that top prize are 1 in 2,937,600.

他的彩票中了一千万美元。而获得这一最高奖金的几率是1/2937600。

He took it to the store owner who scanned it and said, "Oh, it must be a good one because I can't pay it!"

随后他把中奖彩票拿给店主看，店主看完说道：“啊，这张票太牛了，因为我根本兑不起！”

On September 12, Mr. Martin returned to the store to receive his check from the Virginia Lottery.

9月12日，马丁回到店里，领取了来自《弗吉尼亚彩票》的支票。

He had a choice of taking the full $10 million over 30 years or a one-time cash option of $6,570,302 before taxes. He chose the cash option.

他有两种选择：一种是30年分期拿到全部的1000万美元，另一种是一次性现金，缴税后为6570302美元。最终他选择了一次性现金。