In his Instagram post, the former NBA player recalls how he ends up winning the lottery after he is approached by a homeless man who asks for money at a gas station.
- May 19, 2020
AceShowbiz - Gilbert Arenas owes a homeless man big time. The former NBA player shared on his Instagram account that he just won $300,000 playing the Powerball and the victory had something to do with a homeless man.
In his Sunday, May 17 post, Arenas recalled how he ended up winning. He said he rushed out of the house to play his lottery numbers at his favorite gas station before it closed. However, he stopped by a gas station on the way as he realized that his car didn't have much gas.
That was when he was approached by a homeless man who asked for money. Arenas shared that he only had $10 at that time, so he told the man that he could only give him $5 because he was going to use the rest of the money for gas.
"He then says how far u going! My brain is saying (the f**k u asking all the questions for ) so I was only going to CALABASAS which was 7 mins away but lied and said Thousand Oaks which was at least 16 mins away so before he did the math on everything I said '8 mins before the cut off but it's 16 mins away' I said listen I'll just use $5 dollars for gas and u can have the other $5," Arenas recalled.
Arenas added, "he then says (from here to Thousand Oaks and back) u won't make it on $5 so KEEP the $10 and after u WIN hook me up with $20! I said are u sure he said yes I know ur gonna win."
His favorite gas station, however, was closed by the time he arrived. Despite that, the former athlete said that he woke "up to a text Wednesday morning saying congratulations U won 300k. I've heard this scammer type s**t happening so I ignored the next becuz I didn't get to play my numbers so I couldn't have won s**t."
He shared then he went to the gas station only to get told by the owner that he played his numbers for him. "long story short.....I pulled up on my guy yesterday and gave him his cut (for his safety) won't say the number. he jumped up and hugged me for 5 mins crying and then started to pray. I've given back to the homeless BUT never was blessed by one/ his good hearted gesture of me making it back home blessed that ticket #happysunday," so he concluded his story.
"This is dope, but I hope you gave him more than $20," one of his followers wrote in the comment section. "?????? Wtf Gil what are the odds of this happening? This is some once in a lifetime stuff. What an amazing story!!!" another user said. Despite that, a user didn't seem to buy the story as he dubbed it "some complete BS. Fake news."
