One resident from Illinois who won $500,000 in a state lottery recently revealed that he put half of it into Bitcoin (BTC) back in May. The US lottery winner and Redditor “Joxnlol” posted an image of himself where he was clutching the Illinois state lottery cheque on November 5 with a caption that says: “Did this. Then put half into BTC in May. Remind me in 8 months if I f****d up.” The winning ticket that Joxnlol had sealed him the $500,000 bounty on April 19. As we can see from the analysis, if he converted half of it in early May, his investment has so far seen a gain close to 65%, Coin360 data shows. A subsequent ... (full story)