A Japanese billionaire has announced plans to distribute more than $9 million among 1000 people on Twitter as part of a social experiment.
Online shopping mogul Yusaku Maezawa says the whopping sum will be distributed among his Twitter followers. All people need to be among the lucky ones is to retweet him.
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Yusaku announced this on his official YouTube channel, saying it was a ‘serious social trial’ to see if money makes people happy.
Giving out details, the tech tycoon said he will divvy up one billion yen (around $9 million) among 1000 Twitter users, which makes it to a million yen ($9,100 approx.) for each winner.
🎍謹賀新年🎍
【総額10億円】#前澤お年玉 100万円を1000人にプレゼントします！
100万円で皆さまの人生がよりハッピーになりますように。
応募方法は僕のフォローとこのツイートのリツイート。締切は1月7日23:59まで。
企画趣旨や当選条件などはYouTubeで説明してます。 https://t.co/kBgwwmJoaP pic.twitter.com/1Fr0Vq4i6Z
— 前澤友作@MZDAO (@yousuck2020) December 31, 2019
Winners can spend the money as they like, but they have to answer regular questions about how they are using the money.
More than 4 million people had signed up for the contest before the deadline of January 7. Winners will be decided through a lottery, and they will receive confirmation through a direct message from Maezawa.
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He also mentioned that he will stay in touch with the selected candidates to ask about the impact of their winnings, while his social scientists will analyze the results of the experiment.
This is his second such stunt. In January last year; he had shared 100 million yen, roughly $914,000, among 100 Twitter users. The previous campaign had received over 4.68 million retweets.
