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SD MAN IN FINANCIAL PERIL WINS $232.1M POWERBALL
ASSOCIATED PRESS ^ | June 5, 2009

Posted on 06/05/2009 1:55:15 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

PIERRE, S.D. -- A 23-year-old rancher whose family has fallen behind in their taxes and recently had a mobile home repossessed has claimed a $232.1 million Powerball jackpot on Friday, one of the largest undivided jackpots in U.S. lottery history.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: lottery; powerball; rancher; southdakota
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To: Gorzaloon
"KING Harry" It does have a certain ring to it, doesn't it?

Crap, now I'm going to lose sleep again thinking about the design of the castle.

81 posted on 06/05/2009 7:04:02 PM PDT by Big_Harry ( Thank God I am an "Infidel"!)
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To: Big_Harry
I am glad he won that one and not me!

Well, if you ever win a lottery jackpot, then feel free to give it away to me. :-)

Does anyone else lose sleep over things like this?:>)

I'd like to try. :-)

82 posted on 06/05/2009 9:22:35 PM PDT by lowbridge (It's not that liberals are ignorant, it's that they know so much that isn't so - Ronald Reagan)
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To: estrogen
"If I won the lottery I would not publish my name.

That would be my inclination as well, but I'm not sure that the winner has a choice in the matter. Doesn't the lottery bureau/commission reserve the right to use the name for promotional purposes? I'm pretty sure that is the case here(Louisiana)at least. Perhaps the rules differ from state to state.

83 posted on 06/06/2009 3:17:56 AM PDT by Mila
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
This is my favorite quote from the whole story.

"Wanless said he intends to continue ranching, albeit on a larger plot of land. He said he recently told his horse, Eleanor, that "It'd be nice if we go for a longer ride than usual on a bigger ranch of our own."

84 posted on 06/06/2009 3:21:50 AM PDT by Mila
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