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US Jewish philanthropist bought winning Powerball ticket for employee
jpost.com ^ | 1/14/16 | staff

Posted on 01/14/2016 3:56:13 PM PST by Nachum

One of the three winners of the record-breaking Powerball lottery jackpot in the United States became wealthy overnight thanks to the generosity of her boss, one of the American Jewish community’s leading philanthropists.

Shlomo Rechnitz, a health care magnate who owns 80 assisted living facilities throughout California, purchased nearly 18,000 lottery tickets for all of his employees, one of which happened to contain the winning numbers.

The unprecedented $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot will be divided among three winning tickets purchased in Tennessee, California and Florida.

Each ticket is worth $528.8 million, lottery officials said in California, one of 44 states plus Washington D.C. and two U.S. territories that sold millions of Powerball tickets.

The winning numbers were 08 27 34 04 19 and Powerball 10, picked in a drawing on Wednesday night. The odds of having the correct numbers: 1 in 292 million.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California; US: Florida; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: california; florida; gambling; jewish; philanthropist; powerball; reform; shlomorechnitz; sin; tennessee; winning; wrong
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To: Nachum

Isn’t this the same guy who bought dinner for a huge bunch of servicemen in an airport in Ireland or England?


21 posted on 01/14/2016 5:12:28 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Yes, he gave 400 soldiers $50 each when he saw them at Dublin airport.


22 posted on 01/14/2016 5:17:43 PM PST by BronzePencil (Liberty's in every blow! Let us do or die!)
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To: chaosagent; Bloody Sam Roberts

Instruct all the managers to buy them and distribute them.


23 posted on 01/14/2016 5:18:07 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
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To: familyop
Gambling is not condoned by Orthodox Judaism.

He was NOT gambling! He was merely making a circuitous donation to the California Primary Education Fund. It's for the children, you know.

/S

24 posted on 01/14/2016 5:23:45 PM PST by BwanaNdege
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To: familyop

It ain’t gambling. It’s for the schools.


25 posted on 01/14/2016 5:29:57 PM PST by Scrambler Bob
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To: Nachum

My daughter-in-law got 5 out of 6!


26 posted on 01/14/2016 5:51:23 PM PST by Randy From Concrete
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To: Nachum

The same philanthropist loves our troops. Check out this YouTube clip of him buying our troops overseas something to eat. I think he spent $25000.
http://youtu.be/2LBuyXxOLnc


27 posted on 01/14/2016 6:12:07 PM PST by Ezcadi (Video of same guy feeding our troops)
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To: Ezcadi

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/california-powerball-winner-nurse-7-kids-article-1.2497484
It’s a prank


28 posted on 01/14/2016 6:18:32 PM PST by GreaterSwiss
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To: freedomson

Nice, but, I got a bad feeling this won’t end well.

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It already didn’t end well.

I didn’t win.


29 posted on 01/14/2016 7:22:36 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Bill and Hillary Clinton are the penicillin-resistant syphilis of our political system.)
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To: Nachum

Only in California!

L’Chaim!


30 posted on 01/14/2016 7:26:26 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: Blood of Tyrants; chaosagent; Bloody Sam Roberts

The article says he bought $18,000 in tickets, not that he had 18,000 employees and at $2 per ticket, he bought 9,000 tickets.


31 posted on 01/14/2016 7:32:46 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Bill and Hillary Clinton are the penicillin-resistant syphilis of our political system.)
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To: Jolla

Sounds like a fascinating book. I wish you remembered the title. I’d like to read it.


32 posted on 01/14/2016 8:08:48 PM PST by Auntie Mame (Fear not tomorrow. God is already there.)
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To: Nachum

How much did the employee win?


33 posted on 01/15/2016 4:57:28 AM PST by Not gonna take it anymore (If Obama were twice as smart as he is, he would be a wit)
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To: Graybeard58
The article says he bought $18,000 in tickets, not that he had 18,000 employees and at $2 per ticket, he bought 9,000 tickets.

Does it? Seems he bought more than 9000 tickets.

...purchased nearly 18,000 lottery tickets for all of his employees, one of which happened to contain the winning numbers.

34 posted on 01/15/2016 5:14:15 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism. It is incompatible with real freedom.)
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To: Nachum

Think that employee might just decide to retire?


35 posted on 01/15/2016 10:00:45 AM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: lodi90
I had the powerball but no other numbers on my ticket.

Me too, but it's worth four bucks, so I'll trade it in for two tickets on the mere 40 million this round.

36 posted on 01/15/2016 10:02:18 AM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: Randy From Concrete
My daughter-in-law got 5 out of 6!

5 without the power ball is one million. 4 plus the power ball is $50,000.

37 posted on 01/15/2016 10:09:37 AM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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