Good luck dogding the parasites who are about to barrage him demanding welfare.
Posted on 05/09/2008 9:49:25 AM PDT by freerepublic_or_die
BATON ROUGE, La. - A construction company owner who lost two homes in Hurricane Katrina claimed a $97 million Powerball prize, a jackpot won off a ticket he bought at a convenience store where he stopped to buy his wife a gallon of milk.
When he turned in the winning ticket, Carl Hunter became the largest Powerball winner in Louisiana's history. He won the jackpot in January, but the 73-year-old small businessman waited nearly four months to claim the prize.
An avid lottery player, Hunter said he already had bought a Powerball ticket on Jan. 16 at the gas station less than two blocks from his home in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie. But he stopped at the station again that day to buy milk — at the request of his wife, Dianne — and got a second "quick pick" ticket.
"I had some change, and one dollar was used to buy this ticket," Hunter said Thursday at the Louisiana Lottery Corp. headquarters in Baton Rouge, where he claimed his prize.
"It's all about milk," his wife said, smiling.
The couple, surrounded by cameras, was decidedly low-key about the multimillion dollar win, saying they didn't have specific plans for the money — besides retirement and the rebuilding of a camp lost to Katrina.
"I'm retiring, you know, naturally," Carl Hunter said.
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Great story, Good luck to this man and his wife.
I suppose that it balances out.
Milk does a body good.
At 73,he probably should take the lump sum rather than the 20 year payout.
"West Metairie Shell...will get $25,000 for selling the winning ticket. The station...lost its roof during Katrina, and the store was looted."
Did they take any Heineken?
He does work in mysterious ways!!!
That would depend on whether he wants to let his heirs inherit it and the tax implications. If it were my $97 million, I think I'd set up educational trust funds for all my grand children and great grand children. The payments from a 20 year payout are enough to live at a very nice standard of living and still be able to pass on a lot of money in an estate.
“Honey pack your bags....”
LOL - I love that joke!
I guess it wasnt beer guy?
Get milk!
Good luck dogding the parasites who are about to barrage him demanding welfare.
Any word from the tens of thousands of people who lost homes in Katrina and hundreds or thousands of dollars in the lottery?
Bien sur, mon ami. See post #15.
Looter guy father?
"Asked why he waited so long to turn in the winning ticket, Hunter said he wanted to wrap up some of his construction work and finish his outstanding contracts. In fact, Hunter's wife Dianne said he was still at work this week."
Mr. Hunter is a good, good guy. ;)
Agreed. If he’s smart he’ll move far away and keep a low profile.
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