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