Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Pair beats lottery odds again - Virginia couple hits jackpot 11 years after winning $9.7 million
Associated Press ^ | November 27, 2002 | Associated Press Staff

Posted on 11/27/2002 5:31:53 AM PST by MeekOneGOP


Pair beats lottery odds again

Virginia couple hits jackpot 11 years after winning $9.7 million

11/27/2002

Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. - Winners of a $9.7 million Virginia Lotto jackpot 11 years ago, Clyde and Edith Shinault could afford to spend $60 a week on lottery tickets.

Now they can afford to spend even more.

The Henrico County couple recently bought a scratch ticket that will provide them $1,000 a week for life. They won the big jackpot in 1991, beating odds of 7.1 million-to-one.

"They are the largest two-time winners in the history of the Virginia Lottery," said Lottery Director Penelope Kyle.

They found their latest winnings among 16 "Win for Life" tickets they purchased last week at a convenience store.

"When she said 'Whoopee!' I had thought she had a hundred-dollar winner," Mr. Shinault said Monday.

The odds of winning were 1.2 million-to-one. Ms. Shinault, 59, will receive quarterly checks worth $13,000 before taxes as long as she lives.

The Shinaults continue to receive a $335,000 check each May from their first jackpot.

Not long after hitting that jackpot, both found out that they had cancer. Both have recovered.

"Our doctors tell us we're cancer-free," Mr. Shinault said. "I'd rather hear that news than hit the lottery."

While they have used their first winnings to travel and buy a larger house, their latest fortune will benefit their three grown sons and their families, they said.

And some, of course, will go to more lottery tickets.

"We could hit it again," Mr. Shinault said.


Online at: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dallas/nation/stories/112702dnnatjackpot.9ee21.html


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: jackpot; lotterywinners; virginia
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-23 last
To: Wright is right!
Problem with so many these days is they can't be happy with what they already have. They have to have more More MORE. I think it is sad and I also think it is part of the sickness of our entire society. 9.7 mil is about 9.2 mil more than most people have, and I think this behavior is greedy and shows a combination of messed-up values and too much time on their hands. Happy Thanksgiving
21 posted on 11/27/2002 2:32:43 PM PST by Eowyn-of-Rohan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: tort_feasor
I saw a discovery channel show about a park ranger who kept getting struck. After about the fourth or fifth time he took to carrying a bucket of water around to put out the fires on himself.

Discovery recently did a follow up on that guy. He drowned.

22 posted on 11/27/2002 2:44:29 PM PST by monkey
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: MeeknMing; TxBec
Write to these nice folks and see if they will adopt us, okay?

LMAO! Bro, I am positive that they got every Shinault, Shynault, Shinaulte, Shinalt, Shynalty, Shminalt, Shmidt, Shmithe, Shmyth, Smythe, Smith, and Jones in the tri-county region on their front doorstep claiming second-cousin-hood-twice-removed status... BWAHAHA! That is sure one hell of a way to get the family together...

23 posted on 12/01/2002 12:53:15 PM PST by maxwell
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-23 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson