Wednesday - February 22, 2006

$365 Million

Eight people ... normal American hard-working meat-packers ... have now had their lives hopelessly destroyed. If not immediately, then within a few months or years. Absolute money messes you up absolutely. Why? Because you haven’t had to practice losing it or managing it. You are a child with matches. Therefore, I am pleased to announce The Skipper Safety Plan. I urge all eight of these fine people to send me their checks and I will take the burden off of them ... absolutely free. I guarantee piece of mind ... yeah, right ...

Eight Claim Record $365 Million Lottery Jackpot
February 22, 2006

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP)

Eight workers at a Nebraska meat processing plant claimed the record $365 million Powerball jackpot Wednesday that, if split evenly, would give each about $15.5 million after taxes. The seven men and one woman all work at a ConAgra ham processing plant near the U-Stop convenience store where they bought the winning ticket last week for Saturday’s lottery.

They ended up with the biggest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. (Related video: More on the lotto win) “I didn’t know what to think,” said Robert Stewart, 30, who said he was a maintenance supervisor before the win. “I still don’t know what to think.” The previous U.S. lottery jackpot record was $363 million for the Big Game, the forerunner of Mega Millions. Powerball’s previous record jackpot, $340 million, was won by an Oregon family in October.

At least three of the winners Wednesday are immigrants. Quang Dao, 56, who like Dung Tran, 34, came to the U.S. from Vietnam about 16 years ago, said he was looking for freedom when he headed for America. He said the lottery would change his family’s life back in Vietnam. Alain Maboussou, a 26-year-old who fled war in Africa’s Republic of Congo, said he planned return to school to work on a degree in business administration.

“I’m going to be working for myself now,” Maboussou said. He said his three-month-old daughter, Katherine, “is going to be happy for the rest of her life.” The winners said they and others often pooled their money together when the jackpots reached $40 million or so. “I don’t think they have a reason to be jealous,” Maboussou said of the rest of his colleagues, “because when it’s a pool day, we ask people to put like in five bucks, so if you wasn’t there or you didn’t put five bucks in, sorry.”

Only three winners quit their jobs when they hit the jackpot. One them, Michael Terpstra, 47, said he wasn’t sure what he was going to do with the money. “Everybody has dreams,” he said. “Buy an island. Buy an airplane. In reality, I’m not a fan of flying and don’t really like water.” The other winners were identified as David Gehle, 53; Chasity Rutjens, 29; and Eric Zornes, 40. The winning numbers were 15, 17, 43, 44 and 48, with a Powerball number of 29, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association of Des Moines, which runs the game for the participating states. Powerball tickets are sold in 28 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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