Former Marine Wins Powerball Jackpot
Uses The Money To Buy The Marine Corps!
That part is a joke, of course, today it wouldn't buy you a platoon of grunts! But this ex marine did win the big one! A friend of mine sent me this article that appeared in the Canadian Press on October 4, 2006
Ex-U.S. Marine, Wife Claim $200,000,000 Powerball Jackpot
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – An Iowa couple who bought three Powerball tickets during a pit stop for soda came forward Wednesday to claim the US-$200. million jackpot.Tim and Kellie Guderian bought the winning ticket September 23 at a store in Ft. Dodge, Iowa. They discovered their good fortune the following evening, as Kellie read off the winning numbers to an awe-struck Tim."What a stroke of luck," Tim Guderian said, "It seemed like a dream." (yeah, I have the same dream but when HE wakes up in the morning he still has the cash). According to the Iowa Lottery, the odds of winning were about 140 million-to-1. (The only time the number one doesn't work in your favor.) (more…)
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