Former Marine Wins Powerball Jackpot

Posted October 25th, 2006 at 9:29 pm in Listen Up Marines!

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.)

Tim Guderian, 36, served in the U.S. Marines during Operation Desert Storm and works as an automotive detailer (not any more!) in Ft. Dodge. His 44-year-old wife of nearly seven years is a sales associate (not any more!) at the Wal-Mart where the pair first met. The Guderians chose to take the lump-sum payment, which amounts to $67.1 million after taxes. They used about 30 million of it to purchase the entire Marine Corps! Just kidding!

It's a great story and a rousing outstanding marine to you Tim. This guy is undoubtedly one of the few, the proud and the lucky. Way to go Tim (anyone got his phone number?)