LOTTERY LUCK FOR KANSAS PLAYER
14 August 2009
Two big wins in a year
Kansas lottery player Edward Williams (47) this week won a
significant amount of money on the lottery - his second
major win in a year, reports Earth Times.
Last
September, Wichita resident Williams won $75 000 playing
a $10 scratch ticket. Then on Wednesday, he defied the
odds again when he matched all the numbers in the Super
Kansas Cash drawing to win a jackpot worth nearly $900
000.
"When I hit $75 000, I figured lighting
struck once, it won't ever hit again," Williams said in
a prepared statement released by Kansas Lottery
officials. "This one knocked me flat!"
He
traveled Friday to Topeka to collect his big win in a
single cash lump sum. After taxes are withheld, the
jackpot is worth $627 541.
"When I won the
$75,000, I bought a car and put the rest of the winnings
into a CD," Williams said. "This time, I'm saving it for
retirement, which I hope to do at 55."
Williams,
who is single and an ex-Marine, said he has been playing
Super Kansas Cash, Powerball and other lottery games
consistently for 17 years.
In related news, the
Italian media are reporting that Saturday's record
Superenalotto draw once again did not throw up a winner,
so the record jackpot rolls over to Euros 127.5 million.
The magnitude of the jackpot has created lottery
madness, boosting ticket sales to unheard of levels as
players go after the dream win.
Needed to win are
six numbers in a field of 1-to-90 at the next drawing on
Tuesday. The jackpot is currently the largest in the
world.
On May 10, a Spanish player won Euros
126.2 million in a multiple- country lottery (see
previous InfoPowa report).
Italy's Superenalotto
jackpot was last won in January. Its largest to date was
Euros 100.7 million in October 2008.
Online Casino News Courtesy of
Infopowa
More news here.
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