New Orleans hurricane victim hits the jackpot

zbdent

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Thu Oct-06-05 09:22 AM
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New Orleans hurricane victim hits the jackpot

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?idq=/ff/story/0002/20051005/2030940365.htm&photoid=20051005LAWH102

NEW ORLEANS, Oct 5 (Reuters) - A New Orleans storm victim shelled out $4.25 in quarters and won a $1.6 million jackpot at a Louisiana casino where she had stopped to play the slot machines on her way to shop at a Wal-Mart discount store.

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My take on this: Watch this woman become the Right Wings' new "welfare queen" . . .

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shamanstar

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Thu Oct-06-05 10:37 AM
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1. Katrina evacuee wins 1.6M playing slots

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051006/ap_on_re_us/katrina_millionaire

OPELOUSAS, La. - After more than a month of living with dozens of displaced relatives in Opelousas, Jacquelyn Sherman, an evacuee from New Orleans, told her niece she was depressed.

That all changed when she won $1.6 million — before taxes — playing a slot machine at Evangeline Downs Racetrack and Casino.

"When it happened, I didn't know what was going on," Sherman said. "I had just put in my $20 in the "Wheel of Fortune" machine when it hit. My feeling about this win is better than being blessed. Thank you, Lord."

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tompayne1

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Thu Oct-06-05 10:37 AM
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2. nice story

but gambilng with your FEMA money?

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HereSince1628

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Thu Oct-06-05 10:37 AM
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3. It had to happen, it had to happen.

I hope she didn't do it with $20 from her FEMA debit card, or we will never hear the end of it.

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Arkana

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Thu Oct-06-05 10:37 AM
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4. Wow.

She'll be able to build a new house with that and everything. Good for her.

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rocktivity

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Thu Oct-06-05 01:14 PM
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5. Right, Zbent--if one of those quarters was from "public funds"

Then the state will claim the jackpot is their property!

:rofl:
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jus_the_facts

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Thu Oct-06-05 01:59 PM
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6. A man from south Louisiana won TWO 'St. Jude Dream Homes'....

....he'd already won another raffle for a house down in Harvey, Louisiana back in August but hadn't claimed the home because of Katrina...he said he'd bought 20 tickets for that drawing and then bought 25 tickets up here...the tickets are $100 a piece and he won again here claiming his second $250,000 home in less than 3 months...he stated over and over how MIRACLES DO HAPPEN...I thought to m'self....yeah for people who can AFFORD TO BUY $2500 WORTH OF RAFFLE TICKETS.... :eyes:

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