Porn shop lotto jackpot
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November 14, 2010, Sunday
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A group of friends and family is obscenely rich after winning nearly US$129 million with a lottery ticket bought at a Detroit-area porn shop in the United States. And some of the money will be devoted to sacred purposes.
Mike Greer, a member of the group, came forward on Friday to claim the Powerball winnings on behalf of the others, who chose to remain anonymous. Greer - who said only that the group has more than two members and fewer than 100 - indicated some of the riches will be going to a church.
"The only thing I can assume is that the Lord trusted us to do certain things with the money that He bestowed upon us," he said.
Greer said he didn't buy the ticket himself and doesn't know whether it was purchased inside the Uptown Bookstore or at its outside, walk-up lottery window. And he said that among the group's members, "nobody cares" where it was bought.
Many customers of the adult bookstore in Highland Park buy their lottery tickets without setting foot inside and getting an eyeful of its X-rated videos and magazines.
The group will take its winnings in a lump sum of US$69.6 million instead of annual installments.
Greer, from Farmington Hills, said he is self-employed in the digital imaging business. He would not give details on the others except to say that most are from the Detroit metropolitan area.
Mike Greer, a member of the group, came forward on Friday to claim the Powerball winnings on behalf of the others, who chose to remain anonymous. Greer - who said only that the group has more than two members and fewer than 100 - indicated some of the riches will be going to a church.
"The only thing I can assume is that the Lord trusted us to do certain things with the money that He bestowed upon us," he said.
Greer said he didn't buy the ticket himself and doesn't know whether it was purchased inside the Uptown Bookstore or at its outside, walk-up lottery window. And he said that among the group's members, "nobody cares" where it was bought.
Many customers of the adult bookstore in Highland Park buy their lottery tickets without setting foot inside and getting an eyeful of its X-rated videos and magazines.
The group will take its winnings in a lump sum of US$69.6 million instead of annual installments.
Greer, from Farmington Hills, said he is self-employed in the digital imaging business. He would not give details on the others except to say that most are from the Detroit metropolitan area.
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