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'Lucky guy' sells ticket that wins half of $42 mllion Lotto jackpot
'Lucky guy' sells ticket that wins half of $42 mllion Lotto jackpotPosted: 2/13/2007 8:22:10 AM  Shortly after arriving in the United States from Vietnam 14 years ago, Kiet Ho says, he won $25,000 in Florida lottery games three years in a row. Since then, he has been known around Margate as a lucky guy. On Sunday Ho's luck struck again, but this time for a customer who won half of a $42 million jackpot after purchasing a ticket from him Saturday night at the Margate Chevron Gas Station, 5200 W. Sample Road. "I'm happy for the guy," Ho said Sunday afternoon. "I'm lucky every time." Lottery officials did not identify holders of the two winning tickets, from Margate and Port Charlotte, on Sunday. But Ho said he thinks one of the winners was a man to whom he sold a ticket at about 9:30 Saturday night. He said the man asked him to sell him a "good one." "When I said, 'Good luck, see you tomorrow,' he said, 'I will come back and give you some,'" Ho said. Ho said the man called him at the gas station early Sunday morning, asking what the winning numbers were. When Ho said the numbers 10-11-18-24-26-35, the man said: "Oh, my God, I have all the numbers. I won." Ho did not know the man's name, but described him as a man in his 30s who comes to the station on Saturdays. He said the man didn't return Sunday after the phone call. A total of 235 tickets matched five numbers to win $4,641.50; 13,189 tickets matched four numbers for $67; and 267,136 tickets matched three numbers for $4.50, according to the Florida Lottery officials in Tallahassee. Lottery officials said the station will get $22,500, but Ho and other employees said the money would go to the Chevron Co., not the person who sold the ticket. Some customers said they weren't surprised that Ho, 44, of Coconut Creek, sold the winning ticket. Norma Albarracin, a Publix employee who worked with Ho at a store near the station, said he always won the scratch-off game when he worked there. She said when she heard the Chevron had sold one of the winning tickets, she knew Ho was involved. "He's very lucky," she said. "He always wins." Kip Glueck, 51, a Margate resident, said he purchased $150 worth of tickets from the Chevron station hoping to win the $42 million jackpot because it's a lucky store. "I've gotten more than 500 winners out of here," said Glueck. "That's why I come by here every morning." Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
New Jersey United States Member #18150 June 28, 2005 12814 Posts Online |
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If you live in Florida: This looks like the place to buy your Winning Lottery Tickets! A mind once stretched by a new idea never returns to its original dimensions!
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Coastal Georgia United States Member #2703 October 30, 2003 1868 Posts Offline |
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Lottery officials said the station will get $22,500, but Ho and other employees said the money would go to the Chevron Co., not the person who sold the ticket.
Just what Chevron needs.....more money.
DD
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Sunny SW Florida United States Member #25708 November 5, 2005 4193 Posts Offline |
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Why shouldn't Chevron get the money? Maybe they'll donate it to charity. Actually, I'm pretty sure the store owner gets the bonus, but it depends upon the agreement he has with Chevron. By the way, Ho is just trying to get a reward. First of all, the man who bought the ticket said in an interview that he and his wife check their numbers online and that's how they discovered they won. There was no mention at all about calling the store. When Ho said the numbers 10-11-18-24-26-35, the man said: "Oh, my God, I have all the numbers. I won." This story just didn't sound right to me when I first read it. I guess we'll see if there is another story printed. Of course I think it would be nice if clerks got a share when a player wins a jackpot, but they don't work on commission and shouldn't expect to get a "tip" for hitting a button. In fact, I stay away from the stores where I've been asked "Will you give me some?" or "Don't forget me if you win." I'm a very friendly person and I always ask a cashier "How are you today?" I've worked in many stores and understand what it's like to work on your feet all day. But if I spend my own money that I work for buying a lottery ticket, I feel absolutely no obligation to write the clerk a check if I win.
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Coastal Georgia United States Member #2703 October 30, 2003 1868 Posts Offline |
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Why shouldn't Chevron get the money? Maybe they'll donate it to charity. Actually, I'm pretty sure the store owner gets the bonus, but it depends upon the agreement he has with Chevron. By the way, Ho is just trying to get a reward. First of all, the man who bought the ticket said in an interview that he and his wife check their numbers online and that's how they discovered they won. There was no mention at all about calling the store. When Ho said the numbers 10-11-18-24-26-35, the man said: "Oh, my God, I have all the numbers. I won." This story just didn't sound right to me when I first read it. I guess we'll see if there is another story printed. Of course I think it would be nice if clerks got a share when a player wins a jackpot, but they don't work on commission and shouldn't expect to get a "tip" for hitting a button. In fact, I stay away from the stores where I've been asked "Will you give me some?" or "Don't forget me if you win." I'm a very friendly person and I always ask a cashier "How are you today?" I've worked in many stores and understand what it's like to work on your feet all day. But if I spend my own money that I work for buying a lottery ticket, I feel absolutely no obligation to write the clerk a check if I win.
Chevron deserves the money if the agreement is in place, of course.
My point was that's just what they need is more $$$$
I betcha they donate it to their own favorite charity. Themselves.
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Sunny SW Florida United States Member #25708 November 5, 2005 4193 Posts Offline |
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Now that I've read the latest press release in Florida, either the clerk was telling the truth or it was a lucky guess. The winner is 26 and is a male. It doesn't matter, he blew it when he told a reporter he expected something. Maybe the winner would have quietly given him a gift to say thanks, but after reading the above article, I might stay way from that store for a while. Interesting comment the winner made, but it might be a misquote. He's 26 and said he'll never work again (as I said, if the article is correct) and then added "hard work pays off eventually." He's only 26! How hard has he worked? LOL
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Illinois United States Member #30849 January 17, 2006 3594 Posts Offline |
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Have you ever played a ticket for the clerk? I've always wondered what would happen if you did, if you said this is for you, and the numbers hit (same ticket that you played for yourself, too, of course). I've done it, figure it's just like betting for a blackjack dealer....this way you have someon else 'rooting for' your numbers. It's Lotto, not horseshoes or artillery!
close doesn't count! I sell everything at a loss but make up for it in volume
- Milo Minderbinder, Catch-22
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A Craps Player & Poet Dover, Delaware United States Member #19109 July 20, 2005 630 Posts Offline |
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 with you DD.
Yes, Chevron owned stations are still out there! They are called corporate owned stores/stations. Keep dreaming the impossible dream, it just may come true! Please remember to support Your Lottery Post Community. 
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NY United States Member #24178 October 16, 2005 1471 Posts Offline |
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"Ho is just trying to get a reward." "It doesn't matter, he blew it when he told a reporter he expected something." Each winner will have their own reason for giving or not giving something to the person who sold them a winning ticket. For my part, I'd figure it's just human nature to hope for a reward and I certainly wouldn't hold that against him. Telling the press who I am, OTOH, would very definitely get them a result, and it wouldn't be the one they were hoping for. If I gave a press conference I'd make a point of saying that I would have given the clerk 25 grand if they hadn't invaded my privacy by shooting off their mouth.
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Sunny SW Florida United States Member #25708 November 5, 2005 4193 Posts Offline |
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with you DD. Yes, Chevron owned stations are still out there! They are called corporate owned stores/stations. Oh, I never really thought about it. The BP station I often use is locally owned and operated. They don't sell lottery tickets however. It would be nice if Chevron donated the money to the local community if it is a corporate owned station. "If you live in Florida: This looks like the place to buy your Winning Lottery Tickets!" Raven62, between the gas, the 240 mile round trip drive and the tolls, I'll pass. I need to find a lucky local place! 
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