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Brothers sharing $1M Georgia Lottery jackpot
Georgia Lottery: Brothers sharing $1M Georgia Lottery jackpot
With a few scratches, brothers Samoeun and Samoeuth Am have achieved a lofty goal only dreamed about by most Americans. On Jan. 4, Samoeuth Am drove from his Jacksonville home to the El Cheapo gas station on Ga. 40 in Kingsland to buy some Georgia Lottery tickets. Among them was a Georgia's $500 Million Club ticket with a top prize of $1 million. Am, who is unemployed, said he scratched off the ticket, which costs $20, near the cash register and stared at the ticket in disbelief. "I kept checking to see if it was the right number," Am said. Lalu Patel, the store manager, said he watched as Am discovered he had just bought a ticket with the top prize. Unlike tickets drawn with the top prize in the state's twice weekly Georgia Lottery, store owners don't get a cash award for selling the winning ticket. "It's a scratch-off," Patel said. "We get nothing. But it's really good advertising for the store." Patel predicted more customers will buy tickets from his store as word spreads his store sold a $1 million winner. Although he bought the winner, Am gave it to his brother to turn into Georgia Lottery officials to collect the prize of $50,000 a year for the next 20 years. He was awarded his first $50,000 check Monday from Georgia Lottery officials, who traveled to the store where the winning ticket was purchased. Samoeun Am, an employee at a Jacksonville-based restaurant supply company, said he has no plans to quit his job. The two brothers said they plan to use their winnings to get a loan for a new house. Samoeuth Am said he also plans a vacation to his native Cambodia this year. The brothers are also joined by Robert Clark as the Jacksonville area's newest millionaires. Clark, of Orange Park, recently won $1 million in the Florida Lottery's Millionaire Raffle.
Savannah Morning News
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Wandering Aimlessly United States Member #25708 November 5, 2005 4383 Posts Offline |
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Am, who is unemployed, said he scratched off the ticket, which costs $20, near the cash register and stared at the ticket in disbelief. Although this is a great story, I hope it's not suggesting that people who are unemployed should go out and spend $20 apiece on scratch tickets. If I recall correctly, when I drove here, the first city I saw on I-95 in FL was Jacksonville, so the drive to GA isn't a long haul. But a lot of people are "unemployed" and not poor or hungry. That's a very broad term. Congratulations to the 2 brothers.
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Prince of Insufficient Light United States Member #13375 March 30, 2005 1484 Posts Offline |
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A republic, Mr. Franklin? It looks like we couldn't keep it.
Al Gore deserves his Nobel like Milli Vanilli deserved their Grammy.
Land of glasnost and perestroika. 
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PA United States Member #23322 October 6, 2005 1839 Posts Offline |
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Regardless of being unemployed, sometimes being down on your luck and having nothing but Faith is the best time to get lucky. Logic and common sense will only keep you poor. Even David Edwards spent his last $7 on lottery tickets, and then won $40 or so. He just could not hold on to it. I wish I actually had $20 when I was "unemployed."
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Wandering Aimlessly United States Member #25708 November 5, 2005 4383 Posts Offline |
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Regardless of being unemployed, sometimes being down on your luck and having nothing but Faith is the best time to get lucky. Logic and common sense will only keep you poor. Even David Edwards spent his last $7 on lottery tickets, and then won $40 or so. He just could not hold on to it. I wish I actually had $20 when I was "unemployed." There's an ancient saying "Believe in the Lord, but tie your camel first."
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Miss Kitty georgia United States Member #14 November 9, 2001 21193 Posts Offline |
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Feel good story. Good for them. love to nibble those micey feet.
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Idaho United States Member #56982 November 21, 2007 3519 Posts Offline |
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Feel good story. Good for them. I agree. I'm glad things worked out for them. "No one remembers the person who almost climbed the mountain, only the person who eventually gets to the top."
ThatScaryChick
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Wandering Aimlessly United States Member #25708 November 5, 2005 4383 Posts Offline |
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I just want to clarify something. My comment was in no way negative regarding the win. I started out by saying it's a great story. I was only commenting that saying "unemployed" doesn't always mean the person was broke, but this type of story is good for the media and the lottery. People like to read that someone out of work won the lottery. It sells more tickets, especially in these times where people feel there is no future or hope to get ahead.
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Vancouver, WA United States Member #54144 July 15, 2007 109 Posts Offline |
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Grats to the brothers on their win. Wish I could have luck like that.  Don't know how many times I played a scratch off in the past and never came close to winning. This is a good example to show that people do win at these games.
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New Member  Los Angeles United States Member #58045 January 10, 2008 4 Posts Offline |
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United States Member #28776 December 15, 2005 1170 Posts Offline |
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Come with me, we're going to scratch off tickets, xmasbaby! You, my dear, are a good luck charm!
"By and by God caught his eye." David McCord
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"The vote, I thought, means nothing to women. We should be armed." Edna O'Brien
(12/15/1930 – ) Irish writer
"If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars." J. Paul Getty
(12/15/1892 – 06/06/1976) US zillionaire
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PA United States Member #23322 October 6, 2005 1839 Posts Offline |
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In this particular case, common sense would have kept him poor. Again further proof that it "pays" to be stupid and take stupid risks, especially when it comes to the lottery.
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New Member Los Angeles United States Member #58045 January 10, 2008 4 Posts Offline |
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ANY TIME...ANY TIME....THANKS!  Xmas Baby
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