Winners of $14.5M lottery jackpot shun spotlight

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rubberbandman — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:01:45 GMT

I agree with you for this ONE post.

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ThatScaryChick — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:31:45 GMT

See I think that is wrong and a newspaper doing that should be ashamed. That is just asking to cause someone trouble.

There is a difference between saying something like John Doe of Springfield to John Doe of Springfield who lives at Memory Lane, 66666 and lives in a big white house with a boat parked out front.

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justxploring — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:17:20 GMT

People who know the couple are staying tight-lipped, saying the Winkworths are private and probably don't want publicity.

Ironic that an article available to the general public has this statement!

John Letherby, spokesman for the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., said often big winners change their phone numbers.

Shouldn't this be a hint? Reminds me of when a local man won 1/2 of a $47M jackpot a couple of months ago and the newspaper said he didn't want to talk to the press. Then they... [ More ]

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hearsetrax — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:11:24 GMT

am sure whar ever they R and or doing @ least thar wise enough to hide out for a while and fighting temptation to the best of thar ability

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spy153 — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:47:01 GMT

I wish them well and hope all that money brings them good things.

I do too! Have lots of fun and lots of memorable moments

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wizeguy — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:34:06 GMT

Congrats to the Winkworths

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ThatScaryChick — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:13:45 GMT

Congrats to them! I bet trying to stay out of the spotlight has made things much easier for them.

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lottocalgal — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:48:54 GMT

Yeah That's how its done YOU GOTTA FIND ME

Comment #1

JackpotWanna — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:35:08 GMT

Smart people!! WTG

Winners of $14.5M lottery jackpot shun spotlight

Lottery Post — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:27:00 GMT

Norfolk County's newest multi-millionaires are tough to find.

John and Mary Winkworth, a middle-aged couple from Glen Meyer, won more than $14.5 million in Saturday's Lotto 6/49 draw.

The two were unavailable for comment Tuesday, fuelling speculation they are already jet-setting around the world or living it up in a hotel suite in Toronto.

That's what I'd be doing, said Larry Neville of Neville Gas and Variety in Langton. If I won millions, you'd know it.

Mary Neville suspects they... [ More ]