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WORLD / Odd News
Couple wins millions in lottery?- twice
(AP)
Updated: 2007-09-02 20:10
NEW YORK - How lucky can you get?
Adeline and Eugene Angelo won $5 million Thursday after buying the
winning ticket in last week's New York Lotto. In 1996, they won $2.5
million after splitting a $10 million jackpot with three other people.
Eugene Angelo, 81, said he and his wife would share their new fortune
with their three sons and their families. Taking the lump-sum payment of
$2.5 million, Eugene and Adeline and each of their sons will get about
$513,000 before taxes.
"We're a little older, a little wiser and there are a few more of us,
when you count the grandkids," Eugene Angelo said. "We're still the same
old people. Still very excited. It's a great feeling."
Adeline Angelo, 74, a retired medical secretary, said she hoped the new
money will "buy us good health and longevity."
With the winnings from their last big prize, the couple moved from the
Bronx to Putnam County, about 50 miles north of the city. Eugene Angelo
said they would continue to live modestly. And still buy lottery tickets,
"just for the fun of it," his wife added.
Acting Lottery Director Gardner Gurney said this was only the third time
in Lotto's history that a winner has hit the jackpot twice. The odds of
winning just once were 22.5 million to one.
"The Angelos are living proof that lightning, or in this case, random
luck, can strike twice," he said.
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