NewsOctober 6, 2008
9 from Roswell, N.M., claim $200M Powerball jackpot
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Roswell, N.M., is usually more associated with little green men than with greenbacks. But nine residents brought different attention to the town Friday when they claimed a Powerball jackpot worth more than $200 million. Holly Baldwin bought the tickets at a gas station two hours before the Sept. 27 drawing. Her group decided to take a lump payment of more than $100 million...
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Roswell, N.M., is usually more associated with little green men than with greenbacks.
But nine residents brought different attention to the town Friday when they claimed a Powerball jackpot worth more than $200 million.
Holly Baldwin bought the tickets at a gas station two hours before the Sept. 27 drawing. Her group decided to take a lump payment of more than $100 million.
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Fellow winner Ron Miller said they will invest most of the money and set up a charity trust.
The $206.9 million jackpot is New Mexico's largest lottery sum ever and the 15th-largest jackpot in Powerball history.
Roswell is best known as the site of a rumored UFO crash in the '40s.
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