{"id":9,"date":"2004-11-24T10:42:32","date_gmt":"2004-11-24T10:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/?p=9"},"modified":"2004-11-24T10:42:32","modified_gmt":"2004-11-24T10:42:32","slug":"bankrupt-man-wins-lottery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/2004\/11\/24\/bankrupt-man-wins-lottery\/","title":{"rendered":"Bankrupt man wins lottery…"},"content":{"rendered":"

This entry was originally part of a separate, personal blog<\/a>. I’ve merged them together now to make life easier.
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——————————-Isn’t this great? Except for the obviously fickle wife of course…
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“A car park<\/a> attendant with just 53p in the bank bought a lottery ticket<\/a> on the day he was declared bankrupt<\/a> – and won \u00a347 million.
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Juan Rodriguez, 49, had \u00a323,500 debts when he hit the largest ever New York<\/a> state lottery jackpot reports The Sun.
\nThe stunned Colombian<\/a> immigrant said: “One minute I’m broke, now I’ve so much money<\/a> I don’t know what to do with it.”
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His wife Iris had kicked him out of their home in Queens, New York<\/a>, because he could not keep track of his money. She has now taken him back.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[via Ananova<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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