Posts Tagged ‘New Mexico’

History In Albuquerque

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

A lucky gambler from Albuquerque who bought a Powerball lottery ticket won a huge jackpot, $62.8 million dollars. Felipe Piña bought his lottery ticket on May 23 of this year (2007) at the Giant Sundial retailer. His lottery ticket was a Quick Pick. The Quick Pick method is when the computer chooses your numbers randomly. The odds of winning the jackpot where 1 in 146 million.

Mr. Piña waited a week to claim his prize following the advice of the New Mexico Lottery. The New Mexico Lottery strongly recommends the winners to search for a legal and financial counselor before claim the prize.

Piña was the owner of a mechanical workshop in Chama, since the online lottery Powerball could be played in New Mexico every week he buys lottery tickets. “I always knew I was going to win” he said.

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Going Back In Time

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Let’s go back in time and remember that moment that took place in New Mexico – Albuquerque  on August 10, 2005. A master sergeant assigned to the 58th Training Squadron at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque has claimed a $93.4 million Powerball jackpot, he bought a lottery ticket with the right number combination.

This was the second largest price ever given in this state, and the biggest one claimed by a single player there. The winning numbers that time where 13-31-36-38-49 and the Powerball 2. San Cartier chose the $52.2 million lump-sum option. After all the federal taxes, he will receive a one-time wire transfer of approximately $36 million dollars.

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